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“Thinking differently’ - New Curricula, New Skills in Higher Education

The 11th Annual Galway Symposium Dates: June 7th 2013 Venue: Áras Moyola,  NUI Galway

Conference Overview

“Thinking differently’ - New Curricula, New Skills in Higher Education

In this year’s  Galway Symposium on Higher Education we will be exploring the broad question of what kind of degree and curricula are most relevant to graduates in this age of mass higher education, and what particular attributes and skills do we feel that graduates should have, emerging from such programmes, to help them in their lives and work.

Amongst the keynote speakers, we welcome  Prof. Marijk van der Wende, who will describe a model for the renewal of the idea of the ’Liberal Arts & Sciences’ that has taken hold in institutions in the Netherlands, including her own: University College Amsterdam.  Dr. Camille Kandiko of King’s College London, will present an overview of models of curricular redesign that have emerged in institutions across the world in the past five or so years.   Prof. Derek Raine will show how Leicester University radically  reconceptualised its undergraduate Science programme around interdisciplinarity and higher levels of student intellectual engagement. Other speakers include  Dr. Alastair Robertson (Higher Education Academy) and  Dr. Vicky Gunn (Glasgow University) exploring issues of graduate attributes and research into Curriculum.

Workshop sessions will provide participants with opportunities to experiment with course design with a particular emphasis on interdisciplinarity and active learning. Online, blended and hybrid approaches will also feature, as will aspects of skills and personal development.

Timetable

Below is a draft timetable of the day (subject to changes or revisions).

Friday 7th June, 2013
Time	Session	Venue
08:30 – 09:15	Registration, Tea & Coffee	Foyer
09:15- 09:30	Symposium Opening and Welcome Address Nollaig Mac Congáil, Registrar	Auditorium - MY001
09:30 – 10:15	Plenary I Marijk van der Wende	Auditorium - MY001
10:15 – 11:00	Plenary II Camille Kandiko	Auditorium - MY001
11:00 – 