Events feed from the Higher Education Academy

Teaching Development Grants: Project development Workshop A Health Science Highlight Series Workshop

The Health Science Teaching and Development Grant team are piloting a Project Development Workshop, this day-long event offers the following sessions:

how to identify relevant funding;
writing successful bids;
networking with other grant holders;
sharing project success;
one to one surgery with HEA Discipline or Academic Leads (these are staff responsible for a specific discipline - in your case Health Sciences, or area of interest - for example Teaching Development Grants) and Subject Heads;
project management and keeping to schedule and;
meeting key contacts to discuss on-going projects.

Student Engagement in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

ESD necessitates changes being made to dominant ways of both teaching and learning. Change requires activists, champions, pioneers and trailblazers to both stimulate and sustain it. Engagement with the ideas, issues and challenges posed by sustainability is a crucial first step in creating such change.

11 Surveys for Enhancement Conference

Call for Contributions

The Higher Education Academy is hosting a one-day conference on 17 May 2012 at the National College for School Leadership, Nottingham.

GLAD Conference 2012: It started with a KIS! Group for Learning in Art and Design

Responding to the HEFCE requirement for all courses to publish Key Information Sets (KIS) for prospective students in 2012 this year's GLAD conference will offer delegates an opportunity to learn more about these KIS statements. The conference will focus on three components of the KIS statements; national student survey scores, contact hours and employment statistics collected six months after graduation.

http://www.hefce.ac.uk/learning/infohe/kis.htm

The Future of Creative Education: The third national Ukadia conference 2012

This year's event held will focus on the opportunities offered by the changing landscape in education policy and funding, notwithstanding the challenges that are ahead.

Tackling Transition: Peer Mentoring as a Route to Student Success

This event is being hosted as part of the Higher Education Academy's Workshop and Seminar Series 2012.

HEA STEM: Understanding Engineering fundamentals: how and why are they ‘fundamental’? (Engineering)

This seminar links to an HE-STEM/RAE funded research project in which Martyn Clark and Anthea Connolly have investigated the factors that contribute to a successful graduate transition to employment.

Martyn and Anthea have carried out a number of in-depth interviews with recent graduates to examine how the skills and knowledge that they accrued whilst at university have been useful to them in the workplace. A number of these interviewees, as well as the managers interviewed, have talked about the Engineering ‘fundamentals’: how, when and why these crop up in the workplace.

The perception that students come to university to get their ‘Engineering fundamentals’ which they take into the workplace and apply, is common.

So what is an Engineering fundamental, and how do we recognise one?

This event will ask what evidence can we gather to show, one way or the other, that the model of Engineering fundamentals is working, and if we believe that the model is working, what are the implications for engineering education?

The event will encourage participants to consider why higher education institutions are thinking about more active and problem based learning, and to reflect on what this model of engineering education is based upon.

Pedagogies of Hope and Opportunity: The Higher Education Academy Arts and Humanities Annual Conference, 2012.

The Higher Education Academy’s first annual learning and teaching conference for the Arts and Humanities will take place on Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 May 2012 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow.

HEA STEM: Writing for Publication

The aim of this workshop is to encourage and help Academics write for journals, submit their work for conferences and to improve chances of having papers accepted.

How to do Relationship-Based Social Work: A Dissemination of Good Practice

The day is focused on “How to do Relationship-Based Social Work” and has been developed to reflect the emphasis of the Social Work Reform Board recommendations and the Munro Report’s findings. The day has been designed in conjunction with the Centre of Social Work Practice based at the Tavistock and Portman Institute who are partners of the University of Essex.

GLAD Conference 2012: It started with a KIS!

Deadline for papers: 13 January 2012

The key aim of this conference is to explore how the forthcoming requirement for HEIs to publish details about contact hours, student satisfaction and employability will affect lecturers and students in Art and Design Higher Education.

Collaborative Partnerships for Islamic Studies in Higher Education

The Islamic Studies Network is holding a workshop on Collaborative Partnerships for Islamic Studies in Higher Education. The event will be an opportunity for those working in Islamic Studies in both private and public higher education institutions to exchange experience and discuss models and pathways to creating collaborative partnerships.

The Land of Make Believe: Creating the Enterprising Marketing Graduate with Distinctive Skills and Attributes

The Glamorgan Business School will be hosting a Higher Education Academy (HEA) workshop this January entitled “The Land of Make Believe: Creating the Enterprising Marketing Graduate with Distinctive Skills and Attributes”. The workshop will be held at the University of Glamorgan’s Treforest campus from 10am – 2pm, Monday 23rd January at Room G310.

Strategies for retention – transition and integration

This event is being hosted as part of the Higher Education Academy's Workshop and Seminar Series 2012

A student centred approach to developing the content, delivery, and assessment of Research Process modules: Insights and evaluations of student retention

This event is being hosted as part of the Higher Education Academy's Workshop and Seminar Series 2012.

Exploring new approaches to assessing attitudes and behaviours

This event is being hosted as part of the Higher Education Academy's Workshop and Seminar Series 2012.

Future Directions: Foundation Degrees – where policy meets practice

This event has been set up by a number of sector partners (Colegau Cymru, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, the Higher Education Academy, Higher Skills Wales, and the Quality Assurance Agency). The Wales Employment and Skills Board’s (WESB) new Chair, Deputy Minister for Skills, Jeff Cuthbert AM will provide the opening address. The event will focus on Wales’ journey in creating and developing Foundation Degrees, and considering where the journey should lead us. There will be interactive sessions focusing on employer and work-based learning routes into Foundation Degrees, institutional development of Foundation Degrees, and considering relevant policy areas.

When retention doesn’t work – Learning more about and supporting HE early-leavers, the Information, Advice and Guidance experiences and research of Back on Course

This seminar is being hosted as part of the Higher Education Academy's Workshop and Seminar Series 2012

Health Sciences Discipline Workshop & Seminar Series 2012 Workplace based learning in action: Developing the UK research network

This seminar will focus on bringing together UK researchers investigating triadic interactional activities between students, doctors and patients within workplace based learning activities (e.g. bedside teaching encounters: BTEs). Although patient-doctor interaction has been heavily researched and is of major importance in the development of communication skills, the triadic student-patient-doctor relationship within workplace learning encounters has so far received little attention.

Health Sciences Discipline Workshop & Seminar Series 2012 Enhancing student assessment and feedback through authentic simulation

The creation of authentic simulations can involve users, carers, healthcare professionals, learners and academics depending on the curricular aims and objectives. Each approach has advantages and disadvantages and these will be discussed in a full day workshop addressing the use of simulation within the healthcare discipline of nursing in higher education.

Health Sciences Discipline Workshop & Seminar Series 2012 Developing and Assessing Leadership in Undergraduate Medical Education

This workshop will look at the current evidence about the most effective ways to develop leadership and will feature UK and international case studies.

The NHS , along with the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and others, have produced the Medical Leadership Competency Framework that aims to weave together the competencies required for leadership and management and then set them out for medical students, junior and senior doctors.

Participants will be introduced to a tool that has been developed in Liverpool to assess leadership during a simulated acute clinical scenario. Pros and cons of using this type of approach will be discussed.

Health Sciences Discipline Workshop & Seminar Series 2012 Access recruitment and retention of black and minority ethnic (BME) students when nursing is all degree: the role of pedagogical cultural competence

By 2013, all courses leading to the registered nurse qualification in the United Kingdom will be at Bachelor’s degree level. There is some concern that all degree nursing education might threaten the diversity of the nursing workforce.

This workshop aims to allow nurse educators from a range of Universities to collaborate to explore the critical issues for access, recruitment and retention of BME students on degree courses when nursing education is all at degree level.

Health Sciences Discipline Workshop & Seminar Series 2012 How do we make sure that involvement of service user and carers in health and social care education is not just LIP service?

The focus of the event will be to share practice and experience of involving Service Users and Carers in learning and teaching activities in the School of Health.

The workshop will be facilitated by the learning and teaching representatives and Service Users and Carers from the School of Health.

Health Sciences Discipline Workshop & Seminar Series 2012 Appreciative Inquiry: Translating the Theory into Practice

This workshop aims to investigate ways in which to introduce appreciative enquiry methods, through problem-based learning activities to promote individual learning and creativity.

Health Sciences Discipline Workshop & Seminar Series 2012 Understanding and evaluating qualitative research synthesis in allied health professions

This workshop is aimed at those in allied health professions and nursing who use qualitative research methods. The principle aim of the workshop is to use qualitative research synthesis as a means improving, practice and sharing evidence, within disciplines and across institutions, which in turn will improve research methods teaching and improve the use of qualitative research evidence in teaching students in higher education.

Inter- and cross-disciplinary teaching, learning and assessment methods in art, design and media

The University of Bedfordshire’s Division of Art and Design has developed considerable expertise in devising and running inter- and cross-disciplinary teaching, learning and assessment activities, and of overcoming organisational, financial and QA-related obstacles to interdisciplinarity. This seminar will provide a forum in which this expertise is shared, discussed and evaluated.

Promoting engagement with the teaching of economic history

This event will draw together good practice in engaging students with economic history and provide a forum for discussing how to re-energise and re-integrate economic history into mainstream history curricula.

Facilitating language learning through social network sites: integrating advising into online teaching

This seminar introduces and explores the use of social networking sites for language learning, considering the skills required to facilitate informal online learning and how the shift from language teacher to the role of language adviser might be accomplished.

Teaching Islamic Studies: Methodological Concerns, Practical Solutions

There are pressing concerns revolving around Muslim and non-
Muslim academics, male and female, teaching Islamic Studies.
These relate to problems of objectivity, authority to speak on
the subject, the expectations of both Muslim and non-Muslim
students of their tutor taking into account their gender and
religious orientation, and no doubt countless other concerns.
Some of these concerns are not confined to the teacher-student
rapport, but are also shared by the University as a whole, but
especially by those who are new to teaching, as many of these
issues are left for the individual to negotiate. There are no clear
guidelines, advice, support networks, etc., which an academic
might draw upon in their attempt to resolve one or more of
these problems.
It is the aim of this symposium to open a platform for wider
discussions on the subject and bring together various actors but
mainly students and academic Professors/Lecturers to debate
and discuss a subject which for many years they feared or did
not dare to question.

Advances in digital language learning and teaching

This event will focus on evidence-based research into advances in new and emerging digital language learning technologies, examining creative and innovative ways to teach and learn languages.

Teaching pre-modern history: e-learning challenges and opportunities

The session will explore how a range of technologies help to meet the challenges of teaching medieval and early-modern history.

Developing teaching skills for teaching assistants and new lecturers in History

This workshop will introduce participants to the different forms of teaching History at university-level. Covering the entire teaching process from preparation to assessment, the workshop will have a strong focus on classroom practice.

HE local history teaching in the early 21st century: opportunities for the future

The focus of this event will be an exploration of opportunities for enhancing the place of local history in undergraduate history curricula.

Teaching with Images and Material Culture: innovations and best practice to improve student learning in the teaching of North American History

This event will explore the use of visual and material resources in the teaching of North American history and will ask how we can develop our practice by learning from other disciplines, engage with a public history audience using these techniques, use museum exhibitions and memorials to enliven discussion and finally use documentary and feature films to trigger active rather than passive learning among students.

SHEEF/HEA Employability change programme

Call for applications

Deadline: 12 January 2012

9th QAA Enhancement Themes annual national conference

Call for proposals now open!

Transforming Professional Learning

An opportunity for college staff to consider the future of Professional Learning through the Donaldson Report and examine possible transformative action.

Scottish Higher Education Employability Conference: Strengthening Partnerships with Employers, 1-2 June 2011

SHEEF national conference for HEIs and employers was held at the Heriot-Watt Conference Centre.

Learning for the Workplace: Embedding Employability in the Academic Curriculum A one day employability event for academic staff

The first in a series of SHEEF regional workshops for HE staff, showcasing examples of innovative and effective ways of embedding employability at subject level within the curriculum. Held at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Implementing the SWRB changes to qualifying social work education in England

The target audience is Programme Directors and senior staff with responsibility for curriculum design and/or practice learning for programmes in England.

Art, Design, Media Creative Learning and Teaching

The day is designed for colleagues who are directly involved in learning and teaching in art, design and media: if you work in academic development, learning co-ordination or student support within art, design or media higher education this day is for you.

Social Scientists analyse key issues in Islamic Studies: A Higher Education Academy expert seminar

The purposes of this event are to:

(1) Publicise the two volumes of Case Studies of teaching in the social sciences on Islamic Studies* and to evaluate their contribution to teaching and learning on Islam and Muslims in British universities.
(2) Improve our understanding of social science’s contribution to understanding key contemporary issues relating to Islam and Muslims in Britain and across the globe

The Revised UKPSF: A new framework for excellence in teaching and supporting learning

Do you have a substantive role in education development or in supporting or managing teaching and learning support within your university or college? If so these events may be of interest and value to you. The revised UKPSF was launched on the 2nd November this year and is designed to help HEIs seeking to enhance the learning experience of their students by improving the quality of their teaching and learning support. The aim of these events is to introduce and explain the revised framework and explore how it can help you to perform your role.

British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Annual Conference 2012

The Middle East Centre at LSE will host the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) annual conference on 26-28 March 2012. The conference will be held in association with the Asian Federation of Middle East Associations.

UKPSF Post Launch Workshop - London

Do you have a substantive role in education development or in supporting or managing teaching and learning support within your university? If so these events may be of interest and value to you.

The revised UKPSF will be launched on the 2nd November this year and is designed to help HEIs seeking to enhance the learning experience of their students by improving the quality of their teaching and learning support. The aim of these events is to introduce and explain the revised framework and explore how it can help you to perform your role.

UKPSF Post Launch Workshop - Wales

The revised UKPSF was launched on the 2nd November this year and is designed to help HEIs seeking to enhance the learning experience of their students by improving the quality of their teaching and learning support. The aim of these events is to introduce and explain the revised framework and explore how it can help you to perform your role.

UKPSF Post Launch Workshop - York

Do you have a substansive role in education development or in supporting or managing teaching and learning support within your university or college? If so these events may be of interest and value to you.

The revised UK PSF was launched on 02 November this year and is designed to help HEIs seeking to enhance the learning experience of their students by improving the quality of their teaching and learning support. The aim of these events is to introduce and explain the revised framework and explore how it can help you to perform your role.

‘How much PDP will I get for my money ... and does it matter?' (Centre for Recording Achievement event)

The Eleventh Residential Seminar of the Centre for Recording Achievement

With support from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, the CRA’s annual residential seminar will again aim for a heady, yet helpful, mix of links to key policy agendas and engagement with innovative and interesting practice. Specifically, the event will:

enable you to make the most of connections in the PDP/e-portfolio community to help you make progress with the challenges you face
keep you up-to-date with new and developing practice, and professional understandings
help you to connect your work to other – key – agendas in a changing and challenging landscape
connect you to current and emerging policy debates and intentions

Workshop – Developing an Inclusive Curriculum for all Students

The complex areas of equality and inclusivity are high on the agenda in every HE institution. The widening participation agenda and increased significant international recruitment have created diverse student populations and institutions recognise that they are simply not catering to their needs. Added to this, legislation requires us to examine these areas and ensure we are offering equity of experience across our curriculum.

The Learning in Law Annual Conference 2012

The Learning in Law Annual Conference 2012 was unfortunately cancelled.

Tackling Transition: Peer Mentoring as a Route to Student Success

This seminar will launch the empirical research findings of a three year study into the role played by Peer Mentoring in promoting a smooth transition to university and in combatting student attrition in the first year of higher education.

For further information please download the seminar poster.

To book a place on the seminar, please contact Dr Jane Andrews on j.e.andrews@aston.ac.uk.

