Dear colleagues
As most people will have been having a well-earned break over the Christmas period, this is a reminder that places are still available for the fourth seminar in the
2011/12 educational research seminars series run by the Learning Institute at
Queen Mary, University of London.
The seminar takes place between 12 noon and
2pm on Monday 9th January, in room 602 of the G. O. Jones Building on the
Mile End campus of QMUL.
Entitled Lost on a roller-coaster: The first year doctoral student experience and led by Dr Jo Cordy and Dr Giles Martin from the Learning Institute at QMUL, this
seminar will present the themes and
issues that have arisen from a one year pilot exploratory research project
investigating PhD students' experiences of their transition to doctoral study. These themes include their academic and social integration and lifestyle, the difficulties
knowing what to do and how to work at a new level, the emotional rollercoaster
of motivation, and supervision.
For full details, directions to the campus and to book for the seminar, go to the research seminar web page,
at http://www.learninginstitute.qmul.ac.uk/lta/events/research-seminars/.
Lunch will be provided for those who book in advance. You can also book
directly from this email by emailing [log in to unmask]" target="_blank">[log in to unmask] with the details of the seminar(s) you would like to attend.
I very much hope you will be able to attend this seminar which looks at a very pertinent topic for researcher development.
The remaining seminars in this year's series are below. All seminars run
between 12noon and 2pm, and lunch is provided for all for those who book.
13th February Stella Ekebuisi, The Learning Institute, Queen Mary, University of London The lecturer’s perspective: an analysis
of the feedback practices of academic staff
12th March Professor Lynn McAlpine, Professor of Higher Education
Development at the University of Oxford and Professor Emerita at McGill
University, Canada Early career academic identity-trajectory: Constructing
an identity through time
16th April Professor Sue Bloxham, Professor of Academic Practice
and Director of Educational Research, University of Cumbria Understanding
the rules of the game: helping students really grasp what we are looking for
when we mark
14th May Dr Peter Kahn, Educational Developer, University of
Liverpool The agency of early career academics: a counterpart to student
engagement?
11th June Professor Penny Jane Burke, Professor of Education,
Roehampton University The future of widening participation
I look forward to seeing you at some (or even all) of the seminars this year.
With best wishes,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J.
Williamson
Senior Education
Adviser and Director of the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice
The
Learning Institute at Queen Mary, University of London
London
E1 4NS
Tel:
020 7882 2813
www.learninginstitute.qmul.ac.uk
