Hi all,
I hope you all had a lovely summer and are feeling refreshed and relaxed for a while! Just a quick reminder about this upcoming PedRIO conference at Plymouth University. It should be a good opportunity to think
about how we can use pedagogic research to help make a case for excellence in teaching and learning – potentially very useful for TEF submissions! We’re also delighted to have a keynote from Louis Coiffait at WonkHE to provide the wider policy view. It would
great to see lots of you here. Please do forward to colleagues who might be interested.
Best wishes,
Debby
CALL FOR PAPERS - PedRIO Conference
‘What is Institutional and Subject Excellence?’
University of Plymouth, 29th November 2018
An increasing focus on Institutional Excellence in Higher Education has led to a proliferation of ‘excellence’ agendas (REF, TEF and, most recently, KEF).
Pedagogic research crosses the boundaries between research and teaching and has strong implications for the knowledge exchange agenda and thus is perfectly situated to support (and critique) the excellence agendas. In this context, the Pedagogic Research Institute
and Observatory (PedRIO) is delighted to announce an upcoming conference entitled ‘What is Institutional and Subject Excellence?’.
Aimed at bringing together leading academics from across the UK and beyond, you are invited to submit an abstract for a paper (15 mins with 5 minutes discussion),
workshop (1 hour) or poster, themed around one of the following areas:
• Demonstrating institutional and subject excellence
•
Impact and evaluation – linking teaching and research
•
Institutional excellence and policy developments
• Public Engagement and Pedagogic Research for impact
• Widening participation and institutional excellence
Please submit your abstract via
this link - closing date: 24th
September 2018.
Conference registration is also available
here
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Louis Coiffait, Associate Editor at
WonkHE. Keynote title:
‘High Seas: the shipping forecast for UK HE policy’.
The conference will take place on Thursday 29th November 2018 at the University of Plymouth, UK. For any queries, please email
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Debby Cotton
Professor of Higher Education Pedagogy & Head of Educational Development (TLS)
Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA) and National Teaching Fellow (NTF).
Room 107, 3 Endsleigh Place,
University of Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA
Tel: 01752 587614
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Read my latest papers :- on Pedagogic research and REF ‘The Cinderella of Academia’ in Studies in Higher Education – free ePrints here:
http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YQQPWYHBzjHFN68xGxxI/full
- and Using an Immersive Induction Module to enhance transition to HE, Teaching in Higher Education – free ePrints here:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2017.1301906
- plus ‘Is students’ energy literacy related to their university’s position in a sustainability ranking?’ Environmental Education Research Free ePrints here:
http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IbbPACD6uNBJgpFId6hh/full