FW: Open University Widening Participation Conference Deadline Extension

Open University Widening Participation Conference 27^th – 28^th April 2016

HE:  Transforming lives through life-wide learning

 

The deadline for the receipt of papers for this conference has been extended by popular demand.  The new deadline is close of play Friday 18^th December.   We are looking for academic research papers, innovative practice papers and posters around the following themes:

 

·        Alternative routes into HE

·        Moving from access to widenened success

·        Flexibility and technology

·        Employability

·        The crisis facing mature part time students

 

We now have confirmed keynote speakers:

 

John Widdowson, President of the Association of Colleges

Professor Jacqueline Stevenson, Sheffield Institute of Education

Tim Blackman, Vice-Chancellor, Middlesex University

David Hughes, Chief Executive, NIACE

John Storan, Director of Continuum, University of East London

Professor Randall Whittaker, Director of Studies, Leeds College of Art

 

Visit the conference website here for paper specifications and to book your place.

 

 

Wendy Fowle

Research, Evaluation and Information Manager/Widening Access and Success Strategy Manager

01908 654126, wendy.fowle@open.ac.uk

Centre for Inclusion and Collaborative Partnerships (CICP), The Open University www.open.ac.uk/cicp

 

       Visit the conference website for further information

 

Read what we are thinking at the Access Observatory Blog

Follow us on Twitter @access_observe

 

Useful sites:

Centre for Inclusion and Collaborative Partnerships Intranet

Widening Access and Success project sharepoint site

Widening Access and Success Internet

               Widening Access and Success Strategy

               Journal for Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning

               Access Curriculum

              

 

 

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