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Past events

May 2010

Little Things that make the Difference
Friday 28 May 2010

University of Aberdeen's second Annual Learning and Teaching Symposium
Tuesday 18 May 2010

March 2010

7th Annual Enhancement Themes Conference: Graduates for the 21st Century: Integrating the Enhancement Themes

Tuesday 2 March 2010

December 2009

Quality Enhancement Conference
Wednesday 9 December 2009

To register for this free event please contact Julie on j.a.brennan@dundee.ac.uk

November 2009

Research-Teaching Linkages to enhance graduate attributes in Creative and Cultural Practice
Monday 2 November 2009

With the new Theme, Graduates for the 21st Century as backdrop, the event will provide colleagues in CCP disciplines with the opportunity to listen to presented case-studies and to discuss the two central aspects of the Research-Teaching Linkages Enhancement Theme:

March 2009

Enhancement Themes Conference 2009
Thursday 5 March 2009

--------- Bookings for this event are now closed ----------

June 2008

Integrative Assessment Event: Assessment and High-Quality Learning: A Colloquium
Monday 16 June 2008

March 2008

Research Teaching Linkages: Arts and Social Sciences
Wednesday 19 March 2008

Research Teaching Linkages: Creative Graduates:learning and research in the creative arts
Tuesday 18 March 2008

Enhancement Themes Conference 2008
Wednesday 5 March 2008

- - - ONLINE BOOKING NOW CLOSED - - -

February 2008

Research Teaching Linkages: Life Sciences
Thursday 28 February 2008

Research-Teaching Linkages : enhancing graduate attributes - sectoral consideration of outcomes event
Friday 22 February 2008

Research Teaching Linkages: Health and Social Care
Friday 22 February 2008

January 2008

The First Year Experience: engagement and empowerment
Thursday 31 January 2008

A First Year Experience event for institutional groups. Please note attendance at this event is by invitation only. If you are from a Scottish HEI and would like to attend please contact your Institutional contact in the first instance.

Research Teaching Linkages: Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine Symposium
Monday 28 January 2008

November 2007

Research- Teaching Linkages: Enhancing Graduate Attributes
Thursday 8 November 2007
Available places 50

Thursday 8 November 2007, Research- Teaching Linkages: Enhancing Graduate Attributes Mid-theme Review and Progress Event. PROGRAMME NOW AVAILABLE

May 2007

First Year Workshops: Personal Development Planning and Peer Support
Monday 14 May 2007

This event will take place at the University of Dundee and is being designed and run by the project teams for these two first year theme projects. Colleagues are welcome to choose to attend one or both of the Project Workshops. Booking for this event is now closed.

March 2007

Integrative Assessment Outcomes Workshop - Edinburgh
Wednesday 21 March 2007
Available places 50

Three regional events will be held to present outcomes from the Integrative Assessment Theme during March 2007. Book online now.

Integrative Assessment Outcomes Workshop - Dundee
Tuesday 13 March 2007

Three regional events will be held to present outcomes from the Integrative Assessment Theme during March 2007.

Integrative Assessment Outcomes Workshop - Glasgow
Monday 12 March 2007

Three regional events will be held to present outcomes from the Integrative Assessment Theme during March 2007.

Annual Enhancement Themes Conference
Thursday 8 March 2007

We are delighted to announce details of the Annual Enhancement Themes Conference, which will take place on the 8 and 9 March 2007 at the Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University.

November 2006

Flexible Delivery Outcomes Workshop
Tuesday 14 November 2006
Available places 120

A one -day workshop focussing on outcomes from the Flexible Delivery theme will be held at the Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor Hotel, 1-10 Grosvenor Terrace, Great Western Road, Glasgow.

January 2006

Enhancement Themes National Conference
Friday 27 January 2006

The annual enhancement themes conference was held on 27 January 2006. This day long event featured a variety of workshops to interest practioners, students and administrative staff with an interest in quality enhancement.

September 2005

Research-teaching linkages
Wednesday 21 September 2005

A lunchtime workshop was held to discuss the relationships between research and teaching and to establish the scope of, and demand within the sector for, a possible theme on this topic.

