Date: 4 Jul 2014
Start Time: 10:00 am
Location/venue: Leeds Institute of Medical Education, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, LEEDS, UK, LS2 9JT
Institutions have conflicting pressures of quality, feasibility and cost in the assessment of students. Students desire fair assessment processes ideally completed by all in a single academic year.This usually takes the format of assessment of the whole student cohort, followed by a period of remediation and retesting for those who underperform. However, underperforming candidates are not a homogenous group and considerable difficulty persists in accurately identifying and profiling these ‘at risk’ students. Provisional programme for the day. More...

Date: 8 Jul 2014
Start Time: 10:00 am
Location/venue: theStudio, 7 Cannon Street, Birmingham, B2 5EP
This event is part of the HEA Social Sciences strategic priority 'Active and experiential learning in the Social Sciences'
This workshop is ideally suited for colleagues who, whilst they may have some experience of social networking in other contexts, would like to develop their use of social networking within their learning and teaching practice. This free workshop will be facilitated by the HEA Social Sciences team, and the case studies explored during the workshop will relate to learning and teaching within the social science disciplines. More...

Date: 8 Jul 2014
Start Time: 10:00 am
Location/venue: University of Surrey, School of English and Languages, Guildford, Surrey , GU2 7XH
This symposium is part of the joint Higher Education Academy (HEA) - Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) collaborative project on Interculturalism and Translating Cultures.
This symposium will bring together intercultural communication scholars, students and members of the public working on/interested in ethnic and linguistic minorities in the UK and beyond, primarily, though not exclusively, from a general sociolinguistic perspective. It will discuss practical tools and strategies of effectively feeding the latest research findings on the subject into learning and teaching in HE institutions across the country. More...

Date: 9 Jul 2014
Start Time: 10:00 am
Location/venue: theStudio, 7 Cannon Street, Birmingham, B2 5EP
This event is part of the HEA Social Sciences strategic priority 'Teaching research methods'.
This event is ideally suited to colleagues who teach research methods, both qualitative and quantitative, in the social sciences and would like to develop their use of open access datasets and/or software. Book on this event. More...

Date: 16 Jul 2014
Start Time: 10:00 am
Location/venue: M-Shed Princes Wharf, Wapping Rd, Bristol , BS1 4RN
There are two main streams of new entrants into academia – student progression through to doctorate and ‘mid-career shifters’ from professional workplace settings. This event pays particular attention to the support and development needs of workplace professionals, for example in Business, Education and Law, dealing with the cultural and organisational shock on entering academia, and the realities of ‘being academic’ in their discipline. Book on this event. More...

Date: 17 Jul 2014
Start Time: 09:30 am
Location/venue: London Metropolitan University The Henry Thomas Room 166-220 Holloway Road London , N7 8DB
This symposium is part of the joint Higher Education Academy (HEA) - Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) collaborative project on Interculturalism and Translating Cultures.
The aim of this symposium is to explore the use of digital technology in translator training and current IT requirements in the translation industry. The focus is put on how to best maximise student employability by keeping teaching syllabuses in line with the changing roles of the translation profession. More...

Date: 29 Jul 2014
Start Time: 10:30 am
Location/venue: University of Gloucestershire
An Information and Guidance Event (IGEs) is run as a support service to subscribing institutions. Attendance is optional, and your choice to attend should be based on the institutional team’s experience and confidence in aligning their provision with the UKPSF. Attendance will be free for up to three individuals from each institution. Book on this event. More...

The next webinar in the HEA Scotland: Embedding Equality and Diversity (E&D) in the Curriculum Lunchbytes series is now available for download.
Practical Examples for Embedding Equality and Diversity in the Curriculum was presented by Pauline Hanesworth, the HEA’s Academic Development Officer for Equality and Diversity. Pauline is leading the current phase of the Embedding Equality and Diversity in the Curriculum project and previously lectured at the School of Classics in the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David where she also acted as Widening Access Officer. More...

The HEA has published a report which examines the teaching of ethical behaviour in UK business schools.
Creating a culture of integrity presents a series of case studies exploring how the current curricula in UK business schools might need to be scoped differently to provide new business leaders with the tools for becoming the strong ethical leaders of the future. Case studies include how learning and teaching can encourage responsible enterprise and a learner’s perspective on promoting culture of integrity.
The report can be downloaded here. More...

The programme for the HEA Social Sciences Conference, Teaching forward: the future of the Social Sciences, is now available. It includes over 50 parallel sessions across the four conference strands. There will also be two keynote speakers at the conference. Professor Mike Sharples from The Open University will talk on the subject of innovating pedagogy: futures for teaching, learning and assessment in higher education. And in her keynote presentation Professor Keri Facer from the University of Bristol will explore current thinking about the challenges and opportunities that may be presented over the next 50 years and explore their implications for the idea of the university.
More information about the keynote presenters and the conference programme are available here. More...