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.

  • Research Led Teaching Conference (Kent)

    Research-led teaching: Defining and celebrating a tradition Are research and teaching conflicting priorities? Research-led teaching (RLT) is supposedly definitional of higher education, and yet research and teaching are often treated as conflicting demands upon staff time.  How can we pursue these practices in an integrated and authentic way?  How can we explain to senior managers,…

  • Research Networking Stimulus Event: Lecture capture in teaching and learning

    Medical Sciences Building Seminar Room 1 School of Medicine, St Andrews, United Kingdom

    This is our first of what we hope will be many stimulus events hosted by CHER. The general format will be a discussion of a recent paper on the topic, followed by a discussion on how we can facilitate research networks locally on campus.   The event will be held in Seminar Room 1 in…

  • POSTPONED TO 2021: Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship (Keele)

    Keele University Keele University,, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

    Embracing Failure For Well-Being: For Educators & Learners In this sixth conference in the Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship series our focus is on exploring the positive aspects of failure in teaching and learning. Failure has a bad reputation but put bluntly is often the gateway to learning, whereas instant success is often a…

  • Using VR & AR in Higher Education

    Teaching and Learning Centre (Durham) South Road, Durham, United Kingdom

    Using VR & AR in Higher Education 13th July 2020, Durham Centre for Academic Development, Durham University In this first national meeting of those testing the use of Virtual and Augmented Reality in Higher Education we're seeking to develop a national network of those working with these emerging technologies to share best practice and develop…

    Free
  • POSTPONED TO 2021: Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship (Keele)

    Keele University Keele University,, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

    To raise the profile of teaching only academics in the research intensive climate, it is vital to shine a spotlight on the innovative learning and teaching they undertake. The best way to achieve this is through the promotion of the innovative scholarship of learning and teaching being driven by this subset of the academic community.…

  • POSTPONED FROM 2020: Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship (Keele)

    Keele University Keele University,, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

    This conference was postponed from 2020 due to the pandemic, but is planned to run in 2021 at Keele with the same theme as previously intended. New dates are yet to be announced, so I have nominally put it in the calendar at the start of July. To raise the profile of teaching only academics…

  • Enhancement Themes Funding round

    {Excerpt - See linked website for full details} Funding Criteria For an initiative to be eligible for funding, they should: use existing data and evidence held within the institution or create new data and evidence ideally be student-led or have significant student input Initiatives should make an identifiable difference to students and their learning and teaching experience…