ADM-HEA BULLETIN - week ending 27 May 2011

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ADM-HEA ANNOUNCEMENTS
SECTOR ANNOUNCEMENTS
SECTOR EVENTS
CALL FOR PAPERS / PARTICIPATION

ADM-HEA ANNOUNCEMENTS

Call for resource reviewers

We have 4 books currently available for review. The ADM-HEA Subject Centre's collection of Resource Reviews has been written by colleagues who share their experiences and recommendations, and describe their use of various learning resources in the context of art, design and media education. The review will be evaluated by staff at ADM-HEA and on acceptance reviewers will receive £50.00 worth of book tokens and are free to keep the review copy.

To see the current items: http://www.adm.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/resource-reviews/items-currently-available-for-review


Reviews will be published in Networks online magazine. To read the most recent reviews: http://www.adm.heacademy.ac.uk/networks/networks-spring-2011/reviews

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SECTOR ANNOUNCEMENTS

Accessible IT Practice Support Programme

News of a recent exciting development from JISC Techdis.

http://www.adm.heacademy.ac.uk/news/sector-news/accessible-it-practice-support-programme

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SECTOR EVENTS

RAISE Conference 2011: Engaging Students in Challenging Times
Nottingham Conference Centre
15 - 16 September 2011

The overarching objective of the inaugural Researching, Advancing & Inspiring Student Engagement (RAISE) Conference is to focus specifically on student engagement.

http://www.adm.heacademy.ac.uk/events/raise-conference-2011-engaging-students-in-challenging-times

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CALL FOR PAPERS / PARTICIPATION

Threshold Concepts Conference
4th Biennial Threshold Concepts Conference and 6th NAIRTL Annual Conference
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
27-29 June 2012

Call for abstracts, deadline: 31 October 2011

The 2012 International Conference will examine how the idea of Threshold Concepts is used to advance student learning not only within but between disciplines.

http://www.adm.heacademy.ac.uk/news/calls-for-papers/calls-for-papers-and-contributions/threshold-concepts-conference

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Please also visit our website at  http://www.adm.heacademy.ac.uk  to access a full range of news items and resources which are updated on a regular basis.

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Art Design Media Subject Centre
The Higher Education Academy
University of Brighton
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Brighton
BN2 9JY

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