ADM-HEA BULLETIN - week ending 30 September 2011
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ADM-HEA ANNOUNCEMENTS
SECTOR ANNOUNCEMENTS
SECTOR EVENTS
CALL FOR PAPERS / PARTICIPATION
ADM-HEA ANNOUNCEMENTS
Practising Open Education OER Project report published online
The JISC and HEA funded project Practising Open Education: Developing the Potential of Open Educational Resources in art, Design and Media has now been completed. The project Final Report is now available as a downloadable PDF from the project website: http://tinyurl.com/6dbfetx
The Subject Centre would like to thank all the project partners for the great work during the course of the project.
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Congratulations to Dr Stephen Mallinder
Well done to Stephen Mallinder, ADM-HEA’S Project Manager, who has recently been awarded a PhD for his thesis Movement: Journey of the Beat.
http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/4866/
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SECTOR ANNOUNCEMENTS
HEA Academic Associates
The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is building a community of Academic Associates to deliver and develop support for learning and teaching in higher education.
Expressions of interest are sought from academics with current experience, who are leaders in their field, can work as part of a team, and who share the HEA’s ambition to improve learning and teaching and the student learning experience. There is no specific closing date for expressions of interest as this is an ongoing process.
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/aboutus/associates
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SCORE Short-term Fellowship Call - Open Educational Resources Development Opportunity
The closing date for applications: 28 October 2011
Applications for short-term fellowships in open educational resources (OER) are invited by the Support Centre for Open Resources in Education (SCORE). Short-term fellowships are designed to provide foundational knowledge in the production and use of OER to those with little or no prior experience. Priority will be given to applicants from Law, Business, Social Science and Education subject areas although all applications will be considered.
http://www8.open.ac.uk/score/short-term-fellowships
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Learning on Screen Awards 2012
Entry deadline: 28 November 2011
British Universities Film & Video Council’s Learning on Screen Awards celebrate and reward excellence in the use of moving image and related media in learning, teaching and research.
http://bufvc.ac.uk/2011/10/03/learning-on-screen-awards-open-for-entries-2
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Research Fellowship Program for 2012–13
Application deadline: 15 January 2012
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, announces its Research Fellowship Program for 2012–13, consisting of short- and long-term fellowships open to academic, independent, and museum scholars, to support advanced study of American art, culture, and history. Some of the Fellowships are open to international colleagues.
http://winterthur.org/research/fellowship.asp
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Foundation Degree Forward (fdf) - now closed, information on where to find resources
Foundation Degree Forward (fdf) closed in July 2011 after eight years at the heart of employer engagement in higher education. A press release about fdf’s closure can be found on the HEFCE website at: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2010/fdf.htm
fdf’s services and resources can still be found at:
Employer Based Training Accreditation (EBTA) Service is now hosted by QAA and details can be found at: http://www.fdfebta.co.uk
Web-based information, advice and guidance for work-based learners and their advisors: http://www.higherlearningatwork.org
E-learning resources that support delivery of work-based higher education in sectors : http://www.workforcedevelopment.fdf.ac.uk
Research projects, guidance and case studies: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/fdf
Foundation Degree Frameworks with Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) and sector bodies, see SSC websites.
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Online staff development courses
The Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development (OCSLD) is one of the UK’s largest providers of staff and educational development for further and higher education. They currently run up to 200 staff development courses each year, drawing on a national network of specialist consultants.
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsld/index.html
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SECTOR EVENTS
The 2011 HE Staff/Student Summit: ‘Lessons from the Student-Led Teaching Awards’
Carlton Hotel, Edinburgh
20 October 2011
This event, organised in partnership by the Higher Education Academy and NUS Scotland, will focus on the themes emerging from the successful two-year pilot student-led teaching awards (SLTA) initiative in Scotland, which have been brought together in the partnership’s report, “Lessons from the Student-Led Teaching Awards”.
http://bit.ly/nKDctN
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CALL FOR PAPERS / PARTICIPATION
IADIS International Conference E-Society 2012
Berlin, Germany
10 – 13 March 2012
Deadline for submissions: 28 October 2011
The IADIS e-Society 2012 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within the Information Society.
http://www.esociety-conf.org/
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IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning 2012
Berlin, Germany
11 - 13 March 2012
Deadline for submissions: 28 October 2011
The IADIS Mobile Learning 2012 International Conference seeks to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of mobile learning research which illustrate developments in the field.
http://www.mlearning-conf.org/
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What Works? Student retention and success conference 2012
University of York
28-29 March 2012
Deadline for submissions: 30 November 2011
Call for papers, workshops and posters for this two day residential conference. This is the final event in the three year ‘What Works?’ Student retention and success programme, funded by HEFCE and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. It is jointly hosted by the Higher Education Academy and Action on Access.
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/28_29_March_2012_retention_conference
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SEACHANGE
Art | Communication | Technology | Events | Encounters | Exchanges
Deadline for contributions: 12 January 2012
SEACHANGE is an international journal based at McGill University which welcomes contributions in English and French from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds.
http://www.seachangejournal.ca
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Visual Culture in Britain
Special Issue - Equal Value? Tangents and Tendencies in Contemporary British Art
Call for abstracts, deadline: 15 January 2012
This special issue (November 2013) will present a range of perspectives on practices, ideas and debates in relation to art’s function and value in Britain today.
http://bit.ly/VCiBSubmit
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