June 2005

Employability: Getting to Grips with Employability ii
Tuesday 21 June 2005

A two day event aimed at "training the trainers" within institutions. There were a variety of awareness-raising workshops as well as a significant amount of practical hands-on training and advice from leading experts in the field.

May 2005

Models of Collaboration
Friday 13 May 2005

This workshop drew upon the Flexible Delivery Global Scan by Critical Thinking and the outcomes of the sector-wide consultation, with a view to developing a vision of Flexible Delivery for the Scottish HE sector.

Employability Assessment
Wednesday 11 May 2005

A one-day conference on Employability and Assessment issues.

April 2005

Developing Institutional Strategies for Flexible Delivery
Thursday 21 April 2005

This workshop drew upon the outcomes of the Flexible Delivery Global Scan by Critical Thinking and the sector-wide consultation, with a view to informing the development of a vision of Flexible Delivery for the Scottish HE sector.

Employability: Expanding the Boundaries
Wednesday 20 April 2005

This event was aimed at exploring how to support the particular employability needs of part-time, mature and/or postgraduate students and those wishing to undertake a freelance career and become self-employed or enter industries that exist outside of the milkround.

March 2005

Enhancing Students
Wednesday 23 March 2005

A student event on employability aiming to emphasise student engagement in employability issues, partnerships between institutions and students, and to share good practice in this area from Scotland and internationally.

Designing for Flexible Learning; Joint JISC/Enhancement Themes workshop
Monday 21 March 2005

A workshop offered by the Joint Information Systems Committee in collaboration with the Enhancement Theme of Flexible Delivery

Getting to Grips with Employability
Thursday 10 March 2005

An awareness- raising event on the range of resources and toolkits now available, including those developed during the ESECT project. This event is now closed for registration.

E-Learning as Open Learning
Friday 4 March 2005

This workshop drew upon the outcomes of the Flexible Delivery Global Scan by Critical Thinking and the sector-wide consultation, with a view to informing the development of a vision of Flexible Delivery for the Scottish HE sector.

December 2004

Flexible Delivery for Scottish Higher Education: The Institutional Perspective
Monday 6 December 2004

A workshop to discuss institutional and sector-wide priorities for the development of flexible delivery. The discussion will be informed by outcomes of a sector-wide consultation on current developments and future plans for flexible delivery.

October 2004

Employability Roadshow
Wednesday 20 October 2004

A debate to discuss what is meant by "employability" informed by a keynote talk from Professor Mantz Yorke (Liverpool John Moores University). Short case studies from local institutions will also be presented.

Employability Roadshow
Tuesday 19 October 2004

A debate to discuss what is meant by "employability" informed by a keynote talk from Jane Denholm (Critical Thinking). Short case studies from local institutions will also be presented.

Flexible Delivery Workshop
Monday 18 October 2004

Following his presentation at the Enhancement Themes Conference, David Trick will lead a workshop on Flexible Delivery.

Enhancement Themes 2004 Conference
Friday 15 October 2004

A one-day event to disseminate the main outcomes from the 2003-04 Enhancement Themes of Assessment and Responding to Student Needs and formally launch the new 2004-05 Enhancement Themes of Employability and Flexible Delivery. Speakers presentations are now available for download.

June 2004

Assessing personal transferable skills
Tuesday 29 June 2004

Assessment workshop

Improved feedback to students
Friday 4 June 2004

Assessment workshop

May 2004

Symposium on considering the honours degree classification system
Tuesday 11 May 2004

Assessment workshop

Issues of validity, reliability and fairness
Friday 7 May 2004

Assessment workshop

April 2004

Assessing online
Friday 16 April 2004

Assessment workshop

March 2004

Developing a variety of assessment methods
Friday 19 March 2004

Assessment workshop

February 2004

Constructive alignment
Friday 27 February 2004

Assessment workshop

Using assessment
Thursday 5 February 2004

Assessment workshop

January 2004

Streamlining assessment
Tuesday 13 January 2004

Assessment workshop

September 2003

Enhancement Themes Conference 2003
Friday 26 September 2003

Annual conference