North East PGwT: Problem-based learning, Assessment and feedback; Beyond the PhD: advice and tips

This event is for Postgraduates who teach or tutor in Psychology (from any region) - new postgraduates and others with teaching or tutoring responsibilities are welcome

Scotland: PGwT: Marking, Accessibility, Teaching Statistics, Seizing the Means of Instruction

This event is for Postgraduates who teach or tutor in Psychology (from any region) - new postgraduates and others with teaching or tutoring responsibilities are welcome.

Northern Ireland PGwT: Career Planning, Publishing, Presentation Skills, Engaging Students

This event is for Postgraduates who teach or tutor in Psychology (from any region) - new postgraduates and others with teaching or tutoring responsibilities are welcome.

Feedup, feedback, feedforward

Feedback and assessment are important drivers of what, when and how students learn. Despite much activity in this area students still have a number of difficulties learning from feedback and staff still have frustrations over student collection of feedback and their response to it. This event is co-organised by the ASSET project and will provide a further opportunity for consideration of good practice and issues surrounding feedback for learning. As always the event will be grounded in the practicalities of bioscience teaching but will explore the importance of dialogue and the potential of self- and peer- assessment to develop a 'self-regulated' learner who is ready to utilise feedback from a variety of sources. The event will include contributions from the ASSET project, and presentations from various authors who have contributed to the second edition of the Centre's Learning Guide to Self- and Peer-assessment, copies of which, will be available at the event.

Teaching Islamic Studies in Wales

Following on from the workshop held in May 2011, the Islamic Studies Network is holding a second cross-disciplinary workshop for those working in Islamic Studies and related disciplines at higher education institutions in Wales.

Workshop: Teaching Islamic Studies in Scotland

Following on from the workshop held in October 2010, the Islamic Studies Network, in partnership with the Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre at the University of Edinburgh, is holding a second cross-disciplinary workshop for those working in Islamic Studies and related disciplines at higher education institutions in Scotland.

Inaugural Future Directions conference – Graduates For Our Future

The main focus of the conference will be to showcase the first Wales-wide quality enhancement theme, Graduates For Our Future, and its three work strands:

1. Students as Partners;
2. Learning in Employment; and
3. Learning for Employment.

The purposes of the conference are to stimulate wide-ranging discussion and debate and to show and share good practice of the enhancement of learning and teaching from across the Welsh higher education sector.

The Future Directions work is a Wales-wide initiative which aims to maximise the opportunities for cross-sector collaboration. It being led by a Steering Group comprised of members from all Welsh HEIs and key sector agencies including Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW), Higher Education Wales (HEW), the JISC Regional Support Centre for Wales (JISC RSC), the National Union of Students in Wales (NUS), the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), and facilitated by the Higher Education Academy (HEA). View our Steering Group membership list (PDF)

What works? Student retention and success conference 2012

This two day residential conference is the final conference of the three year What works? student retention and success programme. It builds on the successful Retention Convention held in March 2010.

Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence in Islamic Thought

The LIVIT project, funded by the ESRC and the AHRC
under the Global Uncertainties Programme, convenes a conference in September each year.

Transforming Students through Peer Assessment and Authentic Practice

Northumbria University is hosting this Seminar as part of the Assessment and Feedback strand of the Higher Education Academy's Seminar Series.

The challenge for graduates in a changed world

The overarching theme of this year's conference is The Challenge for Graduates in a Changed World. The conference showcases the best of scholarship within the island of Ireland, but also warmly welcomes international participants who can share wider experience and perspectives

ACODE 2011 Learning Technologies Leadership Institute

This workshop is an intensive program of leadership development for staff in higher education with responsibilities for managing or supporting the use of learning technologies.

Integration and assessment of the ‘Doctor as a Professional’ in Northern UK Medical Schools: a workshop to share successes and challenges

The aim of this event is to bring together and develop a community of all those involved in developing this area of the curriculum through sharing good practice. The idea originated as a result of seeing the MEDEV funded workshop, 'Professionalism in the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum: South of England Special Interest Group' . Hosting a workshop in the North of England would give the same opportunity for those in the North of the country to develop a community to share good practice,

Open educational resources - using and creating sharable teaching materials in health care - findings of the PORSCHE OER project

Through a variety of 'open' initiatives the higher education and healthcare sectors in the UK and internationally have been successful in sharing teaching and learning resources. ‘Open educational resources’ is a term for original teaching resources which are shared under open licences.

This workshop is offered as part of the dissemination strategy of the PORSCHE OER Phase 2 project, funded by the JISC and Higher Education Academy.

eLearning in health: collaboration, sharing and sustainability in the current environment

The conference themes are:

Enhancing assessment and feedback through technology
Using technology to improve collaboration across the Education and Health Sectors; including mobile learning in practice
Innovative tools and technologies to support learning
Releasing, sharing, and using openly accessible online teaching materials (OER)
Using technology to enhance pedagogic quality whilst maintaining cost efficiencies
Using technology to enhance digital inclusion and promote widening participation
Using technology to support those with learning difficulties
The role of technology in education for sustainable development

Scottish Clinical Skills Network 11th Annual Conference

The Scottish Clinical Skills Network (SCSN) is a multiprofessional network which currently has a membership of over 100 individuals, drawn from healthcare professionals in Scotland interested in the education and training of high quality clinical skills. The SCSN is committed to ensuring standards of safe practice in healthcare through clinical skills education and training.

Scottish Clinical Skills Network 11th Annual Conference

NET2011 International Networking for Education in Healthcare Conference

NET2011 is for everyone involved in healthcare education whatever your area of interest: educators, practitioners, researchers and students. Join colleagues from the UK and overseas to debate the future direction of healthcare education and share educational ideas and best practice.

NET2011 International Networking for Education in Healthcare Conference

Joint Social Work Education Conference

13th UK Joint Social Work Education Conference with the 5th UK Social Work Research Conference will be held at the University of Manchester. JSWEC is organised by SWAP, the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Social Policy and Social Work on behalf of JSWEC.

The JSWEC planning group are currently approaching a number of potential keynote speakers. Further information will be added to their website

Joint Social Work Education Conference

The JSWEC planning group are currently approaching a number of potential keynote speakers. Further information will be added to their website

Open educational resources - using and creating sharable teaching materials in health care

The MEDEV subject centre is offering a free one day workshop to disseminate understanding of sharing open educational resources in health care, immediately following the eLearning in Health Care conference jointly organised with Health Sciences and Practice.

Open educational resources - using and creating sharable teaching materials in health care

Interprofessional Education SIG: theory in IPE

The next Interprofessional Education Special Interest Group meeting will be hosted by King's College London. The aim of the meeting is to discuss theory in IPE.

More information will be posted here as soon as it become available

Interprofessional Education SIG: theory in IPE

The next Interprofessional Education Special Interest Group meeting will be hosted by King's College London. The aim of the meeting is to discuss theory in IPE.

More information will be posted here as soon as it become available

eLearning in Health Conference: collaboration, sharing and sustainability in the current environment

sharing and sustainability in the current environment

eLearning in Health Conference: collaboration, sharing and sustainability in the current environment

sharing and sustainability in the current environment

3rd International Research Symposium on Problem Based Learning

This will be the third in the successful series of International Research Symposia on PBL. The first took place at Aalborg University in June 2008, and the second at Victoria University, Melbourne in December 2009.

The 3rd International Research Symposium on PBL at Coventry University aims to bring together researchers studying all aspects of the learning process in problem based and project based learning, and those involved in the implementation of these approaches across the disciplines.

Inaugural RAISE Conference - Engaging students in challenging times

This conference provides the opportunity to disseminate research and practice for engaging students with higher education.

11th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development

Global recession, climate change, conflict and emergency are challenges that have dominated the first decade of the 21st century. They have left few countries untouched. Governments are struggling to redress declining trade, brain drain and loss of revenues. People are migrating from poverty, the effects of drought and flood, and the repercussions of conflict. Loss of livelihood, land and security impacts disproportionately on those individuals, communities and states that are already the most vulnerable. This is forcing resource-constrained governments to think afresh about how to plan and manage their economies and promote social and cultural well-being

4th International Conference on Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship

The fourth 'Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship' conference takes the title of ‘Global Vision, Local Action’

BERA Annual Conference 2011

The BERA annual conference is a three-day event. The conference features the presidential address and other prestigious keynote lectures. The main conference is preceded by a research student symposium.

ALT-C 2011 - Thriving in a colder and more challenging climate

ALT-C is run over three and a half days, starting with the opening of the exhibition hall with a drinks reception on Monday evening.

Throughout the conference, there are 3 or 4 Keynote Speakers, leading Learning Technologists in their fields, in the main plenary room. Alongside this there is a full programme of workshops, papers and presentations by ALT delegates, committee members and staff, based around the ALT-C theme, from which delegates can plan their own timetable. The exhibition hall remains open throughout the conference and in the evening, allowing delegates the chance to visit various technology companies’ stalls whenever it suits them.

In the evenings there are a range of socials, from drinks at the on-site bar, a pub quiz, networking opportunities and the main social event of ALT’s calendar, the Gala Dinner.

55th ICET World Assembly

From July 11-14, 2011 the 55th World Assembly will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, at the center of Scotland's largest and most vibrant city. It provides the perfect meeting place to discuss this year's theme - Teachers and Teacher Education: Towards excellence in curriculum, pedagogy and leadership. We hope that you will consider coming to Glasgow in July 2011 and take part in what will be a very inspiring program.

Online Registration ends 27 June 2011.

6th Education in a Changing Environment Conference: Creativity and Engagement in HE

The University of Salford’s 6th Education in a Changing Environment Conference, Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education, will explore and discuss international best practice in teaching and educational research in higher education. Through themes of Social Media; Learning, Teaching and Assessment; Networking and Partnerships, the Conference will identify creative models for engagement in a shifting educational landscape.

Employability in the Curriculum: Working Together for Success, Breaking Down Walls of Resistance

The ESCalate project ‘Employability in the Curriculum’ is completing in summer 2011, and is offering this workshop to share outcomes and findings on research undertaken into employability in the curriculum in modules offered within the School of Education and Social Science. It will specifically address how one module was used as a ‘case study’ to explore how dialogue could be used within the classroom to encourage teacher / student engagement at an early stage of the student experience. This research has served as a valuable ‘tool’ for the researchers and students involved in the process and has ensured a ‘positive’ student experience.

HEA Annual Conference

The title for the 2011 conference is "Changing Practice - Changing Times", exploring challenges and changes to the sector over the next five years. There are five main sub themes: Models of Change, Internationalisation, Postgraduate Provision, Institutional CPD Frameworks and Changing and Developing Practice in Student Engagement.

Using Dialogue to Assess the Attainment of HE Practitioners for the UK Professional Standards Framework

This event shares the outcomes from Ruth Pilkington's funded research project: Using reflective dialogue to assess professional learning

Promoting Inclusive Change: addressing equity and success for BME students in higher education

The University of Greenwich is delighted to collaborate with the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) in the development of this conference. This conference builds on the earlier work of the HEA and ECU including a ‘summit programme’. This programme enabled a number of higher education institutions to develop and implement initiatives designed to support Black and minority ethnic (BME) students to succeed. Last year the results of this work were disseminated at a conference hosted by Coventry University.

FACE 2011 Annual Conference: Lifelong Learning and Community Development

FACE organises an annual conference which has developed into one of the major UK networking and dissemination events for practitioners in access, widening participation, lifelong learning, and continuing education.

IACSEE Conference: Values and Purposes in Citizenship, Social and Economics Education

Keynote speakers:

Professor Stephen Ball: Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education, Institute of Education, London (enterprise and the school curriculum)
Professor Peter Davies: Birmingham University (editor International Review of Economics Education)
Professor Penny Enslin: University of Glasgow (values, citizenship and democracy education)
Professor David Coulby: Bath Spa University (international education and curriculum theory)

World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities

The objectives of UNCSD are: to secure renewed political commitment to sustainable development; to assess progress towards internationally agreed goals on sustainable development and to address new and emerging challenges. The Summit will also focus on two specific themes: a green economy in the context of poverty eradication and sustainable development, and an institutional framework for sustainable development. UNCSD offers a unique opportunity to also discuss the extent to which universities have been providing a meaningful contribution towards the efforts in shaping a better world and, perhaps more importantly, to discuss what else remains to be done.

SACWG Annual Seminar 2011

Theme: The efficiency and effectiveness of assessment in challenging times.

Issues include:

module and course assessment design
innovation and regulatory matters
formative v summative assessment
second marking and moderation
re-assessment and academic calendars.

First International Conference on Emerging Research Paradigms in Business and Social Sciences

The objective of this conference is to provide an opportunity for academics to discuss new concepts, progressive methodologies, embryonic approaches and innovative practices within the world of business and the wider social environment. Given that social enquiry is still a maturing field of educational study within this region, it is crucial that business systems, processes and structures are considered in conjunction with contributions from such contemporary fields of social enquiry as media studies, psychology, sociology and tourism education. This is indeed pertinent for understanding service sector economies and societies, as well as comprehending the future role of education as a strategy and contributor to a sustainable learning culture and environment.

16th Annual SEDA Conference 2011 - Using Technology to Enhance Learning

The 2011 Annual SEDA Conference will focus on the pedagogy of technology enhanced learning. The conference will explore the use of technology in teaching and learning, from the perspective of the underlying pedagogy. Sessions will explore the effective use of all forms of technology, be that via Virtual Learning Environments, websites, telephones, podcasts, videos, audience response systems and more.

10th European Conference on e-Learning ECEL-2011

E-learning conferences are places to find the excitement of learning new things, the support and stimulation of like-minded professionals in learning and the opportunity to reflect productively on research evidence and conceptual thinking in the field. Brighton, at the Sussex seaside, is a place to celebrate diversity and enjoy life.

Ecology of a Whole Campus Approach to Creativity

1st International Conference in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs

Theme: Research in Entrepreneurship and Innovative SMEs: new avenues

The Green Gown Awards Ceremony 2011

The Green Gown Awards, now in their 7th year, recognise exceptional initiatives by universities and colleges across the UK to become more sustainable.

8th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management & Organisational Learning – ICICKM 2011

The International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning (ICICKM 2011) invites researchers, practitioners and academics to present their research findings, work in progress, case studies and conceptual advances in any branch of the above fields. The conference brings together varied groups of people with different perspectives, experiences and knowledge in one location. It aims to help practitioners find ways of putting research into practice and researchers to gain an understanding of real-world problems, needs and aspirations.

7th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance

SKEMA is very pleased to host ECMLG 2011 and I expect this to be a memorable event for everyone involved. ECMLG fits perfectly within the SKEMA environment given that we serve as a living case example: this higher education institution is rapidly re-inventing itself in order to keep pace with – and lead – Global shifts in educational frameworks and the challenges that managers now face for effectiveness in the 21st Century.

Developing Digital Literacies: A series of national workshops on developing learners and learning organisations for the 21st Century

These workshops will offer the latest in organisational thinking and educational development around digital literacies. Participants will hear the outcomes of recent JISC-funded activity in this area and be given the chance to share their own experiences through structured activities. Proven resources in support of staff and curriculum development and institutional change will be available to download, adapt and use in participants' own contexts of work.

Direct/Interactive Marketing Research Summit

Find out about the latest trends in direct/interactive marketing.

The Future of Culture, Tourism and Sport

Keynote Speaker: Derrick Anderson, Chief Executive, London Borough of Lambeth

The culture, tourism and sport sector is facing evermore challenging times as budgets are cut, services are redesigned and decentralisation is realised. In this time of austerity it is more important than ever to explore best practice in delivering services, partnership working and localism.

