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Apologies for cross posting: ==== Our colleagues at Understanding Society, one of the largest household panel studies in the world, are accepting submissions for Policy Fellowships. The 6-12 month funding will see Fellows undertake a social science project, using Understanding Society data, which has the potential to make a substantial contribution to informing and influencing… Read more » about Funding opportunity available working with Understanding Society data
National Teaching Fellowship Overview: Celebrating outstanding individual impact The National Teaching Fellowship (NTF) scheme celebrates and recognises individuals who have made an outstanding impact on student outcomes and the teaching profession in higher education. The latest winners were announced in August 2017. In 2018, the scheme is open to members of staff from all providers of… Read more » about National Teaching Fellows 2018: slides and webinar link
Colleagues, you are warmly welcome at one, two or all three of the talks! Come along and support us.. this is an inclusive event for all ======= We are delighted to announce this year’s WAN IWD lunchtime event consisting of three sessions. The first at 12.00-13.00 is a guest speaker talk by Josie Fraser. Josie… Read more » about World class speakers for International Women’s day, 8th March – all welcome
New from the Women’s Academic Network – forthcoming semester 2 events Uncategorized Sara Ashencaen Crabtree The Women’s Academic Network (WAN) has been a not-so-quietly growing feature of academic life at BU since September 2013. For many women academics (those in the know) it offers an annual programme of events, activities and career support in a vibrant… Read more » about
New on Wonkhe Vivien Rolfe examines the implications of the removal of funding awards from the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme. Vivien Rolfe is grateful to Peter Hartley, James Davenport, Debbie Holley, and Stephen McHanwell for their contributions to this article.We write in a personal capacity. ===== The new testimonies feature as part of a WONKHE.com article. The contributors to the article were Stephen… Read more » about What value a National Teaching fellowship?
Apologies for cross posting: Colleagues – we are hosting BOTH a national briefing plus running the Southern Region Writing morning for developing NTF applications. ============ Prof Debbie Holley of Bournemouth University is kindly hosting a briefing meeting for all aspirant National Teaching Fellows and those who support them in the South Coast area at Bournemouth… Read more » about National Teaching Fellow Institutional briefing – South Coast 5th March 2018
Colleagues, the call for papers now open… We now invite you to submit a proposal under one of the following themes: Participation through Learning Technology: including how to use technology to work in partnership with learners, how to create engagement and built informed consent, critical digital literacy, accessibility and equity; Collaboration for Learning Technology: such… Read more » about ALT Annual Conference 2018: Call for Proposals
National Teaching Fellow Regional Writing Event: Following on from our NTF Regional event last year Bournemouth University is hosting this event, Monday 5th March 9.30-1.00 Supported by National Teaching Fellows Professor Debbie Holley, Bournemouth University; Professor Stephen Tee, Bournemouth University; Dr Jenny Hill, University of the West of England and Dr Kirsten Hardie, Arts University… Read more » about Invitation to our National Teaching Fellow Regional Writing Event: BU Monday 5th March 9.30-1.00
Apologies for cross posting – but this is a fabulous resource… ==== Dear ALT Members, In our experience, teaching staff often do not have much opportunity to find out what their peers are doing. Therefore, late last year, the BLE published a freely available, open access ebook entitled Assessment, Feedback and Technology: Contexts and Case Studies in… Read more » about Open access ebook entitled Assessment, Feedback and Technology: Contexts and Case Studies in Bloomsbury.
‘HE Outreach: Developing Guidelines on Good Practice for Academics’ Call for Applications Workshop Convener: Dr Matthew Johnson, Lecturer in Politics, Lancaster University, m.johnson@lancaster.ac.uk Overview: A number of recent trends, notably the rise of £9,000+ fees, has brought into sharper focus the civic duties of HE institutions to engage in Outreach. While there is debate about the… Read more » about ‘HE Outreach: Developing Guidelines on Good Practice for Academics’ Call for Applications
