Readers may be interested in an upcoming conference on Institutional and Subject Excellence. To register:https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/pedrio-conference-what-is-institutional-and-subject-excellence
29 Nov at University of Plymouth
Prof. Debby Cotton, Head Educational Development, Plymouth University; e-mail pedrio@plymouth.ac.uk
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09:00-09:30
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Arrival & Registration |
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09:30-10:30 |
Welcome – Professor Debby Cotton, Head of Educational Development, University of Plymouth
Keynote Presentation –”High seas: the shipping forecast for UK HE policy”, Louis Coiffait, Associate Editor, Wonkhe
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| 10:40-11:40 | SESSION A
Demonstrating institutional and subject excellence through Curriculum Transformation at the University of Bath, Briony Frost
The UN Sustainable Development Goals, Entrepreneurship Education and Institutional Excellence, Andreas Walmsley, Dr Christopher Moon, Dr Nikolaos Apostolopoulos
Exploring the impact and value of sustainability education, Rebecca Fisher |
SESSION B – Workshop
Making a splash: Towards targeted and impactful academic development provision to support teaching excellence, Annie Bryan, Louise Wilson
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SESSION C – Workshop
Beyond the metrics: charting the intangible aspects of enhancement in the age of accountability, Elizabeth Cleaver, Alastair Robertson, Fiona Smart
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11:40-12:00
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Refreshment Break |
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| 12:00-13:00 | SESSION D
Pipe dream, nightmare or dream ticket? Final year undergraduate projects as a key output from strong links between teaching and research, John Spicer
Excellence in impact: how the Centre for Innovation in Higher Education evidences the value of pedagogic research, Simon Pratt-Adams, Dr Emma Coonan.
‘I now realise how important it is to collect data from students’: making research-informed practice a priority for ‘institutional excellence’, Kerry Dobbins, Lynnette Matthews
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SESSION E – Workshop
Students as customers or partners? A workshop to explore tensions between the HE quality agenda and teaching and learning practice, Gina Pauli
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SESSION F – Workshop
Fostering subject excellence in Higher Education, Katrina Bannigan
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13:00-14:00
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Lunch, networking and poster session |
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14:00-15:00 |
SESSION G
Bridging the gap: achieving institutional excellence in widening participation through a feminist-poststructuralist ethics of empowerment, Elizabeth Done
What is teaching excellence and why should it matter? David Carter
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SESSION H – Workshop
Beyond careers guidance – implementing an institutional wide careers and employability strategy, Deborah Pownall, Jo Ives |
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| 15:10-16:10 | SESSION I
Hashtag Heroes: How Twitter is impacting teacher CPD, Claire Hadfield
Reconsidering public engagement in UK higher education: Engaging students to change the world, Christopher Wilson, Sarah Hayes
Science Communication and university metrics – is there a role? Zoe Mason, Martin Khechara, Sarah Smith |
SESSION J – Workshop
‘The Drivers and Barriers to Teaching Excellence: an Animal – and Veterinary- Curriculum Perspective’, Emily Chapman-Waterhouse
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16:15
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Networking and what next, discussion with tea, drinks and canapés
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