The 2011 Higher Education White Paper - prospects for the sector
This conference was held at the IOE on 29 March, 2011
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If you are interested in delivering a presentation in the 2011/12 CHES Research Student Seminar Series, please talk to Dr Paul Temple on +44 (0)20 7612 6364, or email on p.temple@ioe.ac.uk
The seminars will be on the following Tuesdays at 5.00 pm:
21 February 2012
20 March 2012
15 May 2012
19 June 2012
Events
CHES Seminar Programme for the academic year 2011/12 at the Institute of Education, University of London
The CHES seminars provide a forum for debate and analysis of issues affecting policy, practice and research in higher education, supporting the exchange of views and experiences across higher education. Seminars are normally held at 5.30pm, on the first Tuesday of the month at the Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way.
October Seminar: Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Professor David Turner, Principal Lecturer – Education, University of Glamorgan
'University rankings, world class universities and the idea of a good university'
5.30 – 7.00 pm Committee Room 1
November Seminar: Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Professor Penny Jane Burke, Professor of Education, Roehampton University and Catherine Walter, Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford University Department of Education.
'Transitions for taught postgraduate students'
5.30 – 7.00 pm Clarke Hall
This follows on from the 'Teaching and Learning in Higher Education' conference 12.30 – 5.30 pm, Clarke Hall.
To book a place at the conference, contact Danielle Naoum (d.naoum@ioe.ac.uk)
Lunchtime Occasional Seminar: Monday, 21 November 2011
Michael A. Peters, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois and Professor, Policy, Cultural and Social Studies in Education, University of Waikato, New Zealand and Professor Tina (A.C.) Besley, Professor, Policy, Cultural and Social Studies in Education, University of Waikato, New Zealand
'Cognitive Capitalism, Education and the Question of Digital Labour'
12.30 – 2.00 pm Room 903
Christine Musselin is senior researcher at the Centre de Sociologie des Organisations, University Sciences-Po, Paris
'Is the really something new? Academic careers in France 1976-2006'
5.30 – 7.00 pm Committee Room 1
Lunchtime Occasional Seminar: Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Professor Paul Ramsden, Visiting Professor, Institute of Education and Adjunct Professor, Macquarie University
'Policy and the student experience: Reflections on the White Paper and afterwards' 12.30 - 2.00 pm Room 728
January Seminar: Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Professor Rosemary Deem, Dean of History and Social Sciences, Professor of Higher Education Management, Royal Holloway, University of London
'Leadership and leadership development in UK publicly-funded higher education organisations: local, national or global?'
5.30 – 7.00 pm Committee Room 1
February Seminar: Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Professor Richard Andrews, Dean, Faculty of Children and Learning, Professor in English, the Institute of Education, University of London
'Argumentation in Higher Education: improving practice through theory and research'
5.30 – 7.00 pm Clarke Hall
Lunchtime Occasional Seminar: Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Professor Roger Brown, Professor of Higher Education Policy, Liverpool Hope University
'Do we really need "world-class" universities'
12.30 – 2.00 pm Room 728
March Seminar: Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Professor Paul Blackmore, Director, King's Learning Institute and Dr Camille B Kandiko, Research Associate, both at King's College London
'Academic motivation: the role of the prestige economy'
5.30 – 7.00 pm Committee Room 1
MBA Higher Education Management Decennial conference: Thursday, 8 March 2012
'Managing higher education in the post-2012 era'
2.00 – 7.00 pm Room 537, followed by a reception
Places are limited, for further details please contact Alison Peacock (a.peacock@ioe.ac.uk)
Occasional Seminar – in conjunction with the Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES): Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Ka Ho Mok, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong and Zhejiang University, China
'Bringing the State Back In: Privatization or Restatization of Higher Education in China?'
Further information can be found at www.llakes.org
Events are free to all but require booking via llakesevents@ioe.ac.uk
3.00 – 5.00 pm Room 642
April Seminar: Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Sir Alan Langlands, Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England
'Developments in UK higher education policy'
5.30 – 7.00 pm Room 828
May Seminar: Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Dr Kelly Coate, Vice Dean (Graduate Studies), College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway
'From the tiger to the kitten: Irish higher education in a time of crisis'
5.30 – 7.00 pm Room 828
June Seminar: Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Professor Sir David Watson, Principal, Green Templeton College, Oxford and Visiting Professor, the Institute of Education, University of London
Does Size Matter? Comparative lessons learned from management responsibilities and experience in a large modern university and a small Oxford College
5.30 – 7.00 pm Room 828
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If you are interested in delivering a presentation in the 2011/12 CHES Research Student Seminar Series, please talk to Dr Paul Temple. The seminars will be on the following Tuesdays at 5.00 pm:
21 February 2012
Paula Sobiechowska - Being an academic: negotiating the boundaries between academic and professional identities in social work and nursing
Lyn Grove - Choosing between the passion and the pay: academic funding choices and research goals
20 March 2012
Robert Troschitz - Who is the student? Ideas and Ideals in English higher education since 1940
15 May 2012
19 June 2012