Fwd: New Bookings Open: An Ambitious Vision – Digital Transformation driving Strategic Ambition

An Ambitious Vision – Digital Transformation driving Strategic Ambition Date: Thursday 15th April 2021 Time: 13:00 - 14:00 Booking: www.ucisa.ac.uk/events The University of Portsmouth has bold plans for the future. By 2030, the University aims to be the top modern university in the UK and one of the top 100 young universities in the world. To do great things, of course, it takes more than good intentions. To that end, the University has also committed to radically transforming its digital technology and systems. This session is an opportunity to learn directly from the team that has led and delivered a portfolio of transformational projects that underpin this ambitious vision. The team will showcase how they are transforming the University's Recruitment and Outreach, Marketing and Campaigns, alumni relations and advancement, B2B, Research & Innovation and Events Management activities which will, in turn, help support world-class research, education, and student opportunities Register here and join ucisa Trustee and the Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor and Chief Information Officer at University of West London, Adrian Ellison, chairing this webinar which will be hosted by SThree PLC / Real Public Sector. SThree Managed Services partnered with the Portsmouth team and Salesforce to deliver these projects.

Contact team ucisa: events@ucisa.ac.uk

 

 

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Fwd: International Visual Methods Conference Seven, Cape Town Dec 2021

The new deadline for first stage contributions to the seventh International Visual Methods Conference hosted by the Department of Applied Design, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), is now the 9th April 2021.      The conference is scheduled to take place from 13/14 December 2021.

CPUT would like to build on the success of the conference series with a dynamic, inclusive event in the heart of Cape Town: World Design Capital 2014 and home to some of the foremost creative industries in South Africa.

The theme of this year's event is 'Decolonising Design' - a pressing concern for the creative arts in the global South in general and for post-apartheid South Africa in particular. Discourses of decolonisation have gained traction in recent years, in the domain of higher education and not least in the arts and humanities. At a conceptual level, decolonisation implies a 'dismantling' of the dominant epistemological assumptions that have historically shaped the arts and humanities. These assumptions are often rooted in Western ideas (and ideals) of knowledge. They typically neglect perspectives and contributions from the historically disenfranchised - the Other, the colonised - and minimise the influence of scholars, designers, and artists in the Global South.

In the visual and applied arts, including design, we seek to problematise, explore, and embrace the social and cultural perspectives of those at the peripheries of Western knowledge. We therefore invite contributions that discuss or explore, in a critical manner, the following aspects:
- Ideological and ethical underpinnings of modern visual methods
- The portrayal and interpretation of cultural knowledge through visual and narrative
means
- Collaborative and participatory methods that go beyond traditional design disciplines
(e.g., participatory video, digital storytelling, photo elicitation)
- Underrepresented, marginalised or resurgent visual methods
- Design thinking as a decolonising practice
- Depicting 'small/mundane stories' in the Global South
- The role of visual methods in communicating disruption and complexity
- Construction of non-Western representational systems
- Exploring indigenous methodologies and concepts, e.g. land as pedagogy; practices of refusal
We invite contributions from various disciplines, including media theory and practice, applied arts and design (fashion, graphic, industrial, etc.), visual anthropology, architecture, communication studies, urban planning, computing and the social sciences. Contributions can be in the form of extended abstracts, panel proposals, workshop proposals, and/or proposals for visual exhibitions or physical activities. We particularly encourage creative, interactive ways of engaging online, such as digital exhibitions, online workshops, live but virtual tours, virtual public art, digital guided walks - photo safaris, digital drawing-based activities, cultural tours, and treasure hunts.
We encourage multi- and transdisciplinary contributions.

Full details - https://ivmc7.visualmethods.info/

Fwd: Final bookings reminder: Enabling Hybrid Learning for Higher Education: Practical Solutions

Enabling Hybrid Learning for Higher Education: Practical Solutions Date: Wednesday 24th March 2021 Time: 11:00 - 11:45 Booking: www.ucisa.ac.uk/events It's a constant challenge for teachers to ensure students are engaged in the learning community regardless of their mode of participation. Which is why the communication and collaboration elements of the hybrid learning classroom are so critical. This webinar will discuss how to drive and create Immersive, Collaborative, Connected environments where both the teacher and students benefit in-person and remote. It will also discuss how a fully operational blended presence-distance learning scenario was created for a leading European University resulting in same learning opportunities for present and remote students.   Register here to join Roma Tre University, Lenovo and Microsoft to discuss this topic.

