2008 Conference Papers & Presentations
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Plenary Presentations on 5 March 2008
Professor Terry Mayes, Emeritus Professor, Glasgow Caledonian
Mr Tom Haffie, Learning Development Co-ordinator, University of Western Ontario
Dr Randy L Swing, Executive Director, Association for Institutional Research, Florida
Plenary Presentations on 6 March 2008
Liam Burns, President, Heriot-Watt Students Association
Professor Anton Muscatelli, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Heriot-Watt University
Dr Calvin Smith, Senior Lecturer, Griffith Institute of Higher Education Presentation and Slides
Professor Ray Land, Sector-wide Project Co-Director, University of Strathclyde
PDFs of available posters can be found here
WORKSHOP PAPERS (those available)
Day 1 - 5 March 2008
Workshop 1: Facilitated discussion of institutional case studies Case Study - RGU
Workshop 2: Student expectations and experiences Slides
Workshop 3: Curriculum Design for the first year Slides| Executive Summary| Key Features
Workshop 4: Formative assessment and feedback for first year success Executive Summary|Slides|Booklet
Workshop 5: Peer Support in the first year Executive Summary|Peer Support Info|Overview
Workshop 6: Personal development planning in the first year Executive Summary|Article-Miller|Paper-Godfrey
Workshop 7: Personalisation of the first year Slides|Executive Summary
Workshop 8: Introducing scholarship skills Executive Summary|Case-Studies
Workshop 9: Transition in the first year Executive Summary|Case-Study - QMU|Case-Study - GCal|
Workshop 10: Engaged pedagogy meets emerging clicker technology
Workshops 11 to 17: information as per workshops 1 to 7.
WORKSHOP 18 CANCELLED
Workshop 19: Transition in the first year Executive Summary|Case-Study - Strathclyde
Workshop 21: How to make the First Year Enhancement Theme relevant to your students' association and students
DAY 2 - 6 March 2008
Workshop 22: Enhancing graduate attributes in Life Sciences Slides
Workshop 23: Enhancing graduate attributes in Business and management
Workshop 24: Enhancing graduate attributes in Engineering and the Built Environment
Workshop 25: Enhancing graduate attributes in Creative and Cultural Practice
Workshop 26: Enhancing graduate attributes in Physical Sciences
Workshop 27: Enhancing graduate attributes in Arts and Social Sciences Handout
Workshop 28: Enhancing graduate attributes in Information and Mathematical Sciences
Workshop 29: Enhancing graduate attributes in Health and Social Care
Workshop 30: Enhancing graduate attributes in Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine
Workshop 31: Enhancing graduate attributes, Sector-Wide project Slides
Workshop 32: Student Centred outcomes of the Research-Teaching Linkages theme.
Workshops 33 to 42: information as per Workshops 22 to 31.
Workshop 43: How to make the Research-Teaching Linkages Theme relevant to your students' association and students.
