The Economics Network is pleased to announce its Autumn Postgraduate Teaching Assistants (GTA) workshop series. The workshops complement any generic-based institutional training delegates might receive (and in
some institutions exempts attendees from parts of such training) and are facilitated by experienced economics lecturers.

The dates are:

University of East Anglia 28/09/2011
University of Essex 30/09/2011
University College London 03/10/2011
University of Nottingham 05/10/2011
University of Sheffield 06/10/2011
University of Glasgow 07/10/2011
University of Lancaster 07/10/2011
University of York 12/10/2011


On the 14th and 15th of October the Economics Network will be holding its New Lecturers Workshop in Bristol. Aimed at new and early-career economics lecturers the main aim is to discuss and evaluate what makes
effective teaching of economics including: lecturers; seminars and small-group teaching; assessment and feedback; e-learning; module/unit design; classroom experiments and games.

Both the GTA workshops and the New Lecturers workshop are free of charge for all economists who work in a UK higher education institution.

Don't forget that we have many resources specifically for new students:

Our website for current students, Study Economics, has detailed study tips and help with some common problems. http://www.studyingeconomics.ac.uk/

The Internet for Economics is an online tutorial that helps students
make the best use of the web, and shows them some of the key sites: http://www.vtstutorials.co.uk/tutorial/economics

A huge range of resources helpful for students to access to directly or to supplement mathematical explanations during class can be found on the METAL (Maths resources for Economics) and the DeSTRESS (statistical resources for social sciences) websites. The resources include video clips, questions, assessment materials and lecture slides.
http://www.metalproject.co.uk/
http://destress.pbworks.com/

DEE 2011 took place at the London School of Economics and Political Science, 5-7 Sept. The conference offered a stimulating range of sessions highlighting some of the latest research into pedagogy in economics, as well as providing an abundance of practical advice for lecturers on how to engage students more fully in the subject. Slides and materials from the conference are now available from:
http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/dee2011/presentations