On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:42:59 +0100 John Hilsdon
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> Dear All
>
> The Learning Development in higher Education Network has an Excel file
> on the JISC site at
>
> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/LDHEN/
>
> which represents our attempts, last year, to gather information and data
> about our services.
>
> I wonder if I could invite you all to 'go there' and look at your
> submissions - or think about submitting some details if your institution
> is not represented ... ? If you are willing and able, please copy the
> Excel file to your own computer, then write to it, save it again and
> mail back to me
>
> I ask for a number of reasons: most pressing for me is that an
> 'administrative review' has been underway here at the University of
> Plymouth, one consequence of which is a strong drive to separate
> Learning Development from Educational Development ... and I fear (my
> paranoia?) an agenda is at work not unrelated to a 'questioning' of the
> academic status of our work ... and the related possibility of
> preventing the growth of a case for academic contracts of employment for
> those in this field ... and the division of our work being organised to
> separate us from the benefits of being able to conduct research under
> legitimate and valued conditions .... So I am interested in our
> continued mapping of our collective situation (s) and would like to hear
> the views of others. And is anyone out there interested in doing some
> research and writing about this? We are such a potentially rich
> resource!
>
>
> John
>
> John Hilsdon
> Co-ordinator, Learning Development
> Educational Development
> University of Plymouth
> Drake Circus
> Plymouth
> PL4 8AA
>
> 01752 232276
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> www.plymouth.ac.uk/learn
>
>
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Sarah McCarthy
University of Exeter
Dear John
Ha, Ha! Think I may have managed to add to the list after all! Info
there needed updating. Hope it works!
Sarah
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