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Welcome to the assessment network update for December 2010.

Staff can join this list at https://lists.kent.ac.uk/sympa/info/assessment-network and post messages to the list at assessment-network@kent.ac.uk.

  • Do you feel that your students could benefit from assistance with planning and writing assignments? You are invited to use the Assignment Survival Kit (www.kent.ac.uk/uelt/ask).
Events
  • 'Cuts to teaching budgets and The Browne Review: implications for the educational development community' SEDA Seminar, 10 December 2010
    • Location: Aston University, Birmingham
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  • A free online workshop on policies and procedures around student plagiarism are available on 1 December 2010. The workshop is conducted online at 3pm and is provided by N-Learning, the providers of Turnitin. Sign up here>>
  • The Association for Learning Development in HE is calling for papers for the ALDinHE Conference on 18, 19 and 20 April 2011 at Queen's University, Belfast. More>>
    • The theme for 2011 is "Engaging Students - Engaging Learning".
    • Keynote Speakers include Professor Sally Brown and Becka Currant, with a pre-conference workshop led by guest speaker, Phil Race.
    • Abstracts of 250 words should be submitted by Monday 13 December using the online proposal form.
    • Any queries regarding session proposals should be directed to Natalie Bates nbates@bournemouth.ac.uk
  • The Higher Education Academy – 'Research Seminar Series 2010: Access and Success for All' will hold one more workshop:
  • Call for papers: The University of Salford’s 6th Education in a Changing Environment Conference: Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education 6th - 8th July 2011, Salford, Manchester. Call for papers deadline is 14 January 2011
    • This conference will explore and discuss international best practice in teaching and educational research in higher education and identify creative models for engagement in a shifting educational landscape. The themes include:
      • Social Media
      • Learning, Teaching and Assessment
      • Networking and Partnerships
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  • Call for papers: The Third Assessment in Higher Education Conference will be held on 6 July 2011 at the University of Cumbria, Carlisle.
    • Papers to be submitted by 28 February 2011 on the following themes:
      • Assessment design
      • Marking and academic standards
      • Involving students in assessment & feedback
      • Assessment for learning
      • Assessment technologies
    • This conference is a partnership between the University of Cumbria Study of Higher Education Network, the Northumbria University Centre for Excellence in Assessment for Learning and the British Educational Research Association Higher Education SIG.
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  • Call for Papers: Internationalisation of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Education: Exploring New Frontiers. University of Warwick on 16-17 June 2011. Deadline for abstract submissions is the 17 January 2011.
    • This conference is hosted by the HEA/UKCISA Teaching International Students (TIS) project in partnership with the Centre for Academic Practice and Research in Internationalisation (CAPRI), and the Centre for Internationalised Curriculum and Networking (CICIN)
    • More>>
Resources

Funding
  • SEDA Research and Evaluation Small Grants 2011 bids now open. Deadline 14 January 2011. More>>
    • Amounts available: £500 for individual projects; up to £1000 for proposals with one or more partners from other institutions
    • Grants support research and evaluation in staff and educational development with the goal of continued improvement in the quality and understanding of educational development practices.
  • Medical Research Council: Research grants available for projects of up to five years duration. Deadline 16 December 2010 and ongoing (outline proposals). More>>
  • EPSRC collaboration fund: Finance South East Ltd are calling for outline applications to the Engineering and Physical Sciences managed Collaboration Fund... More>> Deadline 3 December 2010.
  • ESCalate has a new funding award open for bids:
  • Nominations are invited for individual awards in the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme – Individual Awards 2011.