Developing Digital Literacies: A series of national workshops on developing learners and learning organisations for the 21st Century

Landscape and Tourism: The Dualistic Relationship

For doctoral students in tourism and hospitality management
Two tracks based on stage of the dissertation: intermediate & advanced or beginner
Diverse themes and methodological approaches within the broad field of tourism, hospitality and leisure will be considered
Confidence about actuality of research directions and metodhology
Opportunity to discuss your dissertation research with other international doctoral students and leading academics in this field
Colloquium will be held in a collaborative, open and friendly atmosphere, participants are required to attend the entire colloquium
Poster session will be organised throughout the conference
Great opportunity to meet colleagues, share experiences and ideas, and network with students and academia from different countries and universities
All participants will receive a certificate of attendance
In addition there will be faculty presentations designed to help students plan and manage their dissertation process

Southern Economic Association 2011 Annual Meeting

Academy For Global Business Advancement

Conference Theme: "Business and Entrepreneurship Development in the Context of Globalization and Rise of China".

Inaugural RAISE Conference - Engaging students in challenging times

Student Engagement has been, and is the theme of many recent conferences and now features as an important objective in the strategies of many Higher Education bodies. In the UK the concept of student engagement is relatively underdeveloped in contrast to the US and Australia where there is a long tradition of researching and conceptualising SE.

6th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Innovation and entrepreneurship are tightly coupled concepts. Innovation involves designing new ways of conceptualising, developing and producing a range of goods and services which society requires. Although inventing new things may be seen as part of innovation, innovation does not exclusively rely on new discoveries. Rather it can stem from simply seeing new ways of satisfying demand. Thus innovation is not a synonym for invention and almost anyone can come up with new innovations.

Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Moving the Agenda Forward

The 4th Conference is focusing on new developments in key topics and dynamic regions:

Management Education for Sustainable Development,
Sustainable Consumption in Higher Education Institutions, and
Higher Education for Sustainable Development in Central and Eastern Europe.

BAM2011: BAM’s 25th Annual Conference

Conference Theme: Building and Sustaining High Performance Organisations in a Challenging Environment

Conference 2011: Global Vision, Local Action

Our fourth 'Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship' conference takes the title of ‘Global Vision, Local Action’. We shall continue to address the overlapping themes of Sustainable Development, Internationalisation and Global Citizenship but are keen to explore the interconnections between the themes and how local action addresses global concerns.

6th Annual International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference

This conference will explore the most critical theme currently facing all those who create entrepreneurial outcomes in others: 'What Works?'

Internationalisation in Economics workshop

Attracting and supporting international students is an increasingly important aspect of higher education Economics: this workshops offers the opportunity to discuss, share and explore issues and practice to support internationalisation.

ALT-C 2011 Thriving in a colder and more challenging climate

In 2011, education systems throughout the world are attempting to do more, better, and often with less. As the political, economic, social, agency and technological landscapes change, it is tempting for people in the learning technology community simply to "go on with vigour, hoping for the best"*. But this would be to miss a major opportunity.

British Accounting & Finance Association Northern Group Annual Conference 2011

There is a special session on the theme “Accounting, Finance and the Media”. The goal is to enhance the exchange of ideas between academics and practitioners, to provide a forum for discussion of issues relating to accounting, finance and the media and to offer educational opportunities for participants.

Outduction: Enhancing the Final Year Experience

This free one-day event has been arranged to mark the conclusion of the Outduction project which has been run by Kingston University and the University of Bradford.

Symposium on Current Developments in Ethnographic Research in the Social and Management Sciences

Ethnography: Theory, Form and Practice

The 6th Annual Joint University of Liverpool Management School and Keele University Institute for Public Policy and Management Symposium on Current Developments in Ethnographic Research in the Social and Management Sciences.

Innovation Systems and the New Role of Universities

Capacity building & management and support of universities for Innovation and sustainable development.

ABS/BMAF Advanced Teaching Programme Session

The ABS/BMAF Advanced Teaching Programme is designed for a cohort of individuals in business schools who have at least two years’ teaching experience at different levels. It is for members of faculty who would like to network with peers in other universities and sharpen their skills within the UK Professional Standards Framework.

12th European Conference on Knowledge Management - ECKM 2011

Knowledge management has become an accepted discipline within the field of Information Systems and is now well anchored in the operations of many companies. Continuing the success of the ECKM conference series, this conference will provide a communication forum bringing together academia and industry for discussing the progress made and addressing the challenges faced in organizations. Building upon existing work on knowledge management and organizational learning, the conference will promote interdisciplinary approaches from computer science and information systems, business, management and organization science as well as cognitive science. We invite therefore researchers and practitioners to report on the current state of KM projects, share success stories and failures, and discuss promising new ideas, tools and approaches that enable organizations to systematically draw benefit from KM activities.

The 4th Workshop on Business Process Management and Social Software (BPMS2’11)

Social software [1] is a new paradigm that is spreading quickly in society, organizations and economics. Social software has created a multitude of success stories such as wikipedia.org and the development of the Linux operating system. Therefore, more and more enterprises regard social software as a means for further improvement of their business processes and business models. For example, they integrate their customers into product development by using blogs to capture ideas for new products and features. Thus, business processes have to be adapted to new communication patterns between customers and the enterprise: for example, the communication with the customer is increasingly a bi-directional communication with the customer and among the customers. Social software also offers new possibilities to enhance business processes by improving the exchange of knowledge and information, to speed up decisions, etc. Social software is based on four principles: weak ties, social production, egalitarianism and mutual service provisioning.

AISHE-C 2011: The Challenge for Graduates in a Changed World

AISHE-C 2011, the seventh international conference of the All Ireland Society for Higher Education, will take place in Dublin City University on 25th & 26th August 2011. The overall theme of the conference is The Challenge for Graduates in a Changed World.

Within this, specific topics will include:

Graduates for a Digital Age
Students as Researchers
The Student Citizen: Learning Through Work & Community Engagement
Interdisciplinarity in Learning & Teaching
Global Issues in Learning & Teaching
Discipline Based Pedagogies

Academy of Management 2011 Annual Meeting

Theme: West Meets East: Enlightening, Balancing, Transcending.

Critical Finance Studies Conference

Studying finance critically is playing with – while being played by – the normative forces of financial apparatuses; risking one’s self in the course of producing radically novel ways of thinking and comprehending finance and, ultimately, of creating new possibilities of life.

ecch workshop: Using Cases to Teach

The case method is widely recognised as an outstanding approach to teaching and learning, especially in management education. This workshop will provide case teachers with the opportunity to explore the case method and assess its benefits for use in their own classes. The tutor will introduce practical tips and skills for teaching with cases and will provide guidance on case selection and instructor preparation for class. Participants will gain confidence and share experiences in a supportive environment.

SCORE Seminar: Introduction to Open Educational Resources

This seminar is aimed at educators who would like to find out about the fundamental concepts of open educational resources (OER). Speakers are specialists in their fields and bring a wealth of experience for you to draw on.

Institutional Web Management Workshop 2011: Responding to Change

The IWMW event provides an opportunity for those involved in the provision of institutional Web services to hear about institutional case studies, national initiatives and emerging technologies and to actively participate in a number of parallel sessions.

IADIS International Conference e-Learning 2011

The IADIS e-Learning 2011 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within e-Learning. This conference covers both technical as well as the non-technical aspects of e-Learning.

‘They just don’t get it’: how do we support student understanding within and across the disciplines?

The aim of this workshop is to support lecturers in a reflection upon the nature of their own subject/discipline area and to use this to make changes (small or large) to their teaching practice – ready for the new academic year.

The 2011 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government

EEE'11 is the 10th annual conference; originally it was offered as parts of IKE and ICOMP.

29th Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism

Conference Theme: Recovery

The 7th International Critical Management Conference 2011

Traditional management functions: accounting, information systems, marketing, operations management, industrial relations, etc.
long standing organisational dynamics regarding power, gender, resistance, sexuality, identity, space, emotions, etc.

Emerging contemporary issues: globalisation, climate change, development, branding, new technologies, supply chains, governance, (in)security, etc.

The Unbundled Academic

This seminar will present an analysis of these changes linked to the emergence of the ‘para-academic’: staff who specialise in one element of academic practice. This includes the ‘up-skilling’ of professional support staff and the ‘deskilling’ of academic faculty. The implications of this change for the quality of the student experience and the sustainablity of academic citizenship are considered.

Conference on Entrepreneurship in Africa (UK 2011)

The conference brings together leaders from the worlds of business, to explore several aspects of entrepreneurship in Africa: business development, growth sectors, financing, commercialization of research, new development models, information and communications technologies, natural resources and infrastructure.

27th EGOS Colloquium, Reassembling Organizations

Knowledge about assembling and reassembling organizations is now more important than ever. In the light of the current economic crisis, globalization, sustainable futures, financial regulation and social welfare are issues of immense importance for the second decade of this century. There will be a demand for organizational and institutional innovations to deal with these problems and this will have implications for both management practice and our understanding of organizations.

Education in a Changing Environment: Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education

Developments in Economics Education (DEE) Conference 2011: main day

Sessions will include a mixture of keynotes, papers, posters and workshop sessions.

eLearning 2.0 Conference

The future of learning today.

Annual Technology Enhanced Learning Conference, Enhanced and Transformed: Tales from the Digital Age

This one-day conference, held at our Greenwich campus, is an opportunity for presenters and delegates to share their personal and institutional stories of how technology has enhanced and transformed learning and teaching practices from across all education and training sectors.

Assessment in Higher Education Conference

This third Assessment in Higher Education Conference builds on the successful events held in 2008 and 2009 as an opportunity to debate concerns and increase understanding of assessment practice. It will provide the opportunity to share innovations and research with a particular focus on the voice of the practitioner, working to improve assessment in their programmes and institutions.

Academy of Marketing Conference 2011

The 2011 Conference is entitled 'Marketing Fields Forever'.

HEA Annual Conference

Key Contacts Conference 2011

This day is designed for Key Contacts (representatives from Economics departments in the UK with an interest in Economics education) but is open to all DEE 2011 attendees. It includes sessions on Designing Induction Programmes and Using Games and Experiments.

Multi-Organisational Partnerships, Alliances and Networks (MOPAN)

This years conference theme is "Interventions in collaboration systems".

Strategies for Enhancing Employability: The Impact of Postgraduate Education, Summer Conference 2011

The Impact Agenda is fast becoming a key influence over Higher Education strategy and policies. Successful postgraduate outcomes are important in their own right and also for their contribution to research outputs and REF. Employability is increasingly recognized as an essential measure of success. The Summer Conference will address PGR and PGT outcomes, particularly in relation to employability. Contributors will include stakeholders from industry, a research charity, representatives from funding bodies as well as University Careers Service and Skills Development specialists. Through the combination of plenary lectures, facilitated workshops and discussion groups, delegates will have an excellent opportunity to explore factors influencing the employability of postgraduates and to network among colleagues.Discussion will focus on the needs of employers, training requirements and the changing nature and purpose of PG Education at Masters and Doctoral levels in the 21st century.

"Assessing the Assessment Experience"

The University of Wales Newport is hosting this seminar with UWIC as part of the Higher Education Academy's Wales Seminar Series. Please note, the date for this event has now changed from 05 July 2011 to 04 July 2011.

Promoting Inclusive Change: addressing equity and success for BME students in higher education

The University of Greenwich, the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) are pleased to announce a conference promoting BME student achievement to be held on Monday 4 July 2011 at the Greenwich Maritime Campus.

ecch workshop: Teaching with Cases

In 2011, one of the world's most experienced case method tutors will lead this annual workshop to help participants teach effectively with cases. The workshop, run in association with the Richard Ivey School of Business, dispels the mystique of teaching with cases while helping teachers avoid some of the elementary pitfalls. The framework of the workshop is based on the unique concepts developed by the tutor.

Assessment in Higher Education Conference

The Keynote speaker is Professor Sally Brown, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Diversity in Teaching and Learning at Leeds Metropolitan University.

ABS/BMAF Advanced Teaching Programme Session

Education, Learning, Styles, Individual differences Network

The conference is an international forum for the exchange of knowledge on theory, research and practice in the field of styles and strategies of learning and thinking.

National Student Survey Workshop

Enhancing the Student Experience: Lessons from the NSS

e-Assessment: untangling the (k)nots

The conference aims to explore the potential of e-assessment for improving both the student learning experience and academic performance. We will explore why we may wish to move towards using e assessment and how we can use e assessment most effectively.

Work-based Learning Maturity Toolkit Dissemination and Engagement Workshop

Registration for this event has reached its capacity limit. However, we are running a reserve list. If you would like to be included on this list, please email Verena Weigert: v.weigert@jisc.ac.uk

ecch workshop: Writing Cases

This intensive workshop, presented in association with the Richard Ivey School of Business, will be led by two of the world's most experienced case method tutors. The workshop aims to help participants write effective cases quickly and develop skills to create a more enriching classroom environment for their students. The framework of the workshop is based on the unique concepts developed by the tutors.

HE Academy Annual Conference

6th International Conference on e-Learning ICEL-2011

The International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL-2011) invites researchers, practitioners and academics to present their research findings, works in progress, case studies and conceptual advances in areas of work where education and technology intersect. The conference brings together varied groups of people with different perspectives, experiences and knowledge in one location. It aims to help practitioners find ways of putting research into practice and researchers to gain an understanding of real-world problems, needs and aspirations.

Ecology of a Whole Campus Approach to Creativity

Workshops, case studies and panel discussions will showcase the contribution to the debate of Warwick' s Open-space Learning in Real World Contexts project which aims to develop and embed new forms of creative pedagogy associated with workshop practice and collaborative learning in flexible learning spaces. The Conference will enlist participants in identifying future directions and action.

Sustainability in Social Media

All you need to know about Social Media in just three hours.

Residential New Lecturers Workshop

This residential two-day workshop is specifically designed to meet the needs of new and early-career lecturers in economics.

The Economics Network is pleased to announce its Autumn workshop series. The workshops complement any generic-based institutional training delegates might receive (and in some institutions exempts attendees from parts of such training) and are facilitated by experienced economics lecturers.

The workshops are specifically designed to meet the needs of Economics Postgraduate Teaching Assistants/Tutors (GTA’s) with a focus on small-group classes, tutorials, seminars and workshops.

Planning Research Conference 2011

The challenging times we face expose communities to a range of risks, hazards and perceived threats which have direct implications for planning: climate change and associated environmental issues; financial constraints, access to credit and economic uncertainty; political and security disorders; the effects of social polarisation and migration upon community cohesion; and, challenges to existing patterns of governance and leadership styles. But what is the role and remit of planning in these challenging times when places and communities will need to be increasingly resilient? Here resilience is increasingly being focused, not upon state institutions but upon citizen and community responses. But do communities have the skills to make effective decisions affecting their resilience and will all voices be heard equally? Moreover, how is planning reconciling the challenge of finding solutions and spatial strategies that will deliver ‘more for less’ whilst balancing future needs and resources?

RICS International Research Conference (COBRA)

COBRA, the annual conference for property and construction research, convened by RICS, will be held in Manchester, UK and not Perth, Australia as previously planned.

COBRA is the annual RICS construction, building and real estate research conference:

Presenting the best of construction, building and real estate research worldwide
Stimulating debate and discussion between researchers from around the world
Providing the basis for new areas of research

EcoCity World Summit 2011

This international conference will focus on: ‘People. Ecology. Urbanity. Moving Towards EcoCities’. The intent is to provide an opportunity for academics, practitioners, and students who are engaged in working to improve the quality of urban life, in all its dimensions, to share their insights.

Education in the Changing Environment 6th International Conference

Let's Talk Online Conference

Staff from Leeds Metropolitan University have been researching different ways of using the Elluminate Conferencing Tool. This on-line conference is to:

Present the findings,
Encourage discussion,
Distribute free on-line materials as Open Educational Resources (OER)

World Planning Schools Congress 2011

The third World Planning Schools Congress is an international congress for planning educators, researchers and students. The event is an initiative of the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN) and the 2011 Congress centres on the theme ‘Planning’s Future - Futures Planning: Planning in an Era of Global (Un)Certainty and Transformation’.

