SCHOMS Annual Conference; Leeds Beckett University (Headingley Campus)
June 16th to 18th
Just a reminder that bookings are currently being taken for the SCHOMS Annual conference – details are below.
There are still places available and if you plan to attend – please note that the online booking facility will close at 5pm on Friday 15th May - remember that you’ll need to be logged into the members’ area to book your place
Best wishes
Catherine
Catherine Cadogan
SCHOMS
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Dear All,
SCHOMS Annual Conference; Leeds Beckett University (Headingley Campus)
June 16th to 18th
Local Organiser, Joan Sheehan
I am pleased to announce that we have opened the bookings for the Annual Conference to be held at Leeds Beckett University in June.
The conference will start with registration at 8.30am on Tuesday 16th June and it will conclude with lunch on Thursday 18th June.
The delegate fee covers all meals and accommodation from registration on Tuesday 16th June up to and including lunch on Thursday 18th June. The fee also automatically includes an optional additional night’s B+B accommodation for Monday 15th June with an informal Barbecue on Monday evening - please allow time to travel on that Monday if you would like to join us but note that if you do not need Monday accommodation, the same conference fee applies.
For those arriving especially early an optional tour of the “Leeds Arena” is on offer. The First Direct Arena is a 13,500 capacity arena and is the first in the United Kingdom to have a fan-shaped orientation. It opened two years ago and its first booking was Bruce Springsteen, followed by a stream of top acts. We have arranged a back stage tour of the arena which will take anything between 30 and 90 minutes according to the group size and interest shown by the participants. The Tour will begin at 2pmwith arrangements made for luggage store and transport to the hotel after the tour. Please indicate on the booking form if you wish to go on this tour so that we can confirm numbers.
All delegates are booked into the Village Hotel which is a short walk from the conference venue. Given the early start on Tuesday 16th, conference registration will be available at the hotel for those arriving on Monday - just prior to the BBQ - from 6 – 7.30pm.
There will be a small increase in the delegate fee for UK members this year from £280 to £300 which reflects generally that conference costs have increased. In real terms each conference place is subsidised (thanks to our sponsors) by over 50% - so I hope you will agree this represents tremendous value for money. To enable representation from as many member institutions as possible, places are limited to a maximum of two per institution and will be allocated on a first come first served basis so please book early to secure your place
Once again we are keen to welcome our overseas Associate members and colleagues. The delegate fee for representatives from these institutions will be £495
Details of the conference and the online booking form are on the website http://www.schoms.ac.uk/schoms-annual-conference-2015-bookings-now-open/
Please remember that to make your booking on-line, you will need to sign into the members’ area first.
Day One will start with a welcome from the Vice Chancellor of the University and we will then be hearing from award-winning BBC Education correspondent Sean Coughlan. Sean– who is also editor of the BBC’s international education online series, The Knowledge Economy – will talk about the impact of online courses on student facilities. Following a short break we will hear a student’s view of technology and the learning experience from Saffron Rose, the VC for education at Leeds Beckett Student Union.
Following our AGM, photos and Campus tour we look forward to a staff development session after lunch. This will be an interactive workshop on management and customer skills by corporate training providers Nelson Training. Malvern-based Nelson Training uses live interactive drama with a touch of comedy in individual and group activities to demonstrate how teams, team leaders and management can develop engaging people skills. The company has won numerous awards for its training on customer service, complaints handling and business excellence. Don’t worry professional actors are used in the scenarios – though this may be a disappointment to some of our budding thespian members I recall from our conference dinner last year!
Day Two sees the Exhibition Day with the event designed for both delegates and exhibitors to participate together. As well as the exhibition, the day will also include some more SCHOMS Shorts with contributions from Loughborough University and a short update on activities from our US and Australian friends at CCUMC and AETM. After lunch we will hear from Daniel Burgarth a mathematics lecturer from Aberystwyth on his technology rich interactive teaching. To conclude the day we will again host a 'Question Time' style event where we will discuss key questions from both the delegates and exhibitors perspectives to build stronger and more effective relationships and understanding between the two groups specifically around the subject of emerging technologies such as BYOD.
The final day is a mixture of sessions commencing with an intriguingly entitled session “The Psychology of Technology” by Nigel Oseland from Workplace Unlimited; an independent network of consultants that aims to improve collaboration, enhance creativity and respond to changing organisational structures. We will then review our relationship and training with InfoComm in a session led by our own Jim Sheach. Following a break we have a presentation on engaging lecturers in technology from Leeds Beckett’s Simon Thompson. Our final session is from SCHOMS own Mike Allinson worryingly entitled “Big Mike is Watching You”! We then have one final lunch together before departing for home.
The conference promises to be a fantastic opportunity to share good practice, network and keep abreast of the latest developments in the sector. Joan Sheehan and her team at Leeds Beckett, the Exec and myself look forward to seeing you in there.
If you have any queries about the conference, just let me know or alternatively, email the office – [log in to unmask] for more information.
Best wishes
Paul Wood
Chair - SCHOMS
First House
1 Sutton Street
Birmingham B1 1PE
0121 415 6803
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