Learning and Teaching Conference 2020

The University of Kent is pleased to announce its annual Learning and Teaching Conference.  Organised by the Centre for the Study of Higher Education it will take place on Monday 15th June 2020 in Darwin Conference Suite from 9.00-17.00.

This year’s theme is Enhancing relevance: how we connect academic learning with the wider world.  The call for proposals is now open with the deadline for submission of 28 February.

The conference is open to University of Kent colleagues.

The event is free and colleagues can register for a place via Eventbrite by 8th June 2020.

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CANCELLED – Research Symposium on Graduate Outcomes: How can universities best prepare students for life after university?

The Centre for the Study of Higher Education, with support from a grant from HECSU, are hosting a free-half day Research Symposium on ‘Graduate Outcomes: How can universities best prepare students for life after university’ on Wednesday 25th March 2020, 1pm-5pm in Grimond Lecture Theatre 3.

This symposium explores what academics, staff and students can do to best prepare graduates not only for employability, but for personally-fulfilling careers and lives. Based on recent research, each speaker will take a different perspective on the symposium’s title question.

For the full programme including talk abstracts please see here

To book a place, please sign up via Eventbrite by 18th March 2020.

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Achieving Teaching Excellence

The Centre for Study of Higher Education (CSHE) is very proud to announce that AdvanceHE now recognises 77% of the University’s academic and teaching staff as Associate Fellows (32%), Fellows (63%), Senior Fellows (4.6 %) or Principal Fellows (5). This is well above the sector average of 47% and been achieved through a number of nationally recognised programmes, including the taught postgraduate certificate in higher education (PGCHE) and related programmes for early career academics.  The new Route to Recognition for Experienced Staff (RRES), launched in 2017, has also contributed to this success. CSHE has trained staff as internal assessors and mentors for RRES, and successfully supported a 5-fold increase in Senior Fellows at Kent. This positive upward trajectory from 32% in 2015-16 means that the University is close to achieving its ambitious target of 80% of our teaching staff being qualified by 2020.

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TEF and Student Engagement Conference

The TEF and Student Engagement Conference is scheduled for Friday 8th November 2019 in the Woolf Lecture Theatre. The conference aims to promote, share and explore practices to enhance education, student experience and student engagement. Our keynote speakers are Professor Becky Huxley-Binns from the University of Hull, Tom Lowe, the University of Winchester and Dr Jenny Marie from University College London.

These talks will be complemented by a set of workshops covering a number of our potential TEF case studies to stimulate discussion and further innovation, alongside networking opportunities designed to facilitate wider conversations about the TEF and how we can best prepare for our next submission/s.

The programme is available to view here and presentations are available here.

As part of our University-wide community approach to TEF, this all day event is open to all staff at the University. The conference is free to attend but you must book your place before 31st October 2019 by completing the online booking form.

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CSHE Seminar Series Autumn 2019

The Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) Seminar Series for Autumn 2019 is now available.

In this series of public seminars, CSHE spotlights issues related to racial inequality in higher education.  Leading scholars will highlight research that helps to explain attainment gaps, points the way toward more equitable and supportive learning environments for students of colour, and showcases anti-racist methods and theoretical perspectives. The series is timed to follow the launch of the Kaleidoscope Network, providing one way for those who would like to build their own ally-ship to actively learn about these matters.

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Contract Cheating: Implications for academic integrity and assessment design

The Centre for the Study of Higher Education are hosting a free one-day symposium on Contract Cheating: Implications for academic integrity and assessment design at the University of Kent on Monday 24th June 2019 between 09:00 – 16:00, Grimond Lecture Theatre 2.

Keynote: Detecting and preventing contract cheating: what works? Associate Professor Phill Dawson (Deakin University, Melbourne)

Workshops on training markers to detect contract cheating and discovering new ways to investigate contract cheating with Authorship Investigate (led by Turnitin UK).

Places are limited so please register here.

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Spring Term – Learning and Teaching Network sessions

The Spring Term programme for the Learning and Teaching Network is now available here.

The Learning and Teaching Network provides sessions based around the categories used in the National Student Survey for staff working towards enhancing learning, teaching and assessment.

For further information and suggestions contact Dr Silvia Colaiacomo, Curriculum and Educational Developer.

To confirm your attendance at an event please complete the online booking form.

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Considering an application for an individual National Teaching Fellowship or a team Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence?

Every UK university can nominate up to 3 individuals annually for a National Teaching Fellowship award, a process administered through the UK Higher Education Academy.  The aim of National Teaching Fellowship (NTF) awards is to recognise individual excellence in teaching and/or supporting higher education learning.  The HEA also recently developed an award to recognise the increasing importance of programme teams in teaching and student learning support: The Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE). While both NTFS and CATE are very competitive (55 NTF and 6 CATE awards are made nationally), University staff have enjoyed success, most recently in the 2017 and 2018 rounds.

Presented by Fran Beaton, UELT, Academic Practice Team on Thursday 18 October 2018, 13:00 – 13:45 in the UELT Seminar Room, Canterbury, this briefing is an opportunity to find out about the criteria, the application process, timescale and available support and hear about the experiences of previous NTFS and CATE winners.

Please email cpdbookings@kent.ac.uk to book a place

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Learning and Teaching Network 2018-19 programme

The Learning and Teaching Network 2018-19 programme is now available here

The Learning and Teaching Network provides sessions based around the categories used in the National Student Survey for staff working towards enhancing learning, teaching and assessment.  

For further information and suggestions contact Dr Silvia Colaiacomo, Curriculum and Educational Developer. 

To confirm your attendance at an event please complete the online booking form.

 

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CSHE Seminar Series 2018-19

The Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) Seminar Series for 2018-19 is now available.

In this series of public seminars, CSHE spotlights different qualitative methods used in higher education research.  Speakers have been asked to discuss a method with which they have particular expertise, considering what makes it similar to and distinct from related methods and reflecting on challenges in using it.  Although the series focuses on applications in higher education, researchers across the social sciences may find it useful. 

To confirm your attendance at a seminar please complete the online booking form  on the webpage.

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