Manchester Metropolitan University

A one day conference to explore assessment.  "Assessment is an integral part of our practice as educators, enabling learning to be supported and developed. Assessment can also be used as a blunt tool, an external measure of progress.  How do we ensure that assessment is inclusive, learner-centred and relevant within growing instrumental discourses of achievement?"

This one-day conference will provide the opportunity to discuss recent research and to share innovation and practice. There will be a mixture of keynote speakers, papers, workshops and posters on the theme of assessment and inclusive practice.

Keynote Speakers:
Professor David Boud, University of Technology, Sydney
Professor Sue Bloxham, University of Cumbria
Dr Karen Clegg, University of York

If you would like to submit a paper, please refer to the href="/ahss/education_social_sciences/education/research_cluster/research_innovation/contributions.php">call for contributions section for more details.

If you have any queries regarding the conference, please contact the href="/ahss/education_social_sciences/education/research_cluster/research_innovation/organisers.php">conference organisers.

Further details and booking

There are still places available at the SEEC Professional Development Seminar to be held on Thursday 18th March 2010 on the subject of the ‘Higher Education Achievement Report’ (HEAR). The seminar will be entitled ‘HEAR – Would you credit it?’ and will commence 10.30-4.30pm. At this stage the two named speakers are Rob Ward, Director of The Centre for Recording Achievement (CRA) and Phil Gravestock, Head of Learning Enhancement and Technology Support, University of Gloucestershire. There is also the further possibility of another speaker to be announced.

For this event SEEC returns to a previously familiar venue, The Clore Seminar Room at The Women’s Library, part of London Metropolitan University’s seminar and teaching facilities.

The extended deadline to inform us of your attendance is now Friday 12th March.

Further info and bookings

Systematic Enhancement of Learning & Teaching: Innovation, Research and Development
9th CLTR Learning & Teaching Research Conference
Wednesday 2nd June 2010, Ormskirk Campus

Keynote Speaker: Professor Sally Brown, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Leeds Metropolitan University

Draft programme and presentations (pdf)

Our conference provides an excellent opportunity for colleagues with interests and responsibilities covering a broad spectrum of teaching, learner support, leadership and policy making, to engage with current intelligence-informed practices of significance for adoption or adaptation in their unique contexts.

This event is once again being run back-to-back with the conference of the CLTR’s sister organisation SOLSTICE CETL, offering delegates a rich variety of related experiences over a two-day period.

Registration:
The fee for the CLTR conference is £100
To book a place please complete the online registration form on the conference website

Overnight Accommodation
The above prices are for the cost of the conference only – overnight accommodation is not included and should be booked separately.
Suggestions for overnight accommodation
Please note that this is not a complete list and that the inclusion of an establishment here does not constitute a recommendation by the University. For further information on accommodation and general amenities in the Ormskirk area, contact Ormskirk County Information Centre, Ormskirk.CIC@lcl.lancscc.gov.uk, 01695 579062.

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Call for Applications (closing date: March 31 2010)

Further details and application forms on the SRHE website

Each year the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) invites applications from Newer Researchers to enter a research proposal for a small scale project under an SRHE Prize scheme. All entries are reviewed by an expert panel; the successful SRHE prize winner receives a number of benefits from the Society in addition to the prize money awarded to fund the project selected. Entry is open to all and not restricted to current SRHE Members. The SRHE Prize for Newer Researchers is jointly sponsored by SRHE and the Taylor & Francis Group.

In 2010 there will be two prizes of £3,000 available for a research project of one year’s duration. These awards are intended to provide support for early stage researchers in the field of higher education research to enable them to:

• undertake a study that will prepare the ground for a larger
  project
• develop research skills which will help advance their research
  career.

Benefits of the Awards

The primary purpose of these awards is to offer support to Newer Researchers intending to pursue a career in higher education research by providing funding for an initial research project and offering access to the resources of the Society. Successful award holders are provided with the support of a mentor and, for UK based applicants, invited to become a member of the Society’s prestigious Research & Development Committee which affords a wider involvement in higher education research developments.

Value of the Awards

The SRHE Prize for Newer Researchers provides:-

• £3,000 ( 4 equal payments paid quarterly)
• the support of an SRHE senior researcher as mentor
• publication by the Society of a paper on the research project
  undertaken
• presentation of the final paper at SRHE PGNR Conference
• one year’s full free membership of the SRHE
• one years free subscription to the Society’s main journals, Studies
  in Higher Education, Higher Education Abstracts & Higher Education Quarterly.

Eligibility

Eligible researchers are those with a minimum of a first undergraduate degree and currently registered as a student with, or undertaking research associated with, a university or college department and with a career interest in higher education research. These awards are not available to support study towards a postgraduate qualification or to support research work intended as the basis for a PhD submission. To qualify you should be within 6 years of the completion of your PhD or equivalent professional standing. This time limit excludes any formal career breaks taken for family responsibilities.

Further details and application forms on the SRHE website

Monday 25th – Tuesday 26th October 2010

Conference Link

The PRHE10 conference is a biennial event which brings together, in an intimate and welcoming environment, researchers and practitioners to share research findings, promote rigorous pedagogical research and build collaborative research networks. This year it has been organised to follow on from the ISSOTL conference which is coming to Liverpool for the first time from 19-22nd October, 2010

Keynote speakers

Bringing together practitioners and those who are beginning their pedagogical research with experienced researchers in an open and supportive environment has been a consistent and much-valued feature of PRHE. As part of this endeavour, we are delighted to have confirmed the following four keynote speakers:

• Professor Randall Bass, Georgetown University, USA;
• Professor Mick Healey, University of Gloucestershire, UK;
• Professor Jan Meyer, Durham University, UK;
• Professor Keith Trigwell, University ofSydney, Australia

Abstracts invited

The PRHE10 conference committee is now inviting abstracts for papers from those who are currently researching learning and teaching in the higher education context. Abstracts will be considered in the following areas which relate to the overall theme of research-teaching linkages to enhance student learning:

• Active, experiential learning, or enquiry-based learning
• Research informed curriculum initiatives
• Assessment which encourages student enquiry
• Students’ perceptions of research teaching linkages
• Academics’ perceptions of research teaching linkages
• Academic developers’ perceptions of research teaching linkages
• Comparative approaches (i.e. the disciplines, institutions, international contexts)
• Graduate attributes
• Links with employability

There are two types of papers at this conference, research and theoretical/conceptual papers (refereed). The time allocated for each paper is 30 minutes, of which no more than 20 minutes is allowed for presentation to enable participants to have 10 minutes for questions and discussion.

Criteria for proposed papers:

All abstracts (500 words) for proposed papers will be independently reviewed by two referees. In particular, we are looking for papers that are empirically and/or theoretically based rather than un-theorised descriptions of practice. For details of the criteria, please visit the website.

Authors of accepted papers will be given the opportunity for redrafting after the conference for publication in a special conference issue of PRIME (Pedagogical Research in Maximising Education). Final papers are to be no more than 5,000 words (to include appendices and references).