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Anglia Learning and Teaching Update January 2012

January 2012 update

This is a monthly bulletin about learning, teaching and assessment activities, services, resources and publications, funding opportunities and forthcoming events both internal to Anglia Ruskin University and from across the sector. Please circulate.

Please send contributions for the January update to LTA@anglia.ac.uk by January 27.

STAFF DEVELOPMENT

More Turnitin workshops

Missed the last round of Turnitin workshops? Not to worry, we're offering an extra workshop on both campuses this month to help you prepare for Semester 2:

• Cambridge:   Wednesday 18/1/2012  14.00-16.00 LAB213
• Chelmsford:  Thursday     19/1/2012  11.00 13.00 QUE205

Booking deadline: please email LTA@anglia.ac.uk by Friday 13 January.

NEWS

4 Jan   Call for abstracts: British Educational Research Association (BERA) conference 2012.
           University of Manchester, 4 - 6 September 2012. Themes aligned to special interest groups.
           Submission deadline: Early careers research and main conference, Friday, 20 January 2012.

3 Jan   Call for proposals: European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2012:
           ‘The Need for Educational Research to Champion Freedom, Education and Development for All'.
           University of Cadiz, Spain, 17 - 21 Sept 2012.
           Submission deadline: Wednesday, 1 February 2012.

3 Jan  Call for nominations for annual Vice Chancellor's Awards.
           Submission deadline: 5 pm, Friday 23 March 2012.

19 Dec Call for participation in three new HEA Change Programmes;
            Submission deadlines:
              • Employability - Thursday12 January 2012;
              • Reward and Recognition Enhancement - 12 noon, Wednesday 18 January 2012;
              • Responding to the National Student Survey in the disciplines - Monday 13 February 2012.

19 Dec Feedback sought on JISC funded Assessment and Feedback Draft Synthesis Framework.
            Deadline: Tuesday 31 January 2012.

16 Dec Call for abstracts and proceedings papers - ALT-C 2012: ‘a confrontation with reality';
            University of Manchester, UK, 11-13 September 2012.
            Submission deadline: Monday, 27 February 2012.

9 Dec  Students invited to attend the Annual University Engineering Summit at Nissan's Research & Development Centre,
           50 student places available each day
           Date: 27th February to 2nd March 2012, 10am to 4pm each day
           Location: Nissan Technical Centre Europe, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
           Registration: contact Emma Wilson emma.wilson@ntc-europe.co.uk .

9 Dec  Call for articles - The International Higher Education Teaching and Learning (HETL) Review.
           Special themes for 2012: Teaching and Learning at University 2.0.

6 Dec  Call for session and poster submissions - HEA Annual Conference: ‘Great Expectations - are you ready?'
            The University of Manchester, 3-4 July 2012.
            Submission deadline: 12.00 noon, Friday 13 January.

30 Nov  Anglia Ruskin University multidisciplinary team wins prestigious OASES award.

28 Nov  Call for submissions - Annual Plagiarism Conference: ‘Celebrating 10 years of authentic assessment';
             The Sage, Gateshead, 16-18 July 2012.
             Submission deadlines:
              Tuesday 31 January, 2012 - abstracts for papers;
              Wednesday 29 February 2012 - proposals for workshops, poster, case studies and videos.

FUNDING, PUBLICATIONS AND RESOURCES

Funding

HEA Thematic Workshop and Seminar series: learning and teaching internationalisation theme.
For further details see the Thematic Call Document.
Events to be held between April - November 2012.
Max Award: £500 per hosted event;
Deadline for applications: Friday, 20 January 2012.

HEA International Scholarship Scheme
Max Award: £20,000 per project;
Deadline for applications: Tuesday, 31 January 2012.

Discipline call for proposals to host and deliver a discipline focused learning and teaching workshop or seminar in partnership with the HEA
Increase in funding!
Max Award: £1,000 grant + up to £500 speaker expenses; event to be held before the end of July 2012.

HEA Teaching Development Grants:
Individual Grant Scheme:
Max Award: £7,000 per project.
Deadline for applications: Midnight, Sunday February 19th 2012.

Collaborative Grant Scheme - cross-institution and/or inter-disciplinary:
Max Award: £60,000 per project,
Call opens: Monday, February 27th 2012,
Deadline for applications: Midnight, Sunday April 22nd 2012.

Open call for applications to HEA new UK travel fund to enable staff and students engage in activities related to one of the HEA's priority themes during 2011-2012.
Max Award: £300 for individuals; £500 for teams.

Publications

Anglia Ruskin University Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategy (2011-2013).

Learning from Experience in Employer Engagement, edited by Professor Freda Tallantyre and Jane Kettle, Higher Education Academy.

Mobile Learning Made Easy, article by Dr Naomi Norman, Director of Learning, Epic.

101 Perspectives on What Works in Lecture Capture, booklet by Sonic Foundary.

Teaching International Students Project Newsletter, December 2011.

UK Quality Code for Higher Education, The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.

Events

INTERNAL

Research Matters seminar: ‘Improving student learning by changing assessment across entire programmes'.
Host: Department of Education, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education.
Speaker: Professor Graham Gibbs, former Director of the Oxford Learning Institute, University of Oxford.
Registration: contact Michelle Miller: michelle.miller@anglia.ac.uk.
Date: Thursday, 23 February 2012, 4.30pm - 6.00 pm; Location: Sawyers 104, Chelmsford campus.

EXTERNAL
Attracting and retaining international students in an increasingly competitive international market
Date: 17 January 2012;
Location: Central London.

Internationalising the Student Experience: Creating Globally Attractive Universities
Date: 19 January 2012;
Location: Central London. 

Erasmus Mundus Information Day
Date: 24 January 2012;
Location: British Council Offices, London.

Accessing European Funding
Date: 1 February 2012;
Location: Charing Cross Hotel, London.

National HE STEM Open Source e-Assessment workshops (FREE of charge)
• Date: Wednesday, 8 February - 9.30am to 4pm; Location: University of the West of England;
• Date: Wednesday, 14 March - 9.30am to 4pm; Location: Manchester Metropolitan University;

HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY THEMATIC SEMINARS (FREE of charge):

Assessment and Feedback:

• Exploring new approaches to assessing attitudes and behaviours
Date: 6 February 2012;
Location: University of East Anglia; 

• Innovations in assessment: the student learning experience
Date: 23 February 2012;
Location: University College London;

• Visualising the holistic assessment experience - tools to support effective design
Date: 13 March 2012;
Location: University of Greenwich;

• Innovative Assessment Practice - Evaluating and managing the impact on student experience
Date: 22 March 2012;
Location: University of Derby.

Retention and Success:

• A student centred approach to developing the content, delivery, and assessment of Research Process modules: Insights and evaluations of student retention
Date: 22 February 2012;
Location: Cardiff Metropolitan University;

• Strategies for retention - transition and integration
Date: 29 February 2012, Birkbeck;
Location: University of London;

• Social integration and student engagement with disciplinary knowledge
Date: 5 March 2012;
Location: University of Nottingham.


To publicize learning, teaching and assessment related matters please send contributions for the January update to LTA@anglia.ac.uk by January 27.

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