Our Events
An Olympic Legacy for all? London 2012 and Social Exclusion
23 January 2012 | University of Surrey
11am - 1pm | Venue: 32 MS 03
An event co-hosted by the Surrey Tourism Research Centre and the Higher Education Olympic and Paralympic Games Special Interest Group.
Confirmed Speakers:
Stephen Frost - Head of Diversity and Inclusion, LOCOG (London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games)
Mumtaz Bashir - Manager, Personal Best Volunteering Programme
Professor Gavin Poynter - University of East London
Dr Lynn Minnaert - University of Surrey
Please RSVP to FBEL Events at: fbelevents@surrey.ac.uk
SIG meeting 2-3 pm. For more information about the work of the Special Interest Group, please contact John Buswell (HE Academy): jebuswell@gmail.com
Olympic Special Interest Group Meeting
2 March 2011 | Brunel University
The most recent SIG meeting took place on 2nd March 2011 and featured presentations from Professor Ian G. Campbell (Pro-Vice Chancellor, Brunel University), Professor Celia Brackenridge (Chair, ICSEMIS 2012 Organising Committee) and Dr Vassil Girginov (Executive Editor, The Routledge 2012 Olympic Special Issue).
HLST Annual Conference
"Going for Gold" - Enriching Student Learning Through the 2012 Games
9th November 2010 | St. Hugh's College, Oxford
This year's HLST conference explored opportunities presented by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to re-vitalise curricula to enhance student learning opportunities and experiences, and to encourage student engagement with learning.
Workshop sessions provided opportunities to share developmental initiatives in learning, teaching and assessment in which the Games can be used to revitalise the learning experience of students and to engage them with learning.
Slides from presentations given at the conference can be downloaded from the HLST Conference Page.
Student Conference 2010: Olympic and Paralympic Values ... and me, my course and my career.
On the 10 March the HLST Olympic and Paralympic Special Interest Group and Bournemouth University hosted a Student Conference about the legacies of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The purpose of the conference was explore the Olympic and Paralympic Values and to investigate their relevance to students personally, to their courses of study, and to their future career, as long lasting legacies of the London Games. Outcomes of the conference can be found in the Student Section.
Olympics and Paralympics Special Interest Group Workshop
The most recent Olympics and Paralympics SIG Workshop took place at Canterbury Christ Church University on 27 January 2010. For more information Download the Programme (62kb .doc)
