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Dear LDHEN-ista We're really excited about hosting the EFYE conference next year and wanted to interest colleagues from the network in thinking about putting in papers. There's no apologies for cross posting because this is the first notification (although obviously apologies when it crops up in all the other networks in which you are a member). Obviously the paper I'd most like to see is on split infinitives, but, other than that, I think our community has loads of great practices to share. Have a lovely weekend Ed We are delighted to invite papers for: The 8th European First Year Experience Conference 9 -11 June, 2014, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, England [Robin_1202] This friendly international conference attracts colleagues from around the world interested in improving students' first year experience. This year it is being hosted by Nottingham Trent University in Nottingham, England, building on a rich history of conferences in the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium and Finland. There will be two main themes this year: The student lifecycle * How do we prepare students for their new lives at university? * How do we best deliver new students' inductions? * How do we help students to make the transition through the year? * How do we prepare students for subsequent studies? Building a first year experience for international students With increasing opportunities to study across Europe, how do we build a first year experience to suit students studying beyond the borders of their home country? Call for Participation We welcome proposals from colleagues around the world. Guidance and forms can be downloaded from the conference website<http://www.ntu.ac.uk/efye_2014/call_for_papers/index.html>. Submissions will be blind peer reviewed and the closing date for submissions is 24th January 2014. Further information is available about the conference on the EFYE2014 website and please do get in touch with us if you have any questions at all at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Registration Registration for the conference will open on the conference website<http://www.ntu.ac.uk/efye_2014/call_for_papers/index.html> in the coming weeks. Confirmed speakers include: * M Stuart Hunter, Associate Vice President and Executive Director, National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, University of South Carolina * Professor Mark Stubbs, Head of Learning & Research Technologies, Manchester Metropolitan University * Professor Chris Pole, Pro Vice-Chancellor Academic, Nottingham Trent University Pre-conference workshops We are also holding a number of free pre-conference workshops for delegates on Monday morning. Further details will be announced on the website shortly. We look forward to welcoming you in Nottingham With best wishes, Ed Foster On behalf of the EFYE2014 Planning Team Follow the EFYE 2014 Conference on Twitter: #EFYE2014 Look out for the advert in the Times Higher on 12th December [efye2] [crest] DISCLAIMER: This email is intended solely for the addressee. It may contain private and confidential information. If you are not the intended addressee, please take no action based on it nor show a copy to anyone. In this case, please reply to this email to highlight the error. Opinions and information in this email that do not relate to the official business of Nottingham Trent University shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by the University. Nottingham Trent University has taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are virus-free, but we do advise that the recipient should check that the email and its attachments are actually virus free. This is in keeping with good computing practice.