In this series of seminars, members of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Kent showcase new long-form research outputs addressing a range of issues in research and practice in higher education (HE).
We celebrate a new edited book on the practice of leadership in HE (Jarrett & Newton eds, 2020), an edited special issue introducing signature assessment and signature feedback (Pitt & Quinlan, 2021), a monograph on embodied research methods (Leigh & Brown, 2021) and an edited collection on decolonising the university (Thomas & Jivraj, eds 2020). Each seminar will provide a taster, pulling out key concepts or main take-away points from the work that will be of interest to higher education researchers and/or practitioners.
For full details on each of these events please visit the CSHE events webpage.
Leadership in HE: Lessons from Other Sectors
17 June 2021 13.00 – 14.00 BST – Sign up via Eventbrite
Kendall Jarrett and Stephen Newton present:
Jarrett, K. & Newton, S. (eds) (2020). The practice of leadership in higher education: Real-world perspectives on becoming, being, and leaving. Abingdon: Routledge.
This seminar aims to heighten attendees’ awareness of what higher education can learn from the leadership practices of colleagues in other sectors. Select passages from the book will be read and informally discussed with consideration given to the experience of leadership in HE at three stages of the leadership cycle.
Signature Assessment and Feedback Practices in the Disciplines
24 June 2021 9.30 – 10.30 BST – Sign up via Eventbrite
Edd Pitt and Kathleen M. Quinlan (Eds) present a special issue (2021, issue 2) of Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy, and Practice
In this seminar, we draw lessons from across the papers in this special issue to propose and illustrate key elements of signature assessment and signature feedback practices.
Applying Embodied Inquiry Research Methods to HE Research
1 July 2021 13.00 – 14.00 BST – Sign up via Eventbrite
Jennifer Leigh and Nicole Brown present:
Leigh, J. & Brown, N. (2021). Embodied inquiry: Research methods. London: Bloomsbury.
In this seminar, Jennifer Leigh and Nicole Brown will discuss why and how we use our bodies to research, what an embodied approach brings to a research project, and the kinds of considerations that need to be taken into account to research in this way.
Decolonising the University: Engaging students and activists in HE inquiry for change
8 July 2021 13.00 – 14.00 BST – Sign up via Eventbrite
Dave S.P. Thomas presents:
Dave S.P. Thomas, a doctoral student in HE himself, will provide insights on how to co-produce knowledge with BAME students, researchers, activists, and practitioners to advance both knowledge and systemic change.