Enabling a More Complete Education

Encouraging, Recognising and Valuing Life-Wide Learning in Higher Education

 

April 13 and 14^th  2010, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, England

 

 

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Draft Programme January 2010

 

 

Following the untimely death of Professor Michael Pittilo, Vice Chancellor of The Robert Gordon University,

who was to have contributed to the conference, we are dedicating the conference to his memory.

 

 

‘Shift Happens’ The now famous YouTube video highlights some of the enormous changes and challenges now affecting the world and higher education and universities recognise that there is much more to preparing learners for the complexities and challenges that lie ahead of them than only studying a subject. Recent surveys have shown that at least fifty universities in the UK are now offering award schemes that promote and value learning gained beyond the academic curriculum. This is the first national conference that has tried to bring together educational practitioners, institutional leaders, students, employer representatives and interested agencies and networks to share their perspectives and practices and consider the opportunities and challenges afforded by co-curricular and extra-curricular Award schemes.

 

Invited speakers

Professor Ron Barnett, Institute of Education, University of London 

Professor John Cowan, Napier University Edinburgh

Professor Michael Eraut, University of Sussex

Tom Norton, 1994 Group of Universities

Dr Richard Hill, De Montfort University and National Teaching Fellow

Dave Snowden, Cognitive Edge

 

Panel discussions

Institutional Leaders – Opportunities and challenges of valuing and recognizing informal learning.

Students’ Voices – Valuing and recognising our life-wide learning.

Award scheme Leaders – What have we learnt about assuring the quality and standards of our extra- and co-curricular awards?

Employer / Graduate Recruiter Perspective - Are these forms of learning valuable to employers?

PDP-e-portfolio practitiners - Making informal learning explicit: the challenge of integrating PDP, technology and HEAR

 

Practice-sharing presentations and workshops focused on institutional schemes including:

·        University of Birmingham Personal Skills Award

·        University of Central Lancashire – Futures Award

·        University of Derby Award Programme

·        University of Leeds - Leeds for Life

·        Loughborough University Employability Award

·        University of Plymouth Graduate Award         

·        University of Salford Student Life Award

·        University of Warwick Advantage Award

 

Reception Poster Gallery. We will build a poster gallery in which posters are animated by a 2 minute pitch

If you would like to share what your institution is doing please contact Charlie Rickett c.rickett@surrey.ac.uk

Pledged so far: 

University of Bath

University of Birmingham

University of Central Lancashire

University of Derby

University of Exeter

University of Lancaster

Liverpool John Moores University

University of Loughborough

University of Newcastle

University of Nottingham

University of Plymouth

University of Queensland

University of Salford

University of Sheffield

University of Surrey

University of Sussex

University of Warwick

University of the West of England

University of Worcester

University of York

York St Johns University

   

Artist in Residence Patrick Saunders 

 

 

 

 

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