The Higher Education Academy Has Two Workshops Planned to Support Practitioners and Managers

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

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

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-Annual-Conference-2010---Call-for-Presentations

9TH DISCOURSE, POWER, RESISTANCE CONFERENCE

Registration is now openfor 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:

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 inrelation to theuse of ESFfunding.

During the course of the Learning Theme course, we will beexploring good practice, producinga research brief and will be holding a workshop onTuesday 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/latest-news/call-for-contributions-scotlands-colleges-research-conference.html