ADM-HEA BULLETIN - week ending 27 March 2009
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ADM-HEA ANNOUNCEMENTS
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ADM-HEA EVENTS
SECTOR EVENTS
CALL FOR
PAPERS/PARTICIPATION
ADM-HEA ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call for case studies on collaborative projects in HE,
which directly impact on the creative sector and economy by developing employee
skills and attributes.
This call is part of the Looking-Out project which aims
to identify Effective Engagements with Creative and Cultural
Enterprise
Looking-Out is a major research project being undertaken by
the Art Design Media Subject Centre (ADM-HEA) on behalf of the Department of
Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as part of the government’s Creative Britain
strategy paper published in February 2008. The project focuses on levels of
engagement between Higher Education and the Creative and Cultural sector; the
research outcomes aim to inform future government policy in this
area.
An initial call for case studies for the project generated very
high numbers and a wide range of projects highlighting initiatives, programmes
and schemes offered jointly, or with significant support, from creative and
cultural businesses and organisations aimed at enhancing graduate attributes.
These include, placement schemes, incubation units, industry run projects and
career development schemes.
However, we also want to highlight examples
of collaborative projects aimed at enhancing, updating and developing the skills
and attributes of individuals within creative and cultural industry and
organisations.
This second call for case studies is intended to
highlight and broadcast examples of effective practice in collaboration or
partnership between further and higher education art, design and media
departments and creative and cultural businesses and organisations. We are
especially keen to hear about schemes that deliver continuing professional
development (CPD) to teachers and people already in work, joint research
projects, knowledge transfer and innovative collaboration that help grow
employment, raise productivity, deliver new products and services, increase
footfall and so on, in creative and cultural enterprise.
If you or your
colleagues are involved in a project, scheme or programme that you think may
fall into this category please contact Steve Mallinder s.w.mallinder@brighton.ac.uk.
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SECTOR ANNOUNCEMENTS
HEFCE launches strategy
for technology-enhanced learning
On 26 March, HEFCE published 'Enhancing learning and
teaching through the use of technology - a revised approach to HEFCE's strategy
for e-learning' (HEFCE 2009/12). This revised approach follows an independent
review of the strategy and is designed to provide further support to higher
education institutions as they develop their own e-learning
strategies.
The new approach is intended to support institutions in
considering where they may wish to prioritise their technology-related
investment over the next few years, and to develop appropriate institutional
learning and teaching strategies. Support and guidance is available from JISC
and from the Higher Education Academy.
Findings from the review, which
was carried out with the support of the Higher Education Academy and JISC,
suggested the strategy has been useful in
motivating institutional activity,
but that some of the information has become outdated, given the current level of
maturity in e-learning in the sector.
In order to assist institutions in
achieving their strategic aims for enhancing learning and teaching through
technology, the document suggests a framework focusing on: pedagogy, curriculum
design and development; learning resources and environments; quality; and
research and evaluation.
Further information on how JISC is contributing
to this strategy can be found at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/themes/elearning/programmeelearning/hefceframework
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AHRC – Future Directions for Arts
& Humanities Research: A Consultation
The Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
are currently seeking feedback on their Future Directions document, which
outlines the future directions for the AHRC and seeks your assistance in
charting the way forward.
For more information and to participate in this
consultation, please visit the following link:
http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/About/Policy/Pages/FutureDirections.aspx
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ADM-HEA EVENTS
SPACE: ADM-HEA Annual
Forum 2009
Virtual SPACE - online forum
29 April - 13 May 2009
Vital SPACE
Wales Millennium Centre Event
Friday, 8 May
2009
Apologies for the delay but registration will be opening early next
week, please look out for the information which will be sent via separate
email.
This year, the ADM-HEA Annual Forum, SPACE, will explore
the theme of ‘learning spaces’ in art, design and media higher education, and
will provide opportunities for both ‘virtual’ and ‘vital’ participation…
Stephen Heppell, Professor of New Media Environments at the Centre for
Excellence in Media Practice at Bournemouth University, will launch our online
discussion forum, Virtual SPACE, with a video presentation on 29 April 2009. The
online forum will provide opportunities for an unlimited number of participants
to engage with, and share ideas about, the theme – as well as informing, and
interacting with, subsequent discussion at our ‘Vital SPACE’ event at the Wales
Millennium Centre (WMC) in Cardiff on 8 May 2009. There will be 100 places for
participants at the WMC.