Contact team ucisa: events@ucisa.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

Fwd: Call for Papers reminder: HE for the Common Good: Learning from COVID19

A reminder that the call for papers for the University of Hull's Teaching Excellence Academy 2021 Teaching and Learning Conference (Tuesday 13th and Wednesday 14^th July, 2021) is open until Friday March 26^th 2021.

During the past 12 months we have seen teaching and learning come to the fore of university life, we have seen staff and students working harder than ever before in their commitment to higher learning, and we have seen radical, fast paced change (often for the better) when needs absolutely must.  

Our free international online conference 'Higher Education for the Common Good: Learning from COVID 19' will explore how we can harness learning through adversity to inspire the next generation of global citizens. Submissions are welcomed on the themes of:

1.     Hybrid Pedagogies: for example, remote or flipped - blended teaching and learning; addressing the digital divide, physically distant, safe proximate pedagogies, embedding wellbeing in blended teaching;

2.     Sustainability: for example, economic and environmental sustainability in programme design, development and delivery; establishing sustainable HE in the context of the pandemic;

3.     Decolonising Curricula: for example, students and staff working together to decolonise curricula content and teaching practices, diversify reading lists or the creation of opportunities for staff and students to think critically about decolonisation in the context of the pandemic;

4.     Competence-Based HE: for example, embedding knowledge exchange in programme design; entrepreneurial education; co-development of curricula with students, PSRBs, regional business or third sector partners; teaching reflection and self-regulation in a time of crisis.

Submit your proposal by completing this online form by 26 March 2021. We look forward to innovative contributions from across the sector – staff, students and stakeholders.

Further information can be found on our blog: https://www.hull.ac.uk/choose-hull/study-at-hull/teaching-academy/news/higher-education-for-the-common-good-learning-from-covid-19

Kind regards

Catherine Lillie

 

	Catherine Lillie SFHEA [she/her]| Teaching Enhancement Advisor Teaching Excellence Academy University of Hull Hull, HU6 7RX, UK www.hull.ac.uk c.lillie@hull.ac.uk | +44 (0)1482 46 5806 | @CatherineLil20   @UoHAcademy     /UniversityOfHull      UniversityOfHull

 

 

Fwd: #IIH2021 - Innovations in Internationalisation at Home (Free) Conference - 23 April - 14.00-16.00

 

 

#IIH2021 Conference – Asynchronous video case studies (from 12 April) and a Live Event 14.00-16.00 (UK Time) on 23 April   Part 1(Asynchronous)  is a series of Video Case Studies from around the world, which you can watch on YouTube from 12 April. The link to this YouTube Channel is here, but the  content won't appear until 12 April. Many of these case studies were first identified through the UUKi project which took place in 2020 and will also be discussed on 23 April.     Video case studies:   UTS, Sydney Australia Juniata College, Pennsylvania, US University of Nairobi, Kenya Florida State University, US Bayreuth University, Germany Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong University of Bristol, UK     Part 2 (Live via Zoom) is the live 2-hour conference on 23 April from 14.00-16.00 which will contain the following elements:     Live event agenda:   Opening and Review of UUKI's IaH Case Study Project (Dr Celia Partridge, UUKi) Plenary Session - Case Studies in Action: Taking IaH beyond the Pandemic (Dr Anthony Manning) Case Study video montage and panel discussion with panellists from the video case studies Delegate breakout discussions Student Panel - with UKCISA's #WeAreInternational Ambassadors Closing Remarks - (Dr Celia Partridge)     Please share the details of the conference across your networks. We'd love to welcome as many people as possible.   More details on the conferencewebsite: https://www.kent.ac.uk/global/activities/conferences