Aston Business School, Aston University
27 June 2012
This workshop is intended for staff new to teaching who have
students from a range of cultural and educational backgrounds. Getting students
engaged with the subject matter has always been a key challenge, but the
increased diversity of students can help to open up new ways of involving them
all. Participants will be asked to think about their own expectations and to
compare them with alternative views and interpretations of commonly experienced
teaching situations. Practical strategies will be introduced to help develop
teaching practices that include all students in the learning process.
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EVENT - Inclusion in the Curriculum in the Humanities @
Aberdeen University
University of Aberdeen
19 June 2012
This workshop builds upon an existing three year programme
of work which is examining equality and diversity in the curriculum in
Scotland. The programme is being coordinated by the Higher Education Academy in
partnership with Scotland’s Colleges and the Equality Practitioners’ Network.
The programme is being funded by the Scottish Funding Council to support the
delivery of equality and diversity framework for 2010-13.
The workshop ‘Inclusion in the Curriculum in the Humanities’
will explore cutting edge attempts to increase equality and diversity in
humanities teaching in Higher Education. Several presentations will catalyse
participative workshops in which participants will discuss issues relevant to
their own context, share practice and discuss how we develop and expand
inclusive practice within education.
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NEWS - Summit Report published - Thinking twice: Transition,
retention and success in the Arts and Humanities
In March 2012 the Arts and Humanities cluster held a Summit
which sought to identify and explore the issues which impact upon first year
students as they make the transition to university. The report captures the
evidence and considerations which emerged from the key questions: What are
students' expectations of higher education? What are their experiences of
higher education? What does the radical structural transformation of higher
education mean for prospective students and the institutions that will support
their learning?
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CALL - The UK Professional Standards Framework for Teaching
and Supporting Learning (UKPSF): Help us to measure its impact
Deadline for call for tenders: 9 July 2012
The UKPSF is a sector-wide framework for recognising and
benchmarking teaching and learning support roles in higher education using a
set of internationally-recognised criteria.
Tenders are now invited to undertake research to gather
evidence about the impact of the framework (revised 2011) and to evaluate
levels of awareness within the sector. This research should also investigate
how the UKPSF is being used to influence the culture and practice of teaching
and supporting learning in HE, and provide recommendations for further
development. Funding body: The Higher Education Academy, funding
available: £20,000
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NEWS – Student Attitudes and Skills for Sustainable
Development Report published
HEA & NUS have just published the second report on
Student Attitudes and Skills for Sustainable Development. The findings reinforce, and in many
cases strengthen, the landmark key outcomes of the first study published in
2011.
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