Audioslides and Videoconferencing to Support Assessment: Report on Research and Hands-on Workshop

In this one day workshop you will have an opportunity to hear from Shaista Minhas and Simon Starr reporting on their Economics Network funded project trialling audioslides (PowerPoint + tutor narration) and videoconferencing to support students in their assessment for a Year 1 introduction to Economics and Statistics module.

ISSOTL 11

From October 20 to 23, 2011, international scholars, researchers, and educators will come together to share recent work and discuss how our collective efforts will transform the future of higher education. The conference will feature workshops facilitated by leading scholars in the field, distinguished international plenary speakers, panel presentations, individual paper and poster presentations, roundtable discussions, and ISSOTL's signature Conference Commons for informal idea-sharing and networking. Proposals for panels, papers, posters, workshops, and roundtables are invited by 15 March.

36th Annual International Improving University Teaching Conference

The International Conference on Improving University Teaching (IUT) invites you to join us for our 36th annual forum. Each year, the IUT Conference offers the opportunity for participants from across the globe to share practices, discoveries, and challenges in improving the effectiveness of postsecondary teaching and learning. The IUT Conference examines topics relevant to students, faculty, and staff in higher education as well as to representatives of business and organizations concerned with higher education. This year's theme is The Collaborative Classroom. Proposals due: 1 February 2011.

Assessment in Higher Education Conference

The 3rd Assessment in Higher Education Conference, Assessment in Higher Education Conference Cumbria Study of Higher Education Network, in collaboration with Northumbria University Centre for Excellence in Assessment for Learning and BERA Higher Education SIG, is as an opportunity to debate concerns and increase understanding of assessment practice. It will provide the opportunity to share innovations and research with a particular focus on the voice of the practitioner, working to improve assessment in their programmes and institutions.

Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education Conference

The Conference will focus on three themes: Social Media: exploring how social media can be used to facilitate, engage, support or deliver learning; Learning, Teaching and Assessment: offering insights into creative ways of facilitating learning, teaching and assessment and enabling engagement with students; & Networking and Partnerships addressing engagement and creativity with external partners.

Higher Education Academy Conference 2011: Changing Practice - Changing Times

The Higher Education Academy Conference aims to: disseminate and showcase evidence informed practice from the sector; facilitate the discussion and debate of pertinent issues relating to the student learning experience; and provide networking and professional development opportunities for participants.

HERDSA Conference 2011: Higher Education on the Edge

Higher Education on the Edge, the theme for the next HERDSA conference was deliberately chosen to reflect the edgy, uncertain and intellectually challenging times we face in higher education. Research domains for the conference include:

Academic practice, work and identities
Learning, teaching, assessment and curriculum
Quality and standards in higher education
Leadership, management, governance and policy in higher education
Student pathways, experiences, expectations and outcomes

Offers of contributions are invited by 26 November 2010.

Ecology of a Whole Campus Approach to Creativity

Starting out in Dance, Drama and Music - an intensive 2-day workshop for new and early career lecturers

‘LATE’ PLACES STILL AVAILABLE. APPLY NOW ONLINE

Based on the succcessful series of 'Starting Out' events run by PALATINE, the HEA Subject Centre for Dance, Drama and Music, this HEA-sponsored event will be led by Dr. Paul Kleiman and Lisa Whistlecroft (both formerly of PALATINE) and Evelyn Jamieson, Senior Lecturer in Dance at the University of Chester.

Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Showcase Event

As part of a 3-year National Teaching Fellowship Project funded by the Higher Education Academy, you are invited to attend and contribute to a showcase event to share and exchange ideas and practice with regards to using technology to enhance fieldwork learning. This event should be of interest to Physical Geography, Human Geography, Earth, Environmental and Bioscience practitioners.

Bioscience Representatives' Forum 2011

This year we will be returning to the same venue as the 2009 Reps' Forum as we bring together the Centre's Bioscience Representatives to share ideas and discuss learning and teaching issues and strategies for responding to current challenges. The event will provide a further opportunity for the Centre to say 'thank you' to Reps for their support and to discuss ideas and agree ways of sustaining a vibrant Bioscience Reps Network alongside the restructured HEA. Please note the Forum is open to Bioscience Representatives and invited individuals only.

Effective Learning in the Biosciences - Equipping Students for the 21st Century

This international conference, organised by the UK Centre for Bioscience, will provide a platform to consider how we can nurture and inspire all bioscience students to realise their full potential, and will: showcase and disseminate evidence informed practice in the biosciences from the UK and overseas; explore how we can most effectively engage bioscience students to maximise their learning and achievement; and provide networking and professional development opportunities for participants.

Digital Reflection: Using digital technologies to enhance and embed creative processes

This collaborative event, supported by PALATINE and the Art Design Media Subject Centre (ADM-HEA), will look at ways in which digital technologies are being used within teaching and learning practice to help students engage in creative forms of reflection upon practice.

The efficiency and effectiveness of assessment in challenging times

SACWG Annual Seminar. The Student Assessment and Classification Working Group holds annual events on topical issues concerned with assessment.

Using Technology to Enhance Learning

16th Annual SEDA Conference 2011

The 2011 Annual SEDA Conference will focus on the pedagogy of technology enhanced learning. The conference will explore the use of technology in teaching and learning, from the perspective of the underlying pedagogy. Sessions will explore the effective use of all forms of technology, be that via Virtual Learning Environments, websites, telephones, podcasts, videos, audience response systems and more.

Using social media to enhance student experience

It's widely accepted that, as tuition fees rise so too will student expectations of the higher education experience. But with budgets staying the same, how can HEIs enhance student experience - in teaching and learning, recruitment and internal communications - without stretching already limited funds?

RAISE Conference 2011: Engaging Students in Challenging Times

The overarching objective of the inaugural Researching, Advancing & Inspiring Student Engagement (RAISE) Conference is to focus specifically on student engagement.

Outside In–The Permeable Art School

Keynote Speaker Lewis Biggs, Director of the Liverpool Biennial

Outside In–The Permeable Art School aims to explore whether the contemporary Art School remains an institution that reaches out and influences the cultural landscape that surrounds it and the effectiveness of the reciprocity by which society infiltrates and influences the Art School.

Media Education Summit 2011

The summit builds on three previous successful meetings, each of which attracted over 150 delegates from 65 Higher Education Institutions. This event is organised by The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice - Bournemouth University, hosted by Ravensbourne and supported by Skillset and the Art Design Media Higher Education Subject Centre.

Technologies of Drawing

One-day conference organized by the University of Huddersfield in partnership with sculpture network.

The conference will take a far-reaching view of the theme Technologies of Drawing, going beyond the opposition of hand-made and digital, and recognizing the variety of tools, techniques, devices and procedures now in circulation. This will include the differing ways in which drawing relates to three-dimensional space. Drawing will be considered from practitioner and art historical perspectives as a means of thinking, designing and making.

Introduction to Open Educational Resources

This seminar is aimed at educators who are new to the concept of open educational resources (OER) and would like to find out about identifying, using and re-using free resources.

DELILA Dissemination event

One day event for developers of information and digital literacy teaching and learning material. Are you an educational developer or librarian/learning technologist? Do you create learning material to help you/others teach information literacy skills? Are you interested in making your material completely freely available? Then this event could be for you!

Accrediting your HE teaching: gaining professional recognition

The final webinar in a series of CPD4HE webinars sharing experiences of developing teaching materials for release as Open Educational Resources (OERs) in the CPD4HE Project is aimed at individuals who wish to gain accreditation or simply to extend their knowledge about teaching and learning in Higher Education.

Weaving New Futures: collaboration and reinvention in the digital age

The ARLIS/UK & Ireland* Annual Conference takes place at the University of Leeds. Within walking distance of the vibrant city centre, the campus allows visitors to experience the heritage of the city, including the fine art of Yorkshire and its rich textile design history.

Academic Developers Sharing Open Resources

CPD4HE workshop

Have you developed learning resources for staff in your own institution?
Would you like to enhance your profile by sharing these with other academic developers?
Are you already doing so and keen to share your experiences?
Would you like to know more about re-using learning resources produced by colleagues across the UK?

Open Educational Resources and Accredited Programmes

Second in a series of CPD4HE webinars sharing experiences of developing teaching materials for release as Open Educational Resources (OERs) in the CPD4HE Project. This second meeting will look at OER development from the perspective of those who lead or teach on accredited programmes on HE Teaching and Learning.

Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education

Assessment in Higher Education Conference

The third Assessment in Higher Education Conference is a partnership between the University of Cumbria Study of Higher Education Network, the Northumbria University Centre for Excellence in Assessment for Learning and the British Educational Research Association Higher Education SIG. It is aimed at all those working in higher education with an interest in the practice and research of assessment and will be of interest to lecturers, staff in learning support and those with responsibility for the management and quality assurance of assessment.

The deadline for registrations is 28 June.

Changing Practice - Changing Times

The Higher Education Academy Annual Conference

The title for the 2011 conference is "Changing Practice - Changing Times", exploring challenges and changes to the sector over the next five years.

Digital Reflection: Using digital technologies to enhance and embed creative processes

Assessing the Assessment Experience

The growth of student numbers in higher education has led to an enormous burden of assessment. In an attempt to alleviate this pressure on teaching staff, many institutions have developed assessment systems that are very efficient for quality assurance departments, but are often do little for the learning needs of individual students. For many staff this disparity causes an additional range of emotional responses at the end of each semester.

Promoting inclusive change: addressing equity and success for BME students in higher education

The University of Greenwich, in collaboration with the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) have developed this conference which builds on the earlier work of the HEA and ECU including a ‘summit programme’. This programme enabled a number of higher education institutions to develop and implement initiatives designed to support Black and minority ethnic (BME) students to succeed. Last year the results of this work were disseminated at a conference hosted by Coventry University.

NAHEMI @ BFI: Conference and Student Showcase

Nahemi, the specialist subject association committed to supporting best practice in film in higher education in the UK, presents a two day event that is free and open to everyone.

8th Annual MeCCSA Postgraduate Network Conference

The Bournemouth University Media School is host to the 8th Annual Media, Communications, and Cultural Studies Association - Postgraduate Network

Ecology of a Whole Campus Approach to Creativity

This one-day conference, open to academic staff, administrators and postgraduate students, will address the challenges of embedding creativity into teaching and learning in the HE sector across the disciplines. In a changing economic landscape universities must provide students with the space and means to act on and in the world in new and significant ways, to think beyond the known and predictable, to initiate new ideas and ways of knowing and making, to draw together knowledge and practices form across disciplines, in short the skills for self-fashioning needed in the real world.

Academic integrity: exploring a holistic approach for preventing student plagiarism

One of HEA collaborative event series on Academic Integrity theme

Higher Education Academy Annual Conference 2011

Learning to Teach Inclusively Conference

The Institute for Learning Enhancement, University of Wolverhampton invites you to the Learning to Teach Inclusively End of OER OMAC Project Conference

An all day event to be held on 20th September 2011 at Wolverhampton Science Park

The Learning to Teach Inclusively Project is an Open Resource Project, funded by the Higher Education Authority and JISC, to provide an online module with resources to be used in the HE sector.

The Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare Annual Conference

ASPiH Conference 2011 - Dates Confirmed The dates for the Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare Conference have now been announced as Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th November 2011. Pre-Conference masterclasses will take place on the afternoon of Tuesday 8th November.

JISC RSC Wales - Online Summer Bytes

JISC RSC Wales introduces its inaugural online e-Learning event Summer Bytes. For three days in June we will deliver a series of interactive sessions directly to your desktop, thus negating the need to travel and spend time away from the office.

Introduction to Open Educational Resources

The Introduction to Open Educational Resources seminar is aimed at educators who would like to find out about the fundamental concepts of OER. The sessions will cover the benefits of using OER, successful OER projects and how to find OER. It will also have an overview of Creative Commons licensing.

Introduction to Open Educational Resources

UNESCO 4th International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development

Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Moving the Agenda Forward

Over the years there has been considerable progress in implementing sustainability into higher education institutions (HEIs). However, there is still a lot of work to be done to make sustainability a guiding principle in this educational area.

Lecture capture - doing it well and at scale

This is a one day event run by the Association for Learning Technology about lecture capture and how to do it well and at scale.

Many organisations are turning to recording lectures and other kinds of teaching session, and publishing these internally or externally so that students and others can access the recordings at their leisure.

“Lecture Capture” is the name given to the family of technologies that support the making of such recordings. The aim of this ALT event is to help participants get to grips with the human, organisational, pedagogic, quality and technical challenges of doing lecture capture well and at scale.

The tag for the event is #alt_lc.

InForm Conference 2011 - Internationalisation: How far can it go?

The second InForm conference will take place on Saturday 16 July at the University of Reading.
InForm is the journal of teaching and learning related practice for members of the academic community associated with International Foundation Programmes (IFPs).

Muslims in Britain Research Network (MBRN) meeting

The theme of this meeting will be 'Multiculturalism and Muslim leaderships in the UK: New Labour and after'.

'Homo sapiens report: ‘The Future of Humanity’

The homo sapiens foundation is a non profit that produces multi-media educational materials for sustainable development. It combines rigorous factual science with highly unusual visuals, thought provoking yet entertaining. Among other things we're an official global project of UNESCO's education for sustainable
development, we are to be a featured project of the Club of Rome, we've given lectures at Harvard, Yale, MIT, Tufts' Fletcher School, upcoming London School of economics and at many European Universities, Colleges and Business schools, to international staffs of WWF, IIED, SEI, and to various UN RCEs. Michael has also been keynote speaker at various conferences on education for sustainable development.

Cyfrwng Media Wales Conference 2011: International Conference on Media and Culture in Small Nations

Hosted by the Centre for the Study of Media and Culture in Small Nations. Please download the Event Flyer for more information. To book on, please download and fill out the Event Booking Form.

Enabling Staff Engagement in the Inclusive Curriculum

This one day workshop is being held as part of the Embedding Equality and Diversity in the Curriculum Programme workshop series. The workshop will provide a practical means of building internal capacity to engage all academic staff in the use of inclusive learning and teaching practices to improve the quality of the student experience.

Using evidence based approaches to embed inclusive practice in the curriculum

This half day workshop is being held as part of the Embedding Equality and Diversity in the Curriculum Programme workshop series. The workshop will provide a practical means of building internal capacity to engage all academic staff in the use of inclusive learning and teaching practices to improve the quality of the student experience.

Ethnicity and academic attainment - promoting student success

The Open University University will be hosting this seminar as part of the Access and Success for All strand of the 2010-11 Academy Seminar Series.

The Umayyads: history, art and culture in the first century of Islam

The Umayyads were the first great Islamic dynasty. Under their rule, the Islamic polity was transformed from a loose military confederation into a world empire.

2nd international conference on Islamic Education (ICIEd 2011)

The ICIEd 2011 aims to:

Bring together a large number of international scholars, experts and researchers and provide networking opportunities;
Discuss and analyse the implementation of education policies of various countries in different scenarios;
Exchange ideas and views to improve and enhance the quality of Islamic education;
Suggest solutions to some of the issues regarding Islamic education;
Support the initiatives of the state of Selangor, Malaysia in its aim to enhance its Islamic educational system.

The Qur'an: text, society & culture 2011

The conference series seeks to provide a forum for investigating the basic question: how is the Qur’anic text read and interpreted? The objective is to encompass a global vision of current research trends, and to stimulate discussion, debate and research on all aspects of the Qur’anic text and its interpretation.

Shared sovereignty: rights, religion, and the problem of authority

The Centre for the International Politics of Conflict, Rights and Justice at the School of Oriental and African Studies is organising this workshop as part of their work on religion and secularism.

Inaugural conference on Iran’s economy

This is the first international conference of the newly formed International Iranian Economic Association (IIEA).

British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) Northern area group annual conference

This conference aims to provide participants with the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas, to discuss new concepts and progressive methodologies, and to present their current research work.

5th international forum on world civilisations: communicating civilisation and global order

This event is being organisd by the History Department of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), in collaboration with the Centre for Comparative Studies of World Civilisations of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the Institute of Cultural Studies of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS), and the School of Foreign Languages and Cultures of Nanjing Normal University.

