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Apologies for cross-posting Students at the Heart of the System How to fulfil their learning needs? A conference offered by the Academic and Professional Publishing Division of The Publishers Association 21 November at the ICO Conference Centre, 22 Berners St, London W1T 3DD The conference begins at 10 am and will conclude with a wine reception. The White Paper on the future of Higher Education in the UK, Higher Education: Students at the Heart of the System presents universities and colleges with the most profound challenges they have faced since the public sector assumed responsibility for supporting students in the 1940s. The 2011 Publishers Association academic conference for academics and publishers will therefore focus on discussing the White Paper and its implications. Highlights will include: * A keynote from Professor Ian Diamond, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen, who headed the UUK Efficiency and Modernisation Task Group which produced recommendations to support measurable improvements in efficiency, and an open discussion to follow. * A student forum, in which students from different disciplines at London universities will discuss how the White Paper will affect them and future generations of students. * Case studies of two of the initiatives developed jointly by individual universities and the private sector which are cited in the White Paper. * Two innovative publishing ventures which seek to address the future demands of the sector as foreshadowed by the White Paper. * An open forum to discuss all the issues raised during the conference, followed by a drinks reception. The objective of the conference is for academics and publishers to enhance their understanding of what the White Paper means for them in terms of developing and delivering teaching and learning resources in a rapidly-changing, diversified environment which truly puts students 'at the heart of the system'. Who should attend? This aims to be a wide-ranging conference on a subject of critical importance to anyone associated with the academic sector. Following its own tradition, the conference will encourage academics and publishers to share ideas, ambitions and concerns, but it will be as relevant for educationists, librarians, booksellers and students themselves. Even more than with its predecessors, the sponsors want this conference to attract both publishers and academics in significant numbers. So this year we have set up a registration system whereby publishers can bring an academic guest for the price of their ticket. Academic staff members, whether academics, library or administrative staff, are also welcome to attend without a publisher sponsor at a special discounted rate. We hope thereby to make the conference audience as relevant and incisive as possible. Please visit http://www.publishers.org.uk/StudentsAtHeart for a full programme, and to register. Nicola Swann Executive Assistant The Publishers Association 29B Montague Street London WC1B 5BW t: +44 20 7691 1378/9191 f: +44 20 7691 9199 e: [log in to unmask] w: www.publishers.org.uk <http://www.publishers.org.uk/> The Publishers Association Limited is a company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. Registration number 3282879; Registered office: 2 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3ST lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn