Dear Colleagues

*Apologies for any cross-posting*

Please find below details of the UKCGE Summer Conference 2007: Masters & Doctorates in the 21st Century & the Impact of the Digital Age, taking place at The University of Leicester on 2nd & 3rd July.

Bookings are now being taken and can be made by completing the attached registration form & returning it via email to [log in to unmask] or via fax to 01543 308604. Booking via our website will be available when the UKCGE website is relaunched sometime in the near future.

There are several delegate packages available the details of which are given in the table below:

Package Name	Details	UKCGE Member rate	Non-member rate
Full Conference	Conference, all meals & refreshments, overnight accommodation on 2^nd July.	£330	£390
Full Conference Plus+	Conference, all meals & refreshments, overnight accommodation on 2^nd July. With additional night B&B on 1st July	£375	£435
Conference only.	Conference, lunch & refreshments on both days & Conference Dinner on 2^nd July. – No accommodation	£295	£355
Day 1 delegate.	Day delegate on Monday 2^nd July. Includes lunch, refreshments & conference dinner.	£185	£245
Day 2 Delegate	Day delegate on Tuesday 3^rd July. Includes lunch & refreshments.	£145	£205

Exhibition space and poster display opportunities are available, please contact me for further details.

If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

To find out whether your institution is a member of UKCGE, please e-mail [log in to unmask].

We look forward to seeing you in July.

Best wishes

Angus

Angus Burns

Events Officer

UK Council for Graduate Education

Lichfield Centre

The Friary

Lichfield

Staffordshire

WS13 6QG

Tel: 01543 308603

Fax: 01543 308604

Web: http://www.ukcge.ac.uk

UKCGE Summer Conference

2^nd – 3^rd July, 2007

Gilbert Murray Conference Suite, University of Leicester

Masters and Doctorates in the 21st Century: the Impact of the Digital Age

Overview: The UKCGE’s annual Summer Conference at the University of Leicester will explore the future of Graduate Education in the UK and beyond – from the E-learning perspective and also with a critical review of digital developments in the PGR / PGT arena. Plenaries will focus on E-learning in UK HEIs and its relationship with the diversity agenda, the future of the PhD, plus the impact of digital innovations on IPR, legal and ethical issues. Two parallel streams will explore e-management issues and the key digital innovations currently shaping the PG student environment – including the multinational challenge of research and multi-centre research supervision in the digital arts. The Summer Conference aims to chart future perspectives on digitally driven developments in graduate education over the next decade.

Overview: T

Monday 2nd July
Time		Session
09.30 – 10.10		Coffee and Registration
09.30		Sponsors’ displays, Publishers’ displays and Posters e.g. Lecctopia; Netskills; EPIGEUM, E Portfolio
10.10 – 10.20		Welcome to the University Professor Bob Burgess, Vice-Chancellor, University of Leicester Chair: Professor Malcolm McCrae, UKCGE Chair
10.20 – 10.50		Opening Plenary ‘Learning Futures’ Professor Gilly Salmon, Professor of E-Learning and Learning Technologies, University of Leicester
10.50 – 11.20		Plenary ‘The Evolution of Electronic and Digital Systems – Keystones for the Diversity Agenda’ Dr John R. Gibbins, University of Newcastle
11.20 – 11.30		Discussion
11.30 – 12.00		Coffee / Tea & Biscuits – Displays and Networking
		E-Learning Issues	Digital Futures
Breakout Session 1	12.00 - 12.45	‘JISC's activities in support of e-learning’, Sarah Davies, JISC Programme Manager	‘'Supervision Online: New frameworks for e-Collaboration and e-Mentors' Dr Peter Scott, Director of the Knowledge Media Institute, Open University
12.45 – 13.15		Annual Meeting of UKCGE
12.45 – 14.00		Lunch – Displays, Posters and Networking
14.00 – 14.30		Plenary ‘Multinational Networks for Research & Communication in the Digital Arts: Challenges for Research Supervision, Professor Roy Ascott, President, The Planetary Collegium, University of Plymouth
14.30 – 14.45		Discussion
14.45 – 15.15		Coffee / Tea & Biscuits – Displays and Networking
Demonstrations of Resources		E-Systems in Practice	Digital Systems for PG Research
Breakout Session 2	15.15 – 16.00	A. 'From Enquiries to Registration - E2R' Maggie Donnelly, Head of Student Services, Newcastle University	C. ‘The British Library and the digital age’ Jude England, Head of Soc Science Collection, British Library
Breakout Session 3	16.00 – 16.45	B ‘E-Portfolios and E-Booking – The North-East Region Solution’ Simon Cotterill, Scool of Medical Education Development, Faculty of Medicinal Science, Newcastle University	D. ‘Electronic PDP for PG Students: The York Skills Forge for Graduate Professional Development –– Design and Implementation’ Jonathan Carr, University of York
16.45 – 17.00		Summary and Close of Sessions
19.00 for 19.30		Reception
19.30		Conference Dinner

Tuesday 3rd July
Time		Session
08.45 – 9.15		Registration (Day delegates)
9.15 – 9.45		Plenary Lecture ‘What future the PhD in the Digital Age? Professor Chris Park, University of Lancaster and Higher Education Academy
9.45 – 10.00		Discussion
10.00 – 10.30		Coffee / Tea & Biscuits– Displays and Networking
		E-Learning Issues	Digital Futures
Breakout Session 4	10.30 – 11.15	‘Making sense of e-learning - tyrannical truths and elusive realities’ Prof. Brian Ford, Gonville and Caius, University of Cambridge	‘The E-Pedagogy and the learner experience’ Dr Rhona Sharpe, Oxford Brookes University
11.15 – 11.55		Closing Plenary ‘Legal aspects - Potpourri of legal issues on e-learning’ Adrian Slater, Legal Adviser’s Office, University of Leeds
11.55 – 12.10		Discussion
12.10 – 12.30		Launch of UKCGE Publication/s UKCGE Executive
12.30 – 12.40		Summary and Close Professor Kevin Lee, University of Leicester
12.40		Departure

*Please note that this programme is subject to change.*