This issue is specifically focused on aspects dealing with the 2010 AIESEP World congress that is very close, now. This issue of the AIESEP Flash Newsletter proposes three points: 1) Some details about the event. 2) The programme of the congress (more info on the website – http://www.aiesep2010.org/) 3) Call to participate to the interactive [...]

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The University of Leicester Tuesday 26th October 11:00 – 16:30 The Doctorate? Building and sustaining leadership – bridging different worlds! KEY NOTE SPEAKERS PROFESSOR RICHARD PRING University of Oxford, England PROFESSOR CAROLYN SHIELDS University of Illinois, USA Click here for a flyer. For further details and a registration form please contact Richard Davis.

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Legacies, policies and prospects: one year on from the Cambridge Primary Review Professor Robin Alexander University of Cambridge Director of the Cambridge Primary Review Saturday 6th November, 2010 2.15pm – 4.00pm Elvin Hall, Institute of Education, University of London, Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL FREE ADMISSION Please contact FORUMwebINFO@symposium-books.co.uk if you require any further information. [...]

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New Activism or Old Politics? Sounding Student Reaction to HE’s Crisis 30th September 2010, 11am – 4:00pm University of Aston, Birmingham Room 404D, Main Building This day event will discuss likely student reactions to the impending cuts and rising fees in higher education. It is free to staff and students in UK Higher Education/ anyone [...]

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Press releases from the BERA Conference 2010 are available to download.

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The Point of Partnership: Understanding Employer Engagement in Education University of Warwick Friday 15 October 2010 The Conference brings many of the leading voices in the field together with practitoners and policy-makers, with keynote speeches from Prof. Hugh Lauder of the University of Bath and Hans van der Loo, Vice President (EU Liaison), Shell International. [...]

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6th October 2010. This half day training event will give you the knowledge, skills and understanding to effectively deliver the the ABC Practical languages qualification in your institution. The training session will be delivered by representatives from ABC and Language Networks for Excellence and delegates will have the opportunity to discuss planning issues and ideas [...]

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Academia as workplace: Linking past, present and future 4 – 6 April 2011 St Hugh’s College, Oxford, UK The conference engages with the notion of academia as a workplace in itself and of academic practices as forms of work. The following proposals are welcomed: • Proposals grounded within one or more institutions or disciplines or [...]

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4 – 7 July 2011 Cardiff, Wales The 50th anniversary world conference of the International Play Association. Click here for a Call for Abstracts.

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Short interviews with keynote speakers at the BERA Conference 2010, 1 – 4 September at The University of Warwick, are now available to view on YouTube. Watch interviews with BERA President Professor John Gardner, Professor Louise Morley, Tom Schuller and Professor Ann Phoenix.

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