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.

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  • SEDA Teaching, Learning and Assessment Conference 2020

    Radisson Blu Glasgow

    Rethinking the Remit of the University in Uncertain Times Context and themes In an age of supercomplexity, a new epistemology for the university awaits, one that is open, bold, engaging, accessible, and conscious of its own insecurity. It is an epistemology for living amid uncertainty. (Barnett, 2000: 420) (1) This quotation, by Ron Barnett at…

  • 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…

  • Featured

    Call: Teaching, Learning and Higher Education Research Fund (St Andrews)

    New Deadline: Wednesday May 6th 2020            -           For decisions by Friday May 22nd Scope and Purpose Scope of the grants We envisage grants that may be more research-output focused, or grants focused on practice initiatives with an evaluative element and that can feed into communities of practice in higher education. Teaching, Learning and Higher Education…

  • 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.…

  • How to have difficult conversations about race: in the context of decolonising the curriculum

    Online Webinar , United Kingdom

    (From the event page) Guest panelists, Dr Foluke Adebisi, Dr Jason Arday and Dr Khadijah Mohammed , speak on 'Decolonising the curriculum' with respect to race. About this Event The University of St Andrews is hosting an event entitled 'How to have difficult conversations about race, in the context of decolonising the curriculum'. The guest…

  • 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…

  • 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.