Archive for February, 2010
Adam Smith Institute Publication – The Broken University
On the 4th March the Adam Smith Institute Publication will launch a radical new publication on university funding by Dr James Stanfield: The Broken University
For more details, contact Philip Salter, Adam Smith Institute.
International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS DEADLINE SUBMISSION: 1st April 2010
We invite you to submit your abstracts and participate in EDULEARN10, the International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, that will be held in Barcelona (SPAIN), on the 5th , 6th and 7th of July, 2010.
The objective of EDULEARN10 is to share your experiences in the [...]
A TEAN WORKSHOP: Reflection – to boldly go beyond the buzz word
Tuesday March 23rd 2010
10am – 3.30pm
Bishop Grosseteste University College, Lincoln, Sem 1 and 2
This workshop is presented by TEAN, the Teacher Education Advancement Network (formerly ESCalate ITE). TEAN’s aims for Teacher Education are: to enhance practice, to support and promote innovation and development, to contribute to and help build research capacity; to contribute to policy [...]
Education 3-1: Application for ISI/ SSCI status
Education 3-13 is one of very few journals which publishes peer reviewed, research based articles on all topics associated with primary education. The journal has developed very significantly in recent years and at the recommendation of the publisher, Routledge, we have applied for recognition in the Thomson Reuters ISI/ SSCI listings of journals. As you [...]
Narrative Learning
by Ivor F. Goodson, Gert J. J. Biesta, Michael Tedder and Norma Adair
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What is the role of narrative in how people learn throughout their lives?
Are there different patterns and forms of narrativity?
How do they influence learning?
Based on data gathered for the Learning Lives project, which sought to understand learning by questioning individuals about their life [...]
Professor of Education – Vacancy
Roehampton University is seeking applications from first class candidates to contribute to its high quality research, policy initiatives and innovative programmes of study.
Click here for more details.
ESCalate Student Conference 2010
The Second Annual ESCalate Student Conference
Friday 16th April 2010
Glamorgan Business Centre
University of Glamorgan Pontypridd, Wales
Students as Stakeholders take an active part in your own learning.
Click here for more details.
Graduate Employability Conference
What graduates need and employers want
Wednesday 3rd March 2010, QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London
This conference will set out, for university and college managements, how departments and courses can grow and how businesses can access and gain from talented student placements, internships and student engagement. How universities can develop and increase capacity to find and [...]
SRHE Postgraduate Issues & Newer Researchers Network
The Third Workshop: Presenting Your Research
11 March 2010, 11am-5pm
at SRHE, 44 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4LL
Following two successful workshops, SRHE provides a further opportunity for newer researchers to present on a part of their research into an aspect of higher education amongst peers and more established researchers. Presenters will receive feedback on their [...]
Educational Visions Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series
‘Can New Web Technologies Support Radical Pedagogies?’
by Professor Patrick Carmichael Professor of Educational Research at LJMU, Faculty of Education, Community and Leisure.
Monday 22nd February, 4.00 – 6.00pm, LJMU Art and Design Academy.
The claims made for new technologies in education are ambitious and wide-ranging: nothing less than the transformation of schools and universities, and new kinds [...]