HEEON January Programme

Michele, have I booked if not could you book me a place? Berry

From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michele Lefevre
Sent: 06 January 2009 12:57
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Subject: HEEON January Programme

Further to requests, and to facilitate travel arrangements, I am including the programme for the January event in this email. The programme and booking forms are also available in the file store of admin-eo (right hand side of main page - log in not necessary) or the HEEON website, where online booking is also available (links for both of these sites are below).

10.25 - 10.30 Welcome and introduction to the day, Sarah Lewis, Coventry University, Chair of HEEON

10.30 - 11.10 ‘Student Attainment - The position in Higher Education one year on’ Gary Loke, ECU and Jane Berry, HEA

11.10 - 11.40 ‘Learning from Academic research - how do we move the agenda forward?’ Dr Gurnam Singh, Coventry University

11.40 - 12.00                Coffee & Biscuits

12.00 - 13.00                  Institutional Snapshots: Kate Parsons, Aston University; Dr Nigel Lynsey, University of Bradford; Kish Bhatti-Sinclair, University of Southampton; Dr Katherine Woolf, UCL Medial School; Tony O’Shea-Poon, Open University; Mark Atlay, University of Bedfordshire

14.00 - 14.30 ‘Using Group Decision Software to Facilitate Stakeholder Workshops: Investigating the impact of ethnicity on degree attainment, at De Montfort University’ Parmjit Kaur and Dr Ashley Carreras

14.30 - 15.30   Workshops

1                       ‘Study on the outcomes of teaching and learning about ‘race’ and racism’

2 ‘Helping students achieve their potential: dealing with diversity issues in practice’ Dr Katherine Woolf, UCL Medical School

3 ‘Using data analysis to develop policy’ Dr Nigel Lindsey, University of Bradford

4 ‘3 explanations for the attainment gap: language, conceptions of learning and prior attainment’ Tony O’Shea-Poon, The Open University

15.30-16.00 Discussion time, Noticeboard and Chair's closing comments (with refreshments)

Michele Lefevre
HEEON Administrator (Mondays and Fridays 10-5)
University of Worcester
Henwick Grove
Worcester WR2 6AJ
07938 440018
Fax 01905 855550
www.heeon.ac.uk
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ADMIN-EO.html

Upcoming HEEON events:
Student attainment - one year on Friday 23rd January, 2009 at UUK, London
Positive Action Positive Duties Wednesday 1st & Thursday 2nd July, 2009 at Scarman training and Conference Centre, University of Warwick