Islamic Manuscript Association conference

The seventh Islamic Manuscript Assocation conference is being hosted by the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge.

A workshop on managing groups and group work involving culturally diverse groups - 23 June 11

A half day event sponsored by the Teaching International Students project and the University of Sussex

Future Directions: Making the case for widening access: planning, evidencing and evaluating widening access performance

This is a practically-orientated workshop which will build on the HEA’s Future Directions: Learning & Teaching and Widening Access Strategies workshop on 13 April 2011. It will focus more specifically on supporting institutions to make the case for widening access, including strategic planning, evidencing and evaluating widening access performance. We will focus on the development of widening access strategies across the student lifecycle, taking account of regional perspectives and the need for alignment with or integration of institutional learning and teaching and other strategies. In addition we will launch the HEA retention publication Engaging Students to Improve Student Retention and Success in Higher Education in Wales and we will have two practice updates to stimulate discussion.

The event is designed to be attended by small teams from institutions and Reaching Wider Partnership Managers/Chairs who are involved in developing widening access strategies. The workshop sessions will facilitate intra- and cross-institutional working, and regional dialogue.

Please note that this event is by invitation only with limited places available.

For queries about the event, please contact Rachel O’Gorman (Rachel.OGorman@hefcw.ac.uk).

More with Less: teaching, learning and assessment strategies that enhance the students learning experience and cost less

This is a virtual workshop over two sessions using Elluminate; a web based programme which allows users to unite video and web conferencing, instant messaging, phone, social networks and much more. This is similar to using a classroom/lecture hall online, enabling constant communication and a truly 21st century experience for those attending the sessions.

More with Less: teaching, learning and assessment strategies that enhance the students learning experience and cost less

Second Annual Quality Assurance and Quality Enhancement in e-Learning Conference

This free one-day conference will explore challenges facing the sector in relation to assuring quality, whilst also enabling quality enhancement and innovation through technology enhanced learning (TEL). The event will explore the unsolved problems and try to identify some of the unknown issues.

Islamic Finance Summer School

This is the sixth Islamic Finance Summer School organised by Durham University.

Teacher Education Futures across the UK: Wales

The aim of this event in Wales is to give an opportunity for colleagues to build on the collaboration which already exists between them to look at major issues facing Initial Teacher Education in Wales. It will provide a space to share ideas on developments in Wales and allow delegates to add their voice to the current debates.

The event is one of a series of seminars presented by TEAN and supported by ESCalate; there will be similar events in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, focussing on issues relevant to each individual region of the UK. Outcomes from all four events will be reported on the TEAN and the ESCalate websites.

FACE 2011 Annual Conference: Lifelong Learning and Community Development

The FACE 2011 Annual Conference is hosted by the Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning at the University of Glasgow and sponsored by ESCalate.

Learning for the Workplace: Embedding Employability in the Academic Curriculum A one day employability event for academic staff

The Scottish Higher Education Employability Forum (SHEEF) is pleased to announce the first in a series of regional workshops for academic staff aimed at showcasing examples of innovative and effective ways of embedding employability in the academic curriculum at subject level.

Sustainable Employment Conference

In May this year, when the coalition set out its 'Programme for Government', they set out to reform the welfare system to ensure that those looking for work were provided help to find it, through training and targeted support, and those who could but chose not to enter work or training would find themselves on the end of government sanctions

2011 UK/Ireland Planning Resilient Communities in Challenging Times

UK ITE Network for Education Sustainable Development Global Citizenship Fourth Annual Conference

Keynote speakers: Hilary Benn, MP & Prof Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Teacher Education towards Sustainability

Building capacity for ESD/GC in times of change

Teaching the Green Humanities?

This conference is about the relationship between teaching the arts and humanities in HE and student learning about environmental and social issues. It will debate the extent to which the pedagogy of the humanities is inherently ‘green’ and should be concerned with engaging its students in environmental and social issues. It will also create opportunities to share current practices in addressing these issues in (and outside) the classroom and demonstrate how pedagogical innovation in the arts and humanities might contribute to environmental and social awareness.

First international symposium on corporate responsibility and sustainable development

The Symposium Committee invites you to participate in a forthcoming congress on emerging issues in corporate responsibility and sustainable development. Presentations and debates will highlight current thinking and how these issues are being addressed around the world nowadays. We welcome contributions from researchers, practitioners, policy makers and community representatives, and anyone else who has a perspective on these issues. Those wishing to attend but not to present are also warmly welcome.

Weaving the Future: Embedding Interdisciplinary Learning

Learn about the potential of interdisciplinary learning in ESD at taught postgraduate level
Take part in an interactive visioning exercise around interdisciplinary course development in
ESD
Contribute to discussions on the design/content of staff and student guides to support interdisciplinary learning in ESD at the taught postgraduate level
Share examples of innovative practice in interdisciplinary learning in ESD

Educating Muslims in the UK

The Centre for Research and Evaluation in Muslim Education is holding its first annual conference on ‘Educating Muslims in the UK’ on Saturday 4 June 2011. The conference aims to explore key themes and issues and bridge the gap between academic and practitioner communities through research.

Islamic Law special interest group meeting

This is the second meeting of the UK Centre for Legal Education's Islamic Law special interest group. Members will provide updates on progress with their work, following on from the inaugural meeting of the group in November 2010. The meeting will also forward plans for the future development and sustainability of the group.

International conference and exhibition on research in Islamic and Arabic language education 2011 (ICERIALE2011)

This conference aims to:

bring together a large number of scholars, experts and researchers in the fields of Islamic and Arabic language education from around the world and give them the opportunity to interact and network with one another;
present, discuss and share research findings in the fields of Islamic and Arabic language education;
discuss and critically analyse the implementation of Islamic and Arabic language education policies of various countries;
exchange ideas and views to improve and enhance the quality of Islamic and Arabic language education;
suggest solutions to some of the issues regarding Islamic and Arabic language education.

Employer responsive provision: the changing landscape of work-based learning

The Higher Education Academy recently established an Employee Learning Network for all those with an interest in employer engagement and employee learning. We have had an enthusiastic response to this and we are very pleased to announce the inaugural event for the network which we are organising in partnership with Middlesex University.

Future Directions: QAA Enhancement Event: Responsive Provision in Wales

This forthcoming event is set against the background of the strategic directions for Welsh higher education as formulated by the Welsh Assembly Government and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.

Responsive provision is about responding to the needs and interests of students, employers, and Welsh society and economy as a whole. Central to the idea of responsive provision is the development and delivery of higher education that allows learners and employers to participate in higher education to their full benefit.

For further details and to book onto the event, please visit the Event website at the link below.

Towards a transnational history of Kemalism in the post-Ottoman space beyond Turkey

This event is being organised by the Centre d’études turques, ottomanes, balkaniques et centrasiatiques (CETOBAC - EHESS) with the support of the ANR Transtur and Institut d’études de l’islam et des sociétés du monde musulman (IISMM – EHESS).

'Islam and Democracy - what clash?'

The aim of this event is to encourage wider discussion and understanding of Muslim attitudes to democracy in the context of Islam.

Learning through experience: developing international & regional research agenda

This event is the first in a series of International Symposium organised by the Centre on global themes of lifelong learning. The aim of the series is to provide the Lifelong Learning community with opportunities to:

    * Network and hear from leading international experts across a range of lifelong learning issues
    * Shape the development of new and existing fields of knowledge, methods and practices
    * Engage in knowledge exchange through seminars, workshops and other forms of interactions

This event will provide a focus for RPL researchers, practitioner and policy-makers interested in the theme of informal and flexible learning. The challenges of developing research relevant to both regional and international contexts and concerns will be addressed, with particular reference to the fields of RPL. The event will be organised in collaboration with the Prior Learning International Research Centre (PLIRC), Open Learning Division at Thomson Rivers University Canada http://www.tru.ca/distance/plirc.html

Sharing and building bibliographic capacity in Islamic Studies: law and finance

The ability to locate and manipulate bibliographic material is as vital for research as it is for teaching and learning. Islamic Studies is no exception. However, particular, and sometimes acute problems, are encountered in this field. Sources are widely scattered. They are often situated in outlets which are difficult to find. Multilingual capacity is needed.

WritingPAD Wales Symposium

The event is aimed to provoke discussion. Delegates will act both as advisors and collaborators, commenting and giving feedback on trigger papers to be presented, then working towards areas of interest for co-written papers. They will encourage all who attend to collaborate on further papers from for a special issue of the Journal of Writing in Creative Practice (JWCP): volume 4, issue 2. The deadline for this second issue is 3 June 2011.

Please download the flyer and booking form below for further information.

Spatial Design Support: GIS-based analysis tools for urban design, architecture and spatial planning

Islam, love and marriage: new choices for a new world

This FREE workshop presents findings of a three-year research project on how young Muslims in the United Kingdom and in Bangladesh think about marriage and the family. The workshop will run from 5pm-8pm. All welcome and refreshments are included.

The workshop programme can be downloaded below.

Promoting Inclusive Change: addressing equity and success for BME students in higher education

This conference is being hosted by the University of Greenwich and co-sponsored by the HEA and Equality Challenge Unit (ECU).It builds on the work of the developmental summit programme delivered by the HEA and ECU to enable 15 higher education institutions to develop and implement initiatives designed to support black and minority ethnic (BME) students to succeed. The results of this work were disseminated at a conference hosted by Coventry University in July 2010.
In the context of new research findings, this event seeks to promote ongoing dialogue in the sector and highlight practice-related ideas and institutional initiatives that seek to improve the performance of BME students and contribute to the development of more inclusive institutional cultures. It reflects a growing recognition that while the picture is improving - the attainment gap between BME students and their white contemporaries appears to have been slowly closing since 2005/6 - more needs to be done to promote equity and success for BME students.

Writers of Muslim heritage

Leeds Metropolitan University will host a public event around new writing with three acclaimed authors of Muslim heritage. These writers, Aamer Hussein, Mirza Waheed, and John Siddique, will begin with readings from their work, followed by a Q & A. After a short break, there will be an approximately hour-long discussion, chaired by Dr Claire Chambers, about their writing and broader issues in relation to contemporary politics. The event is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Board.

Inclusive practice and Open Educational Resources: a research-based workshop

This workshop outlines the ways in which one OER project (Learning to Teach Inclusively), funded under the HEA/JISC OER OMAC scheme, is attempting to address the gap in the understanding and development of professional values and inclusive practice, and explores with colleagues the ways in which inclusive practice is currently being developed within their own institutions.

9th International ePortfolio and Identity conference

The 9th international ePortfolio and Identity Conference will provide a forum where researchers and practitioners can discuss theoretical aspects, open issues, and innovative approaches and share the latest advances in the state of the art and practices in how far the following are currently supported effectively by ePortfolio tools and technologies, whether provided within or beyond institutions

Ethnicity and academic attainment – promoting student success

The Open University will be hosting this seminar as part of the Access and Success for All strand of the 2010-11 Academy Seminar Series.

Improving the degree attainment of black and minority ethnic students

Leeds Metropolitan University will be hosting this seminar as part of the Access and Success for All strand of the 2010-11 Academy Seminar Series.

5th Asia Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity (26-29 September 2011)

The conference is co-sponsored by three of Perth’s other universities; Curtin University, Murdoch University and Edith Cowan University.

This is the first time since the APCEI began in 2003 that the conference has been held on the Australian west coast. It is hoped that with the conference theme Educational Integrity: Culture and Values, the geographical location and the fact that spring is a beautiful time to visit Perth, we will be able to welcome colleagues from all over the world to this meeting.

Engage with HE STEM Wales Conferences

To book your place e-mail: events-hestem@wimcs.ac.uk
For enquiries telephone Ross Davies or Sara Bowen on 01792 606674

Engage with HE STEM Wales Conferences

To book your place e-mail: events-hestem@wimcs.ac.uk
For enquiries telephone Ross Davies or Sara Bowen on 01792 606674

Working with International Students: a Guide for Staff in Engineering - 30 Mar 11

This seminar uses one of the Centre's latest teaching guides 'Working with International Students: a Guide for Staff in Engineering' to explore how we might work with international students, and is intended to be useful to all those who have a teaching role in engineering in UK higher education.

Invited speaker: Dr Rachel Scudamore, University of Nottingham

The oppression of women in Islam: myth or reality?

This event is the first in the 'Islamic life and culture' seminar series being organised by the University of Wales Trinity St David.

BMAF Internationalisation SIG Conference 2011: Internationalisation – A Strategy for the Future

The 4th Internationalisation Special Interest Group Annual Conference is taking place on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 June at Nottingham Trent University.

BMAF Internationalisation SIG Workshop

A one day workshop which will be hosted by the University of Glamorgan.

It will continue to explore the theme developed at the November 2010 workshop at Manchester Metropolitan University of Internationalisation - Same, Same or Different?

One of the speakers at this workshop will Professor David Jenkins who will discuss Supporting International Students in their Learning, a reflection on international experience and good practice across the University of Glamorgan; Neil Wellman and Julia Fallon from UWIC will also lead a session on their research into Plagarism within their MBA course and how to work with international students to avoid this.

HE in FE Forum

This free half-day forum will give College HE Coordinators, SMT and Marketing staff the opportunity to reflect on key messages recently announced by the Government as they impact the future direction and importance of HE in FE.

Future Directions for Higher Education in Wales Graduates for our future – work strands launch

A new enhancement theme - Graduates for our Future has been identified for higher education institutions (HEIs) and sector organisations in Wales to focus their teaching and learning enhancement activities.

The launch event took place on 08 March

1st Personal Tutoring & Academic Support Conference

This is the first Personal Tutoring and Academic Support Conference hosted by UWIC’s Cardiff School of Management. The one-day conference will bring together professionals, educators and practitioners from Higher Education Institutions across the UK, to facilitate a sharing of best practice in many aspects of academic support of students.

Conference Themes

Delivery of Personal Tutoring

Modes of delivering personal tutoring with HEIs.
Innovative approaches to personal tutoring and academic support.

Skills Development Support of Higher Education Students

Personal skills development.
Academic skills development.
Professional skills development.

Supporting Students with Additional Learning Needs

Dyslexia support and strategies.
Generating awareness of support needs.
Assisting students in accessing support and diagnoses.

Learning Technologies in Academic Skills Development

Mobile applications in skills development and support.
Use of forums and Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs).
Use of technology in supporting students with ALN.

We welcome all forms of research presentations and case studies and we are able to provide dedicated spaces for posters.

Key Dates

Deadline for Abstract Submission: 18th April, 2011
Notification of Acceptance: 22nd April, 2011
Full and Working Paper Submission: 1st June, 2011
Early-Bird Registration Deadline: 30th April, 2011
Deadline for Registration: 27th May, 2011

Registration

Delegate Registration Fee: £45 (Early-Bird) £50 (Later Registration)

The cost includes conference attendance, morning and afternoon tea, coffee and biscuits and a buffet lunch.

To register or if you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact:

Catherine Tryfona on +44 (0) 2920 205735 or email ctryfona@uwic.ac.uk
Natalie Hughes on +44 (0) 2920 417183 or email nlhughes@uwic.ac.uk
More details available at: UWIC website

The Challenge of Assessing Students' Professional Assessment and Achievement

The purpose of this event will be to consider the nature of the challenges in assessing students' professional assessment and achievement.

Dynamic PBL: problem based learning summer workshop

The Physics Innovations Centre for Excellence (piCETL) would like to invite you to the ninth annual Problem-Based Learning Summer Workshop.

Easing the School-to-University Transition: Improving and Enhancing the Undergraduate Experience

Making the transition from school to university is a daunting task for any student. Moving from classrooms to lecture theatres, working in labs full of unfamiliar apparatus, in new surroundings and often without the support of family and friends, university can appear a hostile and challenging environment.

