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.
student experience
Addressing Questions of Belonging in School: “Wise” Interventions to Improve School for Students”
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar: Prof Greg Walton (Stanford University) We have an exciting line-up of speakers for this semester’s virtual seminar programme. Our first speaker this year will be Professor Greg Walton (Stanford University), hosted by Ken Mavor and Malinda Carpenter on Friday January 22 at 4pm, whose talk is entitled: ‘Addressing Questions…
POSTPONED FROM 2020: Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship (Keele)
Keele University Keele University,, Keele, Staffordshire, United KingdomThis 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…
Call for Papers: Higher Education Institutional Research Conference 2021
OnlineDeadline Extended to 5th July The Call for Papers for HEIR 2021 is now open. The conference itself is 22-24th September, Online. Abstract submissions due 12th June. Call for Papers We are delighted to open the 2021 HEIR Conference for submissions. The theme of the conference is Inclusive Institutional Research. There will be four tracks…
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…
EUA Webinar: Embedding DELT (digitally enhanced learning and teaching) into curriculum and assessment
OnlineEUA is offering a webinar on Thursday, 21 April, 14.00-15.00 CEST, to present the outcomes from the 2021 Thematic Peer Group (TPG) on Curriculum and Assessment. This TPG took place in the framework of the DIGI HE project, and focused on how to embed digitally enhanced learning and teaching (DELT) into curriculum and assessment. In…
CPD Webinar – Supporting student partnership in assessment with technology
Online Webinar , United KingdomThis 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,…
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 KingdomDelivered 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
OnlineNote: 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…
Making St Andrews a place to belong:A workshop with Dr Greg Walton (Stanford)
Arts Theatre and Foyer The Scores, St Andrews, United KingdomUniversity of St Andrews Enhancement Theme Committee and Centre for Higher Education Research (CHER) present Making St Andrews a place to belong: A day with Dr. Greg Walton, Stanford University 20th June, 2022, Arts Theatre and Foyer Greg Walton is known internationally for his large body of work on belonging and threats to belonging as…
CELPiE Showcase Event
CELPiE is the Community for Evidence-Led Practice in Education at St Andrews We are delighted to announce that we are planning to host the first ever CELPiE showcase event, with a provisional date of the 5th October (afternoon). We are looking for volunteers from the community who would like to offer a 5-6 minute presentation at the…