Educational Development in Scotland: August 2005

Paisley's Annual Teaching & Learning Conference 2005

The University of Paisley's Annual Teaching & Learning Conference is set to take place on September 16th, 2005. The theme of the conference is 'Enhancing Learning: Personal Development Planning, Employability and Empowering Learners.' This year's keynote will be given by Dr Graeme Roberts, Vice-Principal, Teaching and Learning, University of Aberdeen and Chair of QAA Enhancement Theme Steering Group: Employability, on the topic of strategic approaches to enhancement.

Booking information can be received from practitionerforums@heacademy.ac.uk

Change Academy in Edinburgh

Change Academy, running from the 6th to the 9th of September in Edinburgh, is an exciting and powerful approach to helping institutional teams develop the knowledge, capacity and enthusiasm for achieving complex institutional change. It is based on the belief that the large scale, complex changes that institutions make can only be accomplished through people working together purposefully and creatively in teams. It therefore provides opportunities for team-based learning and professional development that are focused on the strategic interests and needs of participating institutions.

Full details,selection criteria and proposal proformas can be found on the Change Academy web pages www.heacademy.ac.uk/changeacademy.

Presentations from HEA Annual Conference Online

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, was home to the first Annual HEA Conference from 29 June - 1 July 2005. The conference theme was 'Enhancing the Student Experience' and the conference was attended by more than 500 delegates. Lucky for those of us unable to attend is the fact that a few presentations from the conference have been put online on the HEA website.

Resources available include:

Craig McInnis's keynote presentation
Reinventing student engagement and the learning community. (.ppt)
Diana Laurillard's keynote presentation
Harnessing technology to improve the learning experience. (.ppt)
Steven Schwartz's keynote presentation
Fair fees, fair admissions and fair play. (.pdf)
and the Higher Education Academy's
Annual Conference Handbook (.pdf)

For more information, visit the HEA website.