For more information: http://www.adm.heacademy.ac.uk/news/subject-centre-news/space-adm-hea-annual-forum-2009
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SECTOR EVENTS
1st International Visual Methods
Conference
University
of Leeds
15 - 17 September 2009
The aim of the conference is to bring
together leading researchers and practitioners representing different
disciplines and approaches to visual methodology in order to exchange ideas and
advance visual methodology in all its forms. There will be two internationally
acclaimed keynote speakers, a workshop for those new to visual methods, posters
and a wide range of papers given. Presentations will focus on state-of-the-art
visual methods as well as innovative real-world
applications.
Guest Speakers
Opening keynote address will
be given by Professor Claudia Mitchell, McGill University, Canada.
Plenary
keynote address will be given by Professor Marcus Banks, University of Oxford,
UK.
Keynote photographer exhibition by Professor Dona Schwartz, University of
Minnesota, USA.
http://www.education.leeds.ac.uk/research/visual-methods-conference/
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Academy Scotland debate
Glasgow Caledonian University
24 June
2009, 3:30 pm
This year’s Academy Scotland debate will be held on
Wednesday 24 June at Glasgow Caledonian University. The motion will be “This
house believes that the 50 minute lecture is a good form of
teaching”.
The debate will be preceded by a keynote address by Professor
Paul Maharg from the Glasgow Graduate School of Law, University of Strathclyde,
and Senior Fellow of the Academy. There will also be a marketplace with
resources from the Academy available, and the debate will be followed by a wine
reception.
The event is aimed at staff in a wide range of roles within
Scottish HEIs, and there will be representatives from the Academy Subject
Centres.
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/240609_scotland_debate
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A
framework for whole institutional inclusive teaching practice - drawn from Post
16 provision
University
of Westminster
29 April 2009 11:00 – 13:00
The Higher Education
Academy and University of Westminster would like to invite you to the above
research seminar, which is part of Research Seminar Series 2009: Access and
Success for All. Details of the Series are available at: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/learning/national_research_seminar
Details
of the above seminar including abstract, speakers and bookings are available at:
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/RSS_Westminster_290409
50 free places are available on a first-come,
first-served basis. To book a place, please email Michele Raimondo at raimonm@westminster.ac.uk
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Internationalisation Event
Cardiff University
18 May 2009
Extending Horizons: the Benefits of the European Dimension on the
Student Learning Experience. Implementing Bologna in your institution; a case
study.
The Higher Education Academy and the British Council are holding a
seminar on Bologna to inform academics of recent developments in the Bologna
Process and to engage them in thinking about the implications of Bologna for
learning and teaching at subject level.
The event has a particular focus
on curriculum development in relation to mobility, study and work placements,
and the recognition issues related to mobility and the impact on employability.
The keynote speaker is Professor Sir Drummond Bone.
More information is
available from: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/18_May_2009_Benefits_European_Dimension_Student_Learning
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CALL FOR PAPERS/PARTICIPATION
Researchers of Tomorrow
– request for focus group members
The
British Library/JISC study ‘Researchers of Tomorrow: A three year (BL/JISC)
study tracking the research behaviour of 'Generation Y' doctoral students’ will
examine the information-seeking and research behaviour of doctoral students born
1982-1994.
The research team is seeking to recruit late-stage doctoral
researchers, post-doctoral researchers and academic staff managing or
supervising doctoral research, for three scene-setting focus groups in social
science, arts and humanities and STM. There is no age restriction for the focus
groups.
They will meet on either 27 or 28 April at the British Library
for up to two hours, with travel expenses paid. Contact: Meg Goodman at
Education for Change Ltd at m.goodman@efc.co.uk or on 020
7247 3370.
For more information: http://www.efc.co.uk/projects/researchers_of_tomorrow.jsp
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Learning Infrastructures in
the Social Sciences and Humanities
Special issue of the journal Learning Inquiry
http://www.springerlink.com/content/120592/
Edited
by Jeremy Hunsinger
Papers Due: May 15 2009
In the last 20 years, the
learning infrastructures of the social sciences and humanities have transformed
dramatically toward a more plural set of practices, methods, systems, and tools.
In this issue, they are looking for contributions from social
informatics,humanistic informatics, cultural informatics, digital humanities,
internet studies, design research, media studies, and related fields dealing
with the learning infrastructures. I am seeking papers that deal empirically,
analytically and/or critically with the learning infrastructures in the social
sciences and humanities.
Review process will be double blind peer
review following editorial selection. They expect to place fewer than 8 papers
in this special issue. They would prefer papers between 4000-16000 words. Papers
should be submitted to http://www.editorialmanager.com/linq/
Please
contact the editor to discuss your paper and/or when you submit your
paper.
Jeremy Hunsinger jhuns.(@)vt.edu
Center for Digital Discourse
and Culture
Virginia Tech
Information Ethics Fellow
Center for
Information Policy Research
http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ Learning
Inquiry-the journal
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