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FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS, WORK IN PROGRESS, WORKSHOPS AND POSTERS - SUBMISSIONS DUE BY FRIDAY 6 MARCH
2nd Institutional Research Conference: Building a Community for Institutional Research in the UK and Ireland
Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK, 8- 9 July 2009
Building on the success of last year's conference at Southampton Solent University - Exploring the Hinterlands: Mapping an Agenda for Institutional Research in the UK - this year we wish to bring together exponents and users of a diverse range of approaches to what might be termed 'institutional research' to build a community to promote it more widely.
We take Institutional Research (or IR) to mean the use of research and enquiry to provide evidence to inform policy, practice and management at all levels within higher education. This includes management information to inform policy and strategy, evaluation and pedagogic research to inform learning and teaching, and using data gathered for different purposes to better understand and manage activities within institutions, including the student experience.
Whilst the conference is primarily about building an IR community in the UK and Ireland, we welcome submissions and delegates from around the world, presenting or representing a variety of institutional research approaches and traditions from which we can all learn.
The main themes we wish to explore include:
* Variety in institutional research - conceptions, methodologies and institutional location
* Using institutional research to inform policy and practice
* Capacity building in institutional research
* Understanding and enhancing the student experience and expectations
Proposals for papers, work in progress sessions, workshops and posters are invited from all interested in making a contribution to building a community in institutional research.
Guest presenters include Professor Vic Borden (Indiana University), Professor Glynis Cousin (University of Wolverhampton) and Professor Sir David Watson (Institute of Education, University of London)
The deadline for proposals is Friday 6th March 2009 and they should be made on-line at http://extra.shu.ac.uk/irconference2009/ . Notification of acceptance will be made by 24th April 2009.
Further information and deadlines for registration can also be found on the website.
Professor Ranald Macdonald (irconference 2009 Conference Chair and Convenor)
Head of Strategic Development
Learning and Teaching Institute
Sheffield Hallam University
Tel: 0114 225 4750/4754
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