On these events and opportunities pages we hope to keep you informed of events to hear the research of other members, visiting speakers, and opportunities to present your own research locally, nationally, and internationally. Specific upcoming events are listed below. More information about other general events and opportunities are listed in the other pages listed.

Learning Analytics (for mere mortals)

Online Webinar , United Kingdom

(From the SHED email list - SHED is the staff developers network in Scottish Higher Education) Students generate a cacophony of institutional data – registrations, VLE access, grades, quizzes, ebook views, video views, forum contributions and so on. But how do you turn the “noise of data” into songs and symphonies of meaning? And who…

Vertically Integrated Projects: Deadline for new VIP’s for 2022-2023

Call for new VIP Projects CHER members may be interested in exploring the possibility of projects centred around higher-education themes. We are currently accepting applications from potential supervisors who wish to start a new Vertically Integrated Project. A Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) is an ongoing multi-semester research initiative led by one or more academic supervisors…

Academic Forum: Entrepreneurial education

Online

Dear colleagues, You are cordially invited to attend this semester’s first Academic Forum on Entrepreneurial education.  This will be held online via Teams on Wednesday 16th February from 2.00 to 3.30pm. Please circulate this email to all teaching colleagues in your School; anyone who is interested is welcome and encouraged to attend. The goal of…

Academic Forum: Sustainability in the Curriculum

Online

Hold the date: The Academic Forum on Sustainability in the curriculumwill be held online via Teams on 16th March, 2-3.30pm. More information and booking will be available soon.    

CPD Webinar – Supporting student partnership in assessment with technology

Online Webinar , United Kingdom

This webinar is part of our 2022 CPD webinar sessions. Participants will earn an ALT CPD Open Badge which can be used as evidence towards accreditation via one of the pathways in ALT’s CMALT framework.  If you missed a previous CPD webinar, recordings are available over on Youtube; 2021 Playlist, 2022 playlist. Presenter:    Rob Lowney,…

WONKHE Education Espresso: Co-creation for innovation

Online

Join Wonkhe and Adobe as we dive into the ideas, insight, and projects that are reimagining higher education teaching and learning. At our monthly online event we’ll bring together higher education leaders, academics, practitioners, and change makers to share the latest thinking on how fostering digital literacies can unlock curriculum and pedagogic challenges. Together we’ll…

Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA) Conference 2022: Call for Papers

University of the West of Scotland: Ayr Campus Ayr, United Kingdom

The SERA Annual conference is an important event for the educational research community in Scotland. The three-day conference, to be held at the Ayr campus of the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) invites researchers and practitioners working in Scottish and international research contexts to share their insights under the theme of Reconnecting educational…

Advance HE: Mental Wellbeing in HE Conference 2022: Reading the Tea Leaves – Preparing for the Future of Mental Wellbeing in Higher Education

Conference Aston Hotel, Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom

Delivered in collaboration with the Mental Wellbeing in HE Expert Group, this one-day conference will address issues of mental wellbeing across all aspects of higher education.   It is increasingly recognised how important mental health and wellbeing is for staff and student success. Universities and colleges are fast -developing ‘whole institution approaches’ to mental health…

Grading, Care and Ethics: A Timely/ Timeless Provocation

Online

Note: reproduced from CELPiE discussion, shared by Heather McKiggan-Fee with permission from the organisers. (This is not so easily found otherwise). Join us for a lively conversation when we will examine the contention that grading may be unethical and could be harmful. There will be opportunity to find out more about a QAA funded project…