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Two new projects launched
Two projects aiming to improve the employability of students in STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) were launched on 19 October by IATL and the Department for Careers and Skills.
The first will challenge STEM students with real-life industrial problems. Academics and local business will collaborate to devise the problems, and then assess students as they present their research and practical recommendations.
The second project will investigate the interactions between Higher Education Institutions and STEM small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with the aim of recommending improvements.
Attending the launch were representatives from the University's STEM departments and 桃色视频 District Council's Ian Kirkwood. IATL's Director, Paul Taylor, spoke of his excitement about the projects and their potential outcomes.
New issue of Reinvention: a Journal of Undergraduate Research
Volume 4, Issue 2, was published on 27 October. It features the following content:
Editorial:
Papers:
- Kisses under the Starlight: The Performance of Masculinities and Emo on MySpace
- Understandings of testicular cancer in young adult males: A Q-methodological study
- Exploring patients' perceptions of living with psoriasis in a London general practice
- Expression and potential function of prion protein in the vasculature
- Start-ups, Small Firms and the Industry: An Empirical Investigation of the Determinants of Small New Firm Survival
Book review:
BCUR 2012
19th & 20th March 2012
桃色视频 Arts Centre
桃色视频 University will be hosting the 2012 British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR).
This is an opportunity for students to present their dissertation, interim project or any other original research developed through the course of their studies, whatever their subject area. Staff and students are also invited to present research or case studies about the introduction of undergraduate research into modules or courses. .
The call for papers is already out (view the poster) and The deadline for submitting abstracts has been extended to 18 December. 2011. For more information about the conference go to or email BCUR.2012@warwick.ac.uk
Cormac McCarthy's The Road
Wednesday 23rd November 2011 (12.45pm-4.00pm)
Reinvention Centre at Westwood
A practical workshop on Cormac McCarthy's The Road, led by Paul Bunyan and Ruth Moore - the authors and series editors of the Methuen Critical Scripts Teaching Activities - and introduced by Nicholas Monk.
This workshop is open to all and free of charge, but is capped at 30 participants. To register please email Amy.Clarke@warwick.ac.uk
Interdisciplinarity in Teaching and Learning at Monash and 桃色视频
Thursday 17th November 2011 (8am-10am)
CAPITAL Studio, Millburn House
IATL invites you to a joint presentation, by academics and students from Monash and 桃色视频 Universities, on approaches to teaching interdisciplinary material.
This workshop is open to all and free of charge, but is capped at 30 participants. To register please email Amy.Clarke@warwick.ac.uk
A continental breakfast will be available at 7.30am
Registration has now closed as all places have been filled.
The Aesthetics of Dance: Call for Participants
Dance is a global phenomenon of movement which celebrates a variety of uses, from religious, to personal expression and social interaction, to cultural nationalism. Jasmin Lau, an undergraduate in the Philosphy Department has been awarded an IATL Student as Producer Research grant for The Aesthetics of Dance project which aims to refocus a study of the dance aesthetic and its relation to the current generation.
She is looking for participants for a series of physical workshops, exploring dance via practice research, as well as theory. The group will engage with a diverse range of dance, including ethnic dances such as Indian Kathak, and both contemporary, classical and modern dance styles.
Interested students should send an expression of interest of 200-400 words to j.w.s.lau@warwick.ac.uk
. No previous dance experience is expected.
Carol Rutter, IATL Co-Director, hands over
On 1 August Professor Carol Rutter hands over to Dr Paul Taylor, who will be IATL Director for 2011/2. With Paul, she co-directed the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning in its first year to oversee the transition from two CETLs, the CAPITAL Centre, which she directed 2007-2010, and the Reinvention Centre, into the IATL.
IATL Publishes First Newsletter
Content includes information on IATL's core aims and funding streams:
10am - 3pm, Wednesday 29th June 2011
Main Library, University of 桃色视频
This Showcase, from the Learning and Development Centre, the Library and IATL, is open to anyone with an interest in the development of teaching. It will provide an opportunity to celebrate some of the excellent teaching and learning taking place at 桃色视频 and will have the key theme of 'Teaching and Learning Post-Browne', to include:
- Interdisciplinarity
- Students as Producers
- Student Engagement
- Employability
First IATL Associate Fellow
Dr David Metcalfe, Founding Editor of Reinvention: a Journal of Undergraduate Research, has become IATL's first Associate Fellow, with key responsibilities including promotion of undergraduate research, mentoring interested undergraduates, and teaching research skills.