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> Subject: 9th Annual SEDA conference
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> The 9th Annual Conference
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> Questioning the Impact of Staff and Educational Development
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> Tuesday 16th - Wednesday 17th November 2004
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> Novotel, Birmingham Centre
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> Conference Themes
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> The major theme of the conference is how we ensure that our practice as
> staff and educational developers is underpinned by good educational
> research and principles, that we appropriately evaluate and reflect on the
> impact of what we do, and that we review our practice in the light of the
> evidence we generate.
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> Sub themes include:
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> * What is the rationale for the staff and educational development
> approaches we use?
> * Are we addressing needs or setting the agenda?
> * Where and what is the impact of our actions?
> * How do we contribute to cultural and organisational change?
> * Where do new ideas come from and how are these related to practice?
> * How do we build capacity for research, evaluation and practice in
> educational development?
> * What does a scholarly approach to educational development look like?
> * What is the relationship between educational research and
> educational development?
> * How can we create the space to be more creative and supportive of
> innovation and excellence?
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> The Conference
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> The format of the conference will comprise keynote address, parallel
> sessions of workshops and discussion papers. The aim, as ever, will be to
> share practice, research, evaluation and experience in all aspects of
> staff and educational development in an open and constructive atmosphere.
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> Participants
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> The conference will be of particular interest to Educational and Staff
> developers in HE provision (in HE or FE) and anyone who has a commitment
> to enhancing the quality of Higher Education. This includes:
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> * Policy makers and institutional academic managers
> * Teachers in further and higher education
> * National and institutional teaching fellows
> * Learning support staff such as library and information staff and
> student support staff
> * Educational technologists
> * Staff from the Higher Education Academy Subject Centres, FDTL
> projects, the Higher Education Academy and other initiatives such as
> widening participation, disability and employability
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> Pre-Conference Workshop Day
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> As in past years there will be a one day workshop preceeding the main
> event. This year the focus will be Development and Assessment with
> Portfolios. Further details of this event can be found on the SEDA
> website.
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> Conference Venue
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> This year's conference will return to the Novotel, Birmingham Centre,
> located on Broad Street in the heart of the City Centre. Fully
> residential delegates will be accommodated on-site - all rooms are
> en-suite.
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> Birmingham is well served by the motorway network and parking is available
> at the hotel. New Street station is a short taxi ride away with regular
> rail links to Birmingham International Airport.
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> Registration
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> Following confirmation of your registration, delegates will be asked to
> forward electronically their choices of workshop and discussion paper
> sessions to enable us to allocate rooms according to demand. Details of
> all sessions can be accessed on the SEDA website from mid-September.
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> For booking form go to: http://www.seda.ac.uk/NovConference.pdf
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> Conference Organised by:
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> The Staff and Educational Development Association
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> www.seda.ac.uk email: [log in to unmask]
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