LSRN e-newsletter
FEBRUARY 2010
STOP PRESS!!
NIACE ANNOUCE NEET RESEARCH: OPPORTUNITIES FOR
LSRN MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE. Grants available
Go to http://www.niace.org.uk/news/grants-available-for-learning-providers
to register your interest and find out more about what is involved. Any questions
should be directed to NEETresearch@niace.org.uk
The deadline for applications is Friday, 5 March 2010 and successful
applicants will be notified on Monday, 8 March 2010. The interviews must be
recorded by Wednesday, 31 March 2010
CONTRIBUTIONS TO DECEMBER 2009 LSRN CONFERENCE
NOW AVAILABLE ON LINE
The contributions to the last LSRN national conference in December are now
available on the LSRN website - just go to the LSRN home page
http://www.lsrn.org.uk/ where there is a link to download individual papers
HE ACADEMY WORKSHOPS
The Higher Education Academy has two workshops planned to support
practitioners and managers to engage with scholarly activity and research.
These events will address the following key aspects:
i) The meaning of scholarly activity and research;
ii) The key aspects of the research process including research
design/dissemination;
iii) Making funding applications;
iv) Managing a research project;
v)
Key resources to support their engagement with scholarly activity.
The workshops will take place on:
25 March 2010 at Engineering CETL, Loughborough University
11 June 2010 at City of Bristol College, Ashley Down Centre
For further details and booking form please visit:
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/universitiesandcolleges/heinfe?tabIndex=
0&#tab1 or contact Sara Bath sara.bath@heacademy.ac.uk
SOUTH WEST LSRN ANNUAL CONFERENCE
South West LSRN Annual Conference 2010: “A Road Less Travelled ...
Research in the Lifelong Learning Sector”
Thursday 8 July 2010 - Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre, Nr Totnes
TQ11 0EG
Our Keynote Speaker this year will be Gert Biesta, Professor of Education &
Director of Research at The Stirling Institute of Education, University of Stirling.
Practitioner-researchers at any stage of their career are encouraged to use this
conference to showcase ongoing or completed research they have carried out
to develop their own knowledge and/or practice. The day will provide a
platform for those who are carrying out research through higher qualifications
(e.g. MAs, EdDs, or PhDs) or funded CETT, HELP CETL, LSIS or IfL projects
to disseminate their work. This year’s event will also include a series of
practical sessions which will enable newer researchers to draw on the expertise
of experienced researchers in addressing theoretical and methodological
questions that can arise when planning/undertaking a research project.
The deadline for submissions is FRIDAY 30 APRIL 2010. For further
information go to:
http://www.learning-southwest.org.uk/page/South-West-LSRN-AnnualConference-2010---Call-for-Presentations
9TH DISCOURSE, POWER, RESISTANCE CONFERENCE
Registration is now open for the:
Discourse, Power, Resistance Conference
DPR 9: Trust 30 March – 1 April 2010
The conference looks at issues of trust and distrust in the academy and
beyond – in management, teaching, learning and research and in institutions
and communities across cultural, social and racial boundaries.
With 22 nations represented and over 100 abstracts accepted, this is a unique
opportunity to join in a discussion on the breakdown of trust in education and
what can be done to restore it.
For full information on the conference and to book your place, please visit:
http://www.gre.ac.uk/schools/education/news/dpr
If you have any queries or would still like to submit a poster please
contact: dpr@gre.ac.uk
INVITATION TO JOIN SKILLS AND LEARNING INTELLIGENCE
MODULE (SLIM) LEARNING THEME: The role of Regeneration in
Supporting Communities
Message from Chris Evans, Director of SLIM.:
I am delighted to invite you to participate in our new Learning Theme which is
just starting on the subject of regeneration, jobs and skills.
In this, our nineteenth SLIM Learning Theme, we investigate how well
regeneration policies, practices and funding streams are linking together to
support communities, in terms of employment and skills. A renewed focus in
recent years on ‘place based’ approaches has highlighted the need to better
understand how regeneration activities bring benefits to communities in terms
of jobs and skills. The impact of the recession and the increased emphasis on
the worklessness agenda has reinforced this for local government and its
partners. The SLIM Learning Theme explores practice in linking regeneration,
employment and skills, the lessons that are emerging and recommendations for
future practice, particularly in relation to the use of ESF funding.
During the course of the Learning Theme course, we will be exploring good
practice, producing a research brief and will be holding a workshop on Tuesday
23 March 2010, at Sandy Park Conference Centre, Exeter. To be involved,
please complete the attached booking form or visit our website at:
http://www.swslim.org.uk/themes/themes_past.asp?theme_ID=28
ALT-C 2010: "*INTO SOMETHING RICH AND STRANGE*" - MAKING
SENSE OF THE SEA CHANGE.
7-9 September 2010, Nottingham, UK
Keynote speakers:
There will be a welcoming keynote from Saul Tendler, the University of Nottingham's
Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Teaching and Learning, and Professor of Biophysical
Chemistry.
Our keynote speakers will be:
* Barbara Wasson, Professor of Pedagogical Information Science, Department of
Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen, Norway;
* Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology, Newcastle University, UK;
* Donald Clark, Board Member of Ufi, and former CEO of Epic Group plc.
Proposals should normally address at least one of the five conference themes:
- the changing paradigms and structures for learning
- increasing productivity and effectiveness, whilst mitigating risks;
- responding to and shaping the organisational landscape;
- meeting the changing expectations and needs of learners, employers, and society;
- the changing design skills and knowledge needed to support learning and teaching
with technology.
For more detail on these, see: http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2010/papers.html
SCOTLAND'S COLLEGES RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Wednesday 12 May 2010, Argyll Court, Stirling
The 2010 Conference will be an opportunity for the staff in Scotland's colleges to
discuss Curriculum for Excellence from a theoretical, policy and practice perspective
with Gert Biesta (University of Stirling), Don Ledingham (Acting Executive Director,
Education and Children's Services, East Lothian Council) and a college practitioner.
Further details at http://www.scotlandscolleges.ac.uk/scotlands-colleges/latestnews/call-for-contributions-scotlands-colleges-research-conference.html