More Effective Lectures

In the current HE environment academics will inevitably find themselves teaching more students with fewer resources. The pressures to do things more effectively and efficiently whilst maintaining a quality student experience will be acute. Lectures allow students to be taught together in large numbers so are inevitably relied upon as a time efficient approach. However, evidence has long demonstrated that the traditional didactic lecture is not as effective for student learning as many academics believe.

How can ePortfolios support 21st Century Learning?

This JISC netskills workshop will explore what we mean by e-portfolios and how e-portfolios can support 21st century learning.

A Workshop Series around the Circular Economy (London)

A free workshop series for UK academic lecturers:

STEM :: Design :: Business :: Economics

A Workshop Series around the Circular Economy (Edinburgh)

A free workshop series for UK academic lecturers:

STEM :: Design :: Business :: Economics

A Workshop Series around the Circular Economy (Wales)

A free workshop series for UK academic lecturers:

STEM :: Design :: Business :: Economics

Beyond Borders: Challenging Assumptions and Expectations of Internationalisation

The symposium will provide good networking opportunities for both real and virtual participants to share ideas and explore different views of internationalisation and support for international students.

HE in FE Assessment - good practice learned from IQER

The event will include a presentation from QAA summarising good practices found in IQER reviews and an insight into the future review methodology for HE in colleges. College colleagues will also disseminate innovative and effective practice identified from their own IQER Developmental Engagement and Summative Reviews.

Scholarly Activity in HE in FE: Practical support workshop

A further workshop in our successful series to support practitioners delivering HE in FE to develop their scholarly skills.

The importance and need for research and scholarly activity as integral factors within FE colleges' planning and management of HE is constantly highlighted as an area for improvement.

Experiential learning: innovations in teaching and learning for HE in FE

An excellent opportunity for those delivering HE in FE to refresh your approach to designing learning experiences for your students and to create a set of exciting materials ready for use in teaching practice.

Pedagogic Research in the Disciplines

BOOKINGS FOR THIS EVENT ARE NOW CLOSED This one day workshop will be of interest to subject based academics and educational developers interested in developing ideas for future research and sharing practice between disciplines in terms of approaches and issues in this field. The event also aims to identify future areas for developmental support within different disciplines. Participants will be supported to develop pedagogic research questions and methodologies appropriate for their discipline.

World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF)

This event will bring together government leaders, industry leaders, academic scholars, regional experts, professionals and corporate managers to discuss opportunities for business partnerships in the Muslim world.

Rising to the challenge: frameworks for employability in the new HE landscape (London)

The Higher Education Academy is organising two interactive one-day events, one to be held in Birmingham and the other in London, to support the sector in enhancing their institutional frameworks for employability.

Rising to the challenge: frameworks for employability in the new HE landscape (Birmingham)

Workshop on teaching Islamic Studies in Wales and the South West

PLEASE NOTE- Online bookings for this event are now closed, however there are places still available. Please contact externalevents@heacademy.ac.uk to book a your place.

The UK Islamic Studies Network is organising a cross-disciplinary workshop for those working in Islamic Studies and related disciplines at higher education institutions in Wales and the South West. This event aims to bring together teachers of Islamic Studies from a wide range of disciplines (e.g. Theology and Religious Studies, History, Politics, Literature, Sociology, Anthropology, Law, Business and Finance), and is open to both specialists and non-specialists who teach on modules related to Islam. This will be an opportunity for practitioners to network, gain a sense of the different ways in which Islamic Studies is taught in the regional context, share practice, and discuss region-specific issues in the teaching of Islamic Studies.

Cultural responses to the Qur'an

This is a pre-conference workshop at the American Academy of Religion (AAR) Annual Meeting.

The workshop is being sponsored by the Qur'anic Studies Unit of the Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS) in association with the Qur'an Group of the AAR.

Islamic philosophy conference

The Department of Humanities at the University of Gloucestershire is organising this one day conference.

Speakers include Rt. Rev. Professor Kenneth Cragg, Dr. David Emmanuel Singh, Dr Roy Jackson and Dr Theodore Gabriel.

Gulf research meeting

The 2nd annual Gulf Research Meeting aims to provide an academic environment to foster Gulf studies and promote scholarly and academic exchange among scholars.

The Camel Conference

This international conference will examine, document and celebrate camel cultures from around the world.

Institutional Strategies for OER

'Institutional strategies for OER' will consider a variety of current national and international open educational resource (OER) projects. It will explore the obstacles the projects have faced, and the basis of their success, with a particular focus on the impact of institutional strategy. The event will include an examination of the effect of government policy, and how it encourages or inhibits sector engagement in OER.

This event is aimed at those involved with policy and strategy related activities within their institutions.

Academic integrity: exploring a holistic approach for preventing student plagiarism (27 June 2011)

Please download the seminar poster below for further details. For bookings, email ced@qub.ac.uk

Future Directions: Feeding Forward, Enhancing Learning and Teaching through Technology

A one-day workshop organised by JISC RSC Wales in association with the Higher Education Academy and HEFCW as part of the series Future Directions for Higher Education in Wales. More information is available at the JISC RSC Wales event website

Incorporating Personal Development Planning and e-portfolio use into curriculum design

A regional workshop programme delivered by the Centre for Recording Achievement with support from the Higher Education Academy.

Incorporating Personal Development Planning and e-portfolio use into curriculum design

A regional workshop programme delivered by the Centre for Recording Achievement with support from the Higher Education Academy.

Thursday 28th April Birmingham City University
Thursday 5th May 2011 Liverpool John Moores University
Tuesday 24th May 2011 Bath Spa University

Incorporating Personal Development Planning and e-portfolio use into curriculum design

A regional workshop programme delivered by the Centre for Recording Achievement with support from the Higher Education Academy.

Thursday 28th April Birmingham City University
Thursday 5th May 2011 Liverpool John Moores University
Tuesday 24th May 2011 Bath Spa University

Incorporating Personal Development Planning and e-portfolio use into curriculum design

A regional workshop programme delivered by the Centre for Recording Achievement with support from the Higher Education Academy.

Thursday 28th April Birmingham City University
Thursday 5th May 2011 Liverpool John Moores University
Tuesday 24th May 2011 Bath Spa University

Teaching about Islam in the Social Sciences workshop

This workshop is being organised by the Subject Network for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP). The event will give lecturers, practitioners and postgraduate students an opportunity to share practice and discuss issues and potential developments in teaching Islam in the social sciences, including sociology, anthropology, criminology, politics and international studies courses.

Between East and West: Cultural and religious dialogue before, during and after the totalitarian rule

The Latvian Society for the Study of Religions, in cooperation with the University of Latvia and Daugavpils University, is organising this international scientific conference on religious studies. The event is aimed at scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines and fields that relate to this area of study.

Qur’an, Tafsir and Hadith studies: a postgraduate workshop

This one-day workshop for postgraduate students working in Qur'anic Studies and related areas throughout the UK is being organised by the Institute of Ismaili Studies’ Qur'anic Studies unit, one of the largest academic units in the UK devoted to the study of the Qur'an and Tafsir.

Symposium: 'Mediating Modesty Fashioning Faithful Bodies'

This symposium brings together speakers from cultural studies, anthropology, fashion studies and religious studies to think about women's modest self presentation in the context of new forms of commerce, commentary, and community.

The 12th Mediterranean research meeting

This event aims to foster theoretical and empirical research and dialogue among scholars from countries across the Mediterranean, and with Mediterranean issue concerns, focusing on legal, historical, economic and socio-political issues. It aims to enable junior scholars to meet more senior scholars in an interactive environment, and to promote further research collaboration, publication and dissemination.

British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) annual conference

The 2011 BRISMES Annual Conference is being held at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. The conference theme is ‘The Middle East: Aspirations and Challenges?’ The five BRISMES research networks will also be convening sessions during the conference.

State, society and economy in the modern Middle East

This international event is being organised by the London Middle East Institute at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). It is aimed at all PhD students with a research focus on the Middle East. The conference will provide an opportunity for young scholars to present their research and work in progress.

SCORE Project Event: Institutional Strategies for OER

'Institutional strategies for OER' will consider a variety of current national and international open educational resource (OER) projects. It will explore the obstacles the projects have faced, and the successes they have won, with a particular focus on the impact of institutional strategy. The event will include an examination of the effect of government policy, and how it encourages or inhibits sector engagement in OER.

Widgetbash

Interested in web apps, widgets gadgets? Have a great idea but not sure how to build a widget? Not sure how to deploy and install it in your VLE? Then this is the event for you!

Postgraduate surveys in practice: making the most of PRES and PTES

PLEASE NOTE - BOOKINGS FOR THIS EVENT HAVE NOW CLOSED

Following last year’s Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) events on intellectual climate and skills, employability and careers and last November’s Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) event on employability, this summer’s enhancement event will combine both PRES and PTES and take a more practical look at how our postgraduate surveys are used in institutions and what sort of action could result from the 2011 surveys.

Scottish Higher Education Employability Conference: Strengthening Partnerships with Employers

The Scottish Higher Education Employability Forum (SHEEF) is pleased to announce the programme for a major two-day national conference on 1-2 June 2011 for higher education providers and employers which is being jointly organised by the Higher Education Academy, QAA Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council. The overarching aims of the conference are both to highlight and celebrate the work that has been undertaken to date in strengthening the graduate employability agenda in Scottish higher education, but also to address where we go from here and the vital role which employers can play in enhancing graduate employability.

25th annual British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS) conference

The theme for this 25th anniversary BASAS conference is ‘Bodies of power, forms of power: South Asia through history and across disciplines’.

Reforms in Islamic Education

This conference will bring together internationally renowned academics to raise awareness on reforms in Islamic education by presenting critical perspectives and discussing practical suggestions.

Innovative widening access for the workforce through work-place based intermediaries

Please note that this event has now been postponed

"Assessing the Assessment Experience"

Plagiarism: realities and myths

Please download the event poster and programme below for further details. For bookings, email h.hughes@glyndwr.ac.uk

Network of Deputy Vice-Chancellors, Pro-Vice-Chancellors and Vice-Principals - April 2011

Marketing HEIs in a competitive environment: informing and engaging the student

Towards a New Horizon:Using Technology to Deliver HE in a Changing World

See flyer below for further details.

CELT Writing Retreat

Please download the documents below for further details on the event.

Effective Learning in the Biosciences: Equipping Students for the 21st Century

This international conference will provide a platform to consider how we can nurture and inspire all bioscience students to realise their full potential, and will: - showcase and disseminate evidence informed practice in the biosciences from the UK and overseas; - explore how we can most effectively engage bioscience students to maximise their learning and achievement; and - provide networking and professional development opportunities for participants. The themes of the Conference are: - Inspiring first year students - Engaging students in the laboratory and field - Biologists working with others – interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary learning and teaching - Students and academics working together to improve the student learning experience And the conference will be of interest to individuals: - Involved with teaching bioscience in higher and further education - Supporting staff and students in bioscience departments - Conducting research and development in bioscience education - Developing policy and practice relevant to bioscience education in professional institutions and government organisations.

SOLSTICE eLearning & CLTR Conference 2011

Effective Practices: Enhancing Learning, Teaching & Student Success.

By hook or by crook? Issues and solutions in addressing unfair practice

Please download the event poster and programme below for further details. For bookings, email a.rowland@swansea.ac.uk

BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium 2011

Call for abstracts

The Undergraduate Lovelace Colloquium is an annual one-day event organised by BCSWomen for female students of computing and IT. Each year it comprises a number of talks from industry and academia, a poster contest for students and, of course, social activities. Held previously at University of Leeds and Cardiff University, it will take place at University of Birmingham in 2011.

Although the day is primarily aimed at undergraduate students the event is also open to those studying taught Masters programmes. Women and girls studying in schools and colleges are welcome to come along, but not to enter the poster contest - please contact the organisers for more information about attendance from schools.

Collaborative Tools to Support the Learner Experience

Students today have increasingly high expectations about how technology can support their studies. Many will come to your institution already armed with their own web-enabled devices and fluent in the use of social networking. This workshop explores how you might use collaborative tools to achieve greater levels of student satisfaction, engagement and retention and enhance communication between learners and their lecturers and tutors.

Scholarly Teaching in Medical Education

This master class will explore the broader aspects of Scholarship of Learning: what does it mean for medical educators? Does becoming more scholarly improve the quality of learning, and ultimately of patient care? How does the evidence-base for medical education sit alongside the values-base? It will look particularly at developing scholarship in the clinical workplace as well as in the university.

IADIS international conference mobile learning 2011

The IADIS Mobile Learning 2011 International Conference seeks to provide a forum for the discussion and presentation of mobile learning research.

7th National FORREST Conference

Organised by the UK Physical Sciences Centre in conjunction with Nottingham Trent University, the FORREST Conference is aimed at promoting and developing links between Higher Education and forensic science research. The conference will showcase some of the latest developments in forensic research and the teaching of the subject.

Symposium on the Benefits of eLearning Technologies in Engineering, Physical Sciences and Mathematics

The University of Manchester, in conjunction with the Higher Education Academy Subject Centres in Engineering, Physical Sciences, and Mathematics, is holding a symposium that focuses on the benefits of eLearning technologies in teaching and learning.

Why there’s never been a better time to do PDP

Webinar, led by David Stanbury, University of Reading.

SWAP Workshop on Online Teaching Resources for Social Policy and Social Work programmes

This free workshop will combine case study presentations on the use of Open Educational Resources (OERs) in existing programmes, with practical demonstrations of how you can find, adapt and create your own online teaching materials quickly and easily.

Facing forwards and confronting challenges: issues in teaching and learning in a time of transformation

Higher education is facing some of the greatest changes to its funding and structure in generations. This presents a plethora of challenges and issues for teaching and learning in social policy and social work, as well as across the social sciences more broadly. This one day event offers an opportunity for teachers to collectively analyse the impact on teaching and learning and to develop strategies for maintaining high standards and the principles of education within the academy.

Enhancing the First Year Computing Curriculum

The Information and Computing Science Subject Centre together with the Learning and development Group of CPHC are running a workshop in London, 10th March 2011 (venue details to follow) on ‘Enhancing the First Year Computing Curriculum’.

HE in FE Workshop: Working with Diverse Groups of Learners in the Digital Age

The workshop will hear from practitioners who are working at the leading edge of teaching and learning with digital and emerging technologies including exciting development work using Augmented Reality. There will be an opportunity to network and participate in lively discussions about the issues raised and approaches demonstrated by the presenters.

European Mobility in the Global Context and the Special Role of Professional Higher Education

This conference will focus on the following themes:

Professional programmes in different country contexts and the
related Mobility with partners inside and outside the EHEA

Postgraduates who teach: developing the next generation

Postgraduates who teach are the next generation of academic staff and have a critical role in enhancing the student learning experience. This interactive one-day event led by the Higher Education Academy in association with QAA Scotland and Vitae will consider a range of related themes:
•             Professional development of PG students including accredited institutional programmes
•             The subject dimension: variance in practice between disciplines, institutional faculties etc, support opportunities available
•             Results of HEA Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) on career aspirations, motivations and opportunities to teach
•             International dimensions: teaching international students, international postgraduates who teach and international policy and practice around development of PGwTs
•             Skills development for PGwTs (teaching and pastoral)
•             Preview of the NUS’ new charter for postgraduates who teach.

Strategic Implications of Internationalisation of Higher Education

This event showcases findings from a three year Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellow project, led by Dr Dave Burnapp, Senior Lecturer, The University of Northampton.

Islamic Studies: Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance Think-tank, 2-3 March 2011

Do you teach any of aspect of Islamic Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance? Are you planning to in the near future? If so, then the Islamic Studies: Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance Think-tank is for you!

Assessment and feedback issues for teaching international students in Law - 16 May 11

Many teachers find international students less problematic to assess than UK students and more than a few say they are 'a joy to teach'. On the other hand, many have concerns linked to students' varied language skills, background knowledge, and familiarity with UK assessment methods. This session concentrates on how teachers of law and related disciplines can assess students' work and provide feedback, using practices that are fair, reliable and efficient.

Valuing Learners in the Workplace

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David is hosting this seminar with Cardiff Metropolitan University as part of the Higher Education Academy's Wales Seminar Series.

Inclusive Assessment Policy and Practice in Higher Education.

There are limited places now available on this event. Please contact eventsyork@heacademy.ac.uk to book a place.

This one day event will explore the principles of inclusion and their application to assessment policy and practice to help maximise student success in higher education.

JISC RSC: Towards a New Horizon

Using Technology to deliver HE in a Changing World

International Students - Maximising Learning for All

A symposium to explore aspects of the learning experience of international students within a framework of practice based workshops.

Institutional Policies and Procedures for Managing Student Plagiarism

This one day event will explore current issues and strategies for managing student plagiarism in higher education. It will focus on implementing policies and procedures, as well as looking at staff development matters and student perspectives. There will be
opportunities to discuss current concerns, share good practice and consider future directions.

Assessment matters – original assessment for original student work (31 March 2011)

This seminar in March 2011 continued to explore innovation and good practice in assessment strategies and design that can help to minimise the possibilities of student plagiarism, collusion and data fabrication by building on the previously successful Assessment SIG event on ‘Re-visiting assessment design: developing students’ skills for good academic practice’ in July 2010.

Embedding Graduate Attributes and PDP in Teaching and Learning: Key lessons for Student and Graduate Employability

Please download the seminar poster below for further details. For bookings, email m.robinson@ulster.ac.uk

PASS@ Ulster – Results of a pilot project evaluation cross-faculty peer-assisted study session Support

The University of Ulster is hosting this seminar as part of the Higher Education Academy's Northern Ireland Seminar Series.

Improving student retention: research and practice

Queen's University Belfast is hosting this seminar as part of the Higher Education Academy's Northern Ireland Seminar Series.

Listening to students: case studies of development through engagement with students

St Mary's University College Belfast is hosting this seminar as part of the Higher Education Academy's Northern Ireland Seminar Series.

A briefing report will be uploaded shortly

Encouraging creative and innovative ‘Viewpoints’ in Curriculum Design

The University of Ulster is hosting this seminar as part of the Higher Education Academy's Northern Ireland Seminar Series.

Joint Seminar Event: 1. Problem and inquiry based learning for employment; 2. Exploring interpretations of student-centredness

The University of Wales Institute Cardiff is hosting two seminars on the above date as part of the Higher Education Academy's Wales Seminar Series.

Sustaining and developing effective student feedback strategies for first year students in Higher Education

Glyndwr University is hosting this seminar as part of the Higher Education Academy's Wales Seminar Series.

Supporting tomorrow’s managers: enhancing employability skills in an M level curriculum

The University of Wales Newport is hosting this Seminar as part of the Higher Education Academy's Wales Seminar Series. Please note that this Seminar, previously taking place on 06 May 2011 is now taking place on 13 May 2011.

Adult Student Engagement in Wales: who is engaging with whom?

The Swansea University is hosting this Seminar as part of the Higher Education Academy's Wales Seminar Series.

“Doing things better and doing better things” in assessment and feedback

The University of Glamorgan is hosting this Seminar as part of the Higher Education Academy's Wales Seminar Series.

Adopting learning through employment elements into existing HE programmes

The University of Glamorgan is hosting this Seminar as part of the Higher Education Academy's Wales Seminar Series.

This event, originally due to take place on 03 March 2011 has now been rescheduled to take place on 01 June 2011.

For bookings, please contact celtevents@glam.ac.uk

Developing a high quality learning experience for all students: Embedding equality and diversity in the curriculum

This workshop is being organised by the HEA and Scotland's Colleges as part of a three-year programme of work focussing on further embedding equality and diversity within the curriculum in Scotland. It provides an opportunity for practitioners and managers to both share practice and help to shape future content of the Embedding equality and diversity in the curriculum programme. Through cross-institutional discussion, participants will share practice, discuss strategies for embedding equality and diversity in the curriculum, identify sector priorities for support to embed equality and diversity in the curriculum and develop a vision for a high quality and inclusive learning experience for all students.

Developing a high quality learning experience for all students: Embedding equality and diversity in the curriculum

A one-day symposium and dialogue process

A one-day symposium and dialogue process with contributions from three leading figures in the field of arts and sustainability - Arran Stibbe, Hildegard Kurt and Peter Gingold

Aesthetic education and poetic imagination: Key tools for social and ecological change

Since Friedrich Schiller wrote his 'Letters on the Aesthetic Education of the Human Being” there has been an increasing interest in education that regards the aesthetic dimension as central. This talk will highlight the urgency and importance of aesthetic and poetic education for humanness and social and ecological change.

An Empirical Assessment of Spanish University Strategies for Sustainability

International Research Institute in Sustainability (IRIS) Seminar will be led by Prof. Javier Benayas del Alamo, who currently serves as Executive Secretary for the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE) and has responsibility for the Commission on Environmental Quality, Sustainable Development and Risk Prevention (CADEP).

Feedback on Assessment for Learning

Edinburgh Napier University is hosting this Seminar as part of the Assessment and Feedback strand of the Higher Education Academy's Seminar Series.

Effective Feedback for Engineering Students: Identifying and Sharing Good Practice

The University of Strathclyde is hosting this Seminar as part of the Assessment and Feedback strand of the Higher Education Academy's Seminar Series.

Artefacts, products and practice as credit.

The University of Westminster is hosting this Seminar as part of the Assessment and Feedback strand of the Higher Education Academy's Seminar Series.

Closing the Loop: Conceptualising feedback as dialogue to share evidence-based practice in formative assessment

King's College London is hosting this Seminar as part of the Assessment and Feedback strand of the Higher Education Academy's Seminar Series.

Nailing Student Satisfaction - Finding Fixes in the Feedback Fog

Leeds Metropolitan University is hosting this Seminar as part of the Assessment and Feedback strand of the Higher Education Academy's Seminar Series.

Empowering Students through Effective Feedback

De Montfort University is hosting this Seminar as part of the Assessment and Feedback strand of the Higher Education Academy's Seminar Series.

Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere – seizing the learning opportunity through innovative assessment

South Devon College is hosting this Seminar with the University of Plymouth as part of the Assessment and Feedback strand of the Higher Education Academy's Seminar Series.

Programme-wide assessment: doing ‘more with less’ from the TESTA NTFS project

The University of Wincester is hosting this Seminar as part of the Assessment and Feedback strand of the Higher Education Academy's Seminar Series.

Using Dialogic Feedback to Engage Students

Oxford Brookes University is hosting this Seminar as part of the Assessment and Feedback strand of the Higher Education Academy's Seminar Series.

Really Useful Information! Aligning feedback with tutors’ professional judgement

University of Cumbria is hosting this seminar as part of the Assessment and Feedback strand of the Higher Education Academy's Seminar Series.

Really Useful Information! Aligning feedback with tutors’ professional judgement

University of Cumbria is hosting this seminar as part of the Assessment and Feedback strand of the Higher Education Academy's Seminar Series.

Discourse, Power, Resistance conference: Anticipative Education – Policy and Practice for Sustainability

The DPR conference returns in its tenth year to Plymouth, bringing together learners, teachers, researchers and policy-makers from the international education community to think and talk together about the changes needed in contemporary education, from pre-school to post-graduate level.

Grassroots Climate Exchange: Universities, Colleges and the Green Transition

How can staff and students make the necessary changes to achieve a low carbon world? Inspired by student groups, students' associations, and the growing Transition movement, colleges and universities are leading the way. In March 2011 we will gather in Edinburgh to share practical-action solutions to climate change.

Research-teaching relationships and HE professional practice

A presentation, from Professor Simon Haslett (University of Wales) will examine the ways in which research and teaching may be linked in academic practice in Higher Education. He will attempt to unravel the various linkages through scholarship, research (both subject-based and pedagogic), and curriculum, and outline the activity and contribution of the Higher Education Academy Research-Teaching Nexus Action Set in Wales. The presentation will draw upon his recent experience as Director of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at the University of Wales, Newport, as a case study, and he will also provide examples of research-teaching links from his own professional practice. Attendees will also be invited to join the meeting of the Research-Teaching Nexus Action Set which will take place after the presentation.

8th ALDinHE Conference: Engaging Students - Engaging Learning

Whilst this is our 8th learning development conference for professionals engaged in the development of learning within the higher education sector, it is the first to be held under the name of our association. This signifies a change from the previous title of LDHEN Symposium, but whilst the name may have changed, the opportunity for practitioners to share their ideas, perspectives and experiences remains the same.

CIES Annual Conference 2011

CIES 2011 Montréal has as it's theme Education is that which Liberates and will highlight education as a vehicle for liberation. In today's conflict ridden world, education can be a powerful idnstrument in liberating people not only from ignorance and poverty, but also from superstition, fear, vulnerability, injustice, and social inequality - which remain the roots of tension and discord in our increasigly borderless world.

Education, Learning, Styles, Individual differences Network Annual Conference 2011

This conference is an international forum for the exchange of knowledge on theory, research and practice in the field of styles and strategies of learning and thinking.

Student Lifewide Development Symposium

The symposium focuses on the role of PDP, portfolios, facilitation techniques, technology and personal development recognition schemes, in encouraging and enabling holistic student development through their lifewide experiences.

10th European Conference on e-Learning

The European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL) is an annual event that has been at the forefront of this revolution. It brings together groups of people in a variety of areas related to e-Learning seeking to combine cutting-edge research with practical, real-life applications, in order to advance the state of e-Learning around Europe.

University of Sheffield's 5th annual Learning and Teaching Conference

How do you help students and how do they help themselves prepare to become self aware and articulate the specific qualities they will need when they leave us? Do you think we should teach here in particular ways because we are a research-led institution? We will be asking employers, alumni and current students to join in this discussion.

3rd annual academic meeting of the Academy of Medical Educators: patient centredness ... the heart of medical education

Annual Calman Lecture by:

Professor Karen Mann

Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. Canada

Becoming a Teacher Educator - University of East London

The workshop, run by ESCalate, provides a challenging perspective on the pedagogy of teacher education and on the place of scholarship and research in the role of teacher educators. It aims to provide a supportive environment for sharing experiences and for considering useful strategies and resources for building practice and identity as a teacher educator.

Becoming a Teacher Educator - University of Cumbria

Becoming a Teacher Educator - Leeds Trinity University College

Becoming a Teacher Educator - University of Bristol

8th Asia Pacific medical education conference (APMEC) 2011

Dear Colleagues, The Organising Committee of APMEC 2011 and the Medical Education Unit (MEU), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, National University Health System, cordially invite you to attend the 8th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC) from 26th to 30th January 2011 at the National University of Singapore, Singapore. The theme for our 8th APMEC is "Continuum of Medical Education: From Undergraduate Learning to Professional Practice ? Trends, Issues, Priorities, and Strategies (TIPS)".

17 February 2011 - Higher Education in FE FE-HE Collaboration: Drivers of Change

This conference will address the way forward in FE and HE Education, the various partnerships and collaborations possible and the challenges of loss of funding.

Implications of Physics Education Research for Physics Instructors

In recent years, substantial effort has been made in advancing our understanding of student learning of physics. Physics education research studies have revealed a wide gap between learning objectives and actual levels of student understanding, and are increasingly focused on developing and evaluating materials and methods to improve instructional approaches, student learning gains and problem-solving abilities. Numerous physics education research results are highly robust and reproducible across diverse student populations. The rapid increase of new technologies available needs to go hand-in-hand with rigorous research into their effectiveness in instruction.

Maths for scientists meeting

Undergraduates in the sciences need a level of mathematical ability that few possess when they first enter higher education. Consequently, curricula are designed with this in mind and maths support is invariably provided for all.

Effective assessment in a digital age

Assessment lies at the heart of the learning experience: how learners are assessed shapes their understanding of the curriculum and determines their ability to progress. At the same time, assessment and feedback form a significant part of practitioners' workloads and, with increased numbers, reduced budgets and higher learner expectations, continue to be a matter of concern for many institutions delivering higher education.

Effective assessment in a digital age

HE in FE Workshop: Working with Diverse Groups of Learners in the Digital Age

The workshop will hear from practitioners who are working at the leading edge of teaching and learning with digital and emerging technologies. There will be an opportunity to network and participate in lively discussions about the issues raised and approaches demonstrated by the presenters.

SciTech 2011: Innovation UK

Crisis points draw ever nearer with the mounting health problems associated with an ageing population, with climate change, food security and sustainable energy. Where there are challenges there are opportunities for innovation. Never has it been more important for the science community to gather, share knowledge and contribute towards a better society and quality of life.

For People and Planet: Not Profit and Self-Destruction – Can Universities make the move towards, or even lead, ‘transition’?

The purpose of this conference is to consider whether an alternative university frame of reference can be meaningfully and practically developed. Thus, it is not interested in REF's or research funding per se. On the contrary, it seeks to ask a fundamental question for this age of Climate Change, Peak Oil and Global Inequality: can universities radically change course, and initiate a programme of genuine 'transition' not simply for their own benefit but for that of the wider common weal?

Alliance for Global Sustainability Annual Meeting: Sustainability and Change

Our planet is faced with a number of rapid changes over the coming decades. These changes include:

a changing climate
growing demand for food
constraints of resources
increasing global population and urbanisation
ageing societies

Future Directions: Learning & Teaching and Widening Access Strategies workshop

The aim of this event is to support Welsh institutions develop their new learning and teaching and widening access strategies, building on lessons learnt from previous activities (including the Widening Access Strategy review), and evaluating the success of strategy implementation.

Making efficient and effective use of learning technologies: enhancing the student learning experience without increasing the academic’s workload.

This series of short case-study presentations by academics across a range of
disciplines at Loughborough will look at the practical, technical and academic
issues around introducing a range of learning technologies, particularly
automated lecture capture, and at whether the experience so far suggests
that the application of these technologies has been effective. Presenters will
focus on the impact on their workload of introducing these technologies at a
time when institutions are looking for opportunities for efficiency gains.

ESD by xBL: Education for sustainable development by enquiry, problem or context-based learning

Education for sustainable development (ESD) is moving steadily up the educational agenda. The physical sciences have an important part to play in securing a sustainable future and our graduates should be aware of the issues and have a sustainable approach to science. Topics for ESD in physical science are not always obvious but the more easily accessible ones include topics such a green chemistry, carbon management, clean fuels, etc. Such topics are ideal for delivery via enquiry, problem and context-based approaches as they can be presented as problems and use a real life context.

Islamic Studies PhD Workshop - 16-17 Feb 2011

PLEASES NOTE- Online bookings are now closed, however there are still places available please contact externalevents@heacademy.ac.uk to book a place.

The Islamic Studies Network is organising a two day residential event for PhD students in Islamic Studies and related disciplines.

The deadline for the receipt of applications is 14 January 2011.

HEA and HEFCW workshop on NTFS in Wales

The event aims to support the Welsh HE sector in their participation in the NTFS for the first time by:

Briefing institutions on the nature and operation of the NTFS scheme;
Exploring institutional approaches to identifying nominees;
Exploring the application criteria and process;
Sharing the experiences of being a National Teaching Fellow;
Sharing advice from those who have assessed applications.
It will also provide an opportunity to raise any questions about the scheme and its operation.

The Higher Education Strategy for Colleges in a Changing Environment - A seminar for college governors and senior managers

HE in FECs Expert Programme in partnership with the University of Plymouth

The HE in FECs Expert Programme funded over 18 months in 2009-2010 by the HEFCE Leadership, Governance and Management fund was designed to support strategic change and to disseminate good practice.

Crossing Virtual Boundaries - Teaching and Research with Online Synchronous Learning Environments

This event aims to raise awareness of the potential for using online synchronous environments (OSLE) in teaching and educational research in higher education.

Celebrating the Past and Embracing the Future: Evolution and Innovation in Problem-based Learning

The PBL SIG came together initially as a group of interested nurse lecturers in the North West of England. Recognition and support by the Health Science and Practice Subject Centre of the Higher Education Academy has enabled the group to now celebrate its 10th birthday. With a national and international membership it is timely to hold this conference in this beautiful part of England, on the doorstep of the Lake District. This conference is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of PBL and to consider the challenges facing PBL in the future within the rapidly changing global environment. The conference, with its published proceedings, will contribute to the debate regarding PBL and its place in post-16 and higher education.

Contemporary issues in assessment in health sciences and practice education

This workshop is to discuss and develop the key elements arising from the recent Occasional Paper on "Contemporary Issues in assessment in health sciences and practice education"

Teaching International Students Workshop

This workshop will look at topical issues and challenges relating to teaching international students in the healthcare disciplines.

Teaching Religions of South Asian Origin

A one day event to discuss learning and teaching issues in the teaching of Buddhism, Hinduism and Sikhism.

The Materials Education Symposium

An event for materials educators in engineering, science, processing and design .

Geoscience Graduates for the 21st Century

This one-day event marks the formal launch of the new Higher Education Specialist Group of the Geological Society of London.

The GEES Subject Centre, in conjunction with the Geological Society, is holding an interactive day of presentations, demonstrations, posters, workshops and discussions on tools, teaching ideas & research on learning to explore issues and share practice on undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching in the Geosciences.

Inspiring Futures: Enhancing and transforming 1st Year Student Learning through Technology - an online workshop

This event will explore the developments of the Inspiring Futures project (sponsored through the Discipline-focused Learning Technology Enhancement Academy Programme) in an interactive way with participants.

WELL-BEING 2011: Announcing the First International Conference Exploring the Multi-dimensions of Well-being

To further our understanding of well-being as an holistic concept, Birmingham City University, in partnership with the RIBA, is hosting the first international conference exploring the multi-dimensions of well-being bringing together professionals, practitioners and academics drawn from a wide range of disciplines to present papers, debate and discuss current understanding, practice and theory considering how we can achieve and support high levels of well-being.

Teacher Education for Sustainable Development: Community projects as catalysts for change - a Spanish case study

Lidia Ochoa is a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Sciences and the Faculty of Education and Psychology in Girona, Spain. She was a fellow researcher at the Institute of Environment (2000-
2003) and is currently affiliated to the Institute of Research in Education at the University of Girona. She is also a teacher trainer in Science Education and ESD, both in initial and in-service teacher
training. Her main area of interest is Science Education and ESD in elementary and primary school.

BPS Symposium Series on the Psychology of Climate Change

The attitude-behaviour gap or value-action gap. Does it exist and, if so, how do we deal with it?

Taming the Vampire Squid: A Great Transition fink club

Big investment banks have been compared to giant vampire squids, wrapped around the face of humanity. As bonus season begins among the still unreformed banks and public sector cuts begin to bite, this event will question: how are they getting away with it and what should be done?

Media, Ecology and Wildlife Conservation

A Lifelong Learning Centre/ Environment & Sustainability presentation Speaker:

Dr John Blewitt, Director of Lifelong Learning

Education in a Changing Environment Conference 2011

QAA Enhancement Themes Conference 2011

The main focus of this year’s conference will be the current Enhancement Theme, Graduates for the 21st Century: Integrating the Enhancement Themes.

Ashridge International Research Conference

The Sustainability Challenge: Organisational Change and Transformational Vision

6th Annual SDUK Meeting

Over the past five years, SDUK has established itself as the leading national forum for discussing the challenges and opportunities around sustainable growth within a low-carbon economy.

Using Technology to Enhance Feedback

This event, organised by the Bioscience Subject and the ASSET project, will explore the use of different digital media for enhancing feedback and feed-forward provision to students.

Using simulation in teaching and learning: Simshare, SIMPLE and the OER approach

This is a collaborative event between the Higher Education Academy subject centre for Law (UKCLE), and Northumbria Law School. It is aimed at academics across all disciplines and will focus on

how simulation can be used to improve teaching and learning.
how Simshare can help staff to share and re-purpose simulations.

Enhancing Business Performance: The Role of Technology in Developing Skills and Knowledge

Both Higher and Further Education institutions are actively engaged in a wide variety of initiatives to enhance Business Performance through the development of Skills and Knowledge.

Assessment in Higher Education Conference

This conference is a partnership between the University of Cumbria Study of Higher Education Network, the Northumbria University Centre for Excellence in Assessment for Learning and the British Educational Research Association Higher Education SIG.

Promoting Independent Learning Through Technology

A free one day, interactive training event for learning support staff and their managers to help them understand, experience and share the benefits of using technology to support teaching and learning for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.

Internationalisation Symposium 2010: Beyond Borders: Challenging Assumptions and Expectations of Internationalisation

This symposium will provide good networking opportunities for both real and virtual participants to share ideas and explore different views of internationalisation and support for international students.

Learning and Teaching conference: Learning Global

Following the success last year of our Learning Dialogues conference, we are delighted to invite abstracts for our fourth conference, to be held on Wednesday 11 May 2011. We welcome submissions from as wide a range of Higher Education practitioners as possible with presentations addressing the theme of Learning Global.

Variety in Chemistry Education Conference (ViCE)

Variety in Chemistry Education is organised jointly by the UK Physical Sciences Centre and the Royal Society of Chemistry Education Division / Tertiary Education Group. It is one of the major chemistry education conferences for Higher Education.

Physics Higher Education Conference (PHEC)

The Physics Higher Education Conference provides opportunities to share approaches that enhance the student learning experience in physics and support a wide range of student backgrounds.

Enhancing Employability of Computing Students

The conference will focus on practical ways to improve the employment opportunities for computing students and will feature keynote speakers Debbie Law (Hewlett Packard) and David Willets (PDS Consulting), and themed sessions for computer games, computer forensics and computer network students.

Mobile Technologies - The Challenge of Learner Devices Delivering Computer Science

The ICS Subject Centre in collaboration with the Learning Lab proposed to hold a one-day workshop on Thursday 12th May 2011 exploring ‘learner devices’, their impact on flexible and part-time students and their relevance to the ICS community, and is seeking contributions, both presentations and demos.

The transformative impact of international experience on professional learning

Teacher educators with experience of leading international placements in a range of European and developing countries will present findings from their research and practice.

Ravensbourne Digital Futures: Making Connections

One of the founding fathers of social media, Howard Rheingold, and Euan Semple, blogger and social media guru, will be featuring in an event to explore collaborative innovation.

Design Pedagogy symposium

The organisers would like to invite Design Research Society (DRS) members to the Design Pedagogy SIG symposium being held at Coventry University, on 28 January 2011.

Teaching Concepts in the Sciences through Computer-based Modelling

*** Due to unforseen circumstances this event has had to be cancelled ***

This seminar will examine the pedagogy of computer-based modelling (CBM), which encompasses both simulation and modelling, as a means of teaching concepts in science education.

Supporting International Students Symposium

The event will provide opportunities for staff to hear about existing good practice from practitioners involved in all stages of the international student experience, and to discuss issues and ideas with colleagues from across the sector.

Tying it all together - you, the EHEA and the wider world

March 2010 saw the launch of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) following almost 10 years of the Bologna Process.

The UK HE Europe Unit brings together national, European and international experts to discuss the impact and the future of the EHEA in the context of the internationalisation of higher education.

Discussion groups will focus on: Recognition of qualifications, internationalising and Europeanising the curriculum, the overseas student experience, rankings and classifications, and European research and doctoral policy.

Using Technology to Enhance Feedback (Professional Development Event)

As most of you will be aware feedback to students is very much in the spotlight, with most institutions keen to raise their score in the National Student Survey. This event will explore the use of different digital media for enhancing feedback and feed-forward provision to students.

Engaging Students in Sustainable Development for the 21st Century

*This event has been postponed, we apologise for any inconvienience this has caused. Further information will be added on here shortly, in the meantime please email externalevents@heacademy.ac.uk with any queries*

Who should attend?

Students
HEI Senior Managers
Deans/ pro-Deans
Academics
Policymakers
Estates professionals

Higher Education in the UK is fundamentally changing, as evidenced by recent policy developments such as the Browne Review and Comprehensive Spending Review. Central to this will be a changing relationship between HE institutions and students. As students are being asked to pay more for their education their choices are likely to become increasingly more important in terms of developing institutional strategies. A key element of this will be in students’ attitudes to, and involvement in, issues around sustainable development. This will be driven by their perceived need to participate in a more sustainable future for both ideological and pragmatic reasons. So while many will believe that future sustainability is a right, others will see the increasing focus on the green economy through new industries and new jobs that will require new skills as a motivation to become involved. It is vital, therefore, that HE understands this need, and how it is being expressed. This one day event will enable delegates to find out what students are thinking and doing with regard to sustainable development, the aims of the day being to:

promote the role of students as pioneers and change agents for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) issues in the HE sector;
examine the contribution that students make to ESD in HE in both informal and formal learning situations, and through volunteering in the community;
showcase student activity in sustainable development, relating especially to ESD;
explore ways in which HE policy and practice can better engage with students around questions of ESD.

Teaching International Students Workshop - 17 Feb 11

This workshop will look at topical issues and challenges relating to teaching international students in the healthcare disciplines.
The workshop will include a session on sharing experiences of teaching international students and examples of solutions developed to meet their diverse needs.

Workshop on teaching Islamic Studies in the North of England

PLEASE NOTE- ONLINE BOOKING FOR THIS EVENT HAVE NOW CLOSED. There are still places available please contact externalevents@heacademy.ac.uk to be booked on.

The UK Islamic Studies Network is organising a cross-disciplinary workshop for those working in Islamic Studies and related disciplines at higher education institutions in the north of England. This event aims to bring together teachers of Islamic Studies from a wide range of disciplines (e.g. Theology and Religious Studies, History, Politics, Literature, Sociology, Anthropology, Law, Business and Finance), and is open to both specialists and non-specialists who teach on modules related to Islam. This will be an opportunity for practitioners to network, gain a sense of the different ways in which Islamic Studies is taught in the north of England, share practice, and discuss region-specific issues in the teaching of Islamic Studies.

Evidence for institutional policy and practice: why, what, how?

The HEIR Network (the UK and Ireland Institutional Research Network) and Scottish Forum on Lifelong Learning (organised by the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning) are pleased to offer a one-day event focusing on using 'Evidence for institutional policy and practice: why, what, how?'

Developing a new relationship between employers and higher education? Emerging lessons from HEFCE-funded workforce development projects.

HEFCE are investing over £150 million across the higher education (HE) sector to change the way it works with employers - to provide more tailored HE courses for employees that are supported by their employers. We have invested in a diverse range of projects, and through co-funding per student which requires a greater contribution from employers.

This event will draw out the progress that has taken place across the projects, and the context in which activities have worked particularly well. The event provides opportunities for delegates to participate in discussions about the relevance of activities to the wider HE sector, and the future of this work in the changing policy and funding environment.

Experiences of peer assessment using WebPA

Coventry University is hosting a one day event to promote the work of their project, which aims to embed the use of WebPA in the assessment of team-based project work within the Department of The Built Environment and, through dissemination, promote its wider adoption throughout the Faculty and University.

The project is supported by the Higher Education Academy (HEA)’s Discipline-focused Learning Technology Enhancement Academy and the HEA’s Engineering subject centre.

Technology Enhanced Assessment for Learning: Case Studies and Best Practice

This seminar will explore how instructors can deliver formative e-assessments, giving automatic feedback, even to large numbers of students.

It will build on the achievements of the University of Bradford’s HEA e-Learning Pathfinder Project “Embedding support processes for e-assessment” and Bradford’s JISC Institutional Exemplar e-Assessment Project (ITS4SEA).

The seminar will demonstrate practical examples of how formative e-assessment is being carried out in different subject areas at the University of Bradford. It will also enable delegates to discuss strategic issues related to formative feedback and to share experiences with other practitioners and contribute to the discussion of what constitutes best practice in formative e-assessment.

Getting Students Involved - Principles and Good Practices in Colleges

There is increasing recognition of the value and need to enhance student engagement at all levels within further education. To talk of student engagement is to recognise that students are active participants in and are in charge of their own FE experience. Encouraging students to engage can help shape institutional policy and practice and ultimately enhance the student learning experience.

8th ALDinHE Conference: Engaging Students - Engaging Learning

ALDinHE are pleased to announce their 8th learning development conference for professionals engaged in the development of learning within the higher education sector. It is the first to be held under the name of their association: the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education. This signifies a change from the previous title of LDHEN Symposium, but whilst the name may have changed, the opportunity for practitioners to share their ideas, perspectives and experiences remains the same.

The theme for 2011 is "Engaging Students - Engaging Learning"

Making the Most of Online Resources – Social Policy and Social Work Education Workshop

The School of Health and Social Care at Bournemouth University is hosting a one day event to promote the work of the project team in developing a collaborative transprofessional curriculum for health and social work disciplines through harnessing technology to connect learners to humanising evidence-based practice. The project is supported by the Higher Education Academy (HEA)’s Discipline-focused Learning Technology Enhancement Academy and the HEA’s Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP) Subject Centre.

Shared Thinking Academy: Facilitating Group Learning

The Shared Academy utilises the Shared Thinking techniques developed at the University of Glasgow to explore in a collaborative way, how teachers and tutors facilitate group learning in the classroom, in lecture theatres, in co-curriculum activities or while they are on work placement.

Graduate Talent: Innovation and Skills for Competitiveness

This conference will bring together thought leaders from government, industry and education to get information about the latest skills needs and discover new opportunities for collaboration in support of them.

4th International Conference on Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship

The fourth 'Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship' conference takes the title of ‘Global Vision, Local Action’. It will address the overlapping themes of Sustainable Development, Internationalisation and Global Citizenship but it is also keen to explore the interconnections between the themes and how local action addresses global concerns.

Making the Invisible Visible

The Sustainable Development Coordination Unit at the University of Brighton will be co-hosting an International Conference entitled "Making the Invisible Visible: An Emerging Community of Practice in Indicators, Sustainability and Values"

Future Directions for Higher Education in Wales; Designing for Diversity and Flexibility

A one day event held to identify the direction of enhancement activity across Wales that will address the objectives set out by the Welsh Assembly Government’s For Our Future strategy.

Synchronous Online Learning: Bridging the Divide

Today the financial crisis and the increasingly globalised nature of economies are demanding unprecedented levels of performance from industry, yet those same pressures limit training budgets and inhibit individuals from seeking time off for study. For many businesses and professionals, distance learning is the compromise which resolves those countervailing tensions and many educational institutions now offer a wide range of part-time, distance learning courses designed for professionals who work full-time.

But distance learning is not a panacea. It can be a hard and lonely journey with high rates of non-completion, which is bad news for students and institutions alike. Accordingly, forward thinking education practitioners have been turning to internet enabled communication modes as tools for increasing student participation and reducing isolation. Synchronous online learning, or internet conferencing, is one such mode. This provides a virtual class environment, in which students and tutors can interact and explore ideas in real time, gaining immediate feedback and formative response.

Synchronous online learning is being adopted by an increasing number of educational establishments, and the purpose of our webinar conference "Synchronous Online Learning: Bridging the Divide" is to explore the pros and cons and the pedagogical inspirations of this particular innovation with distinguished academics.

This event is part of a HEA Discipline-focused Learning Technology Enhancement Academy Project. Excel-DL: Collaboration for Excellence in a Distance Learning Environment.

Developing transformational learning through multimedia and online assessment

Creative Learning and Teaching Seminar

This seminar, hosted by the University of Sunderland, aims to provide a forum for all those interested in creative art design and media education to come together and explore the issues and challenges faced by students, practitioners and educators.

Sustainable Landscape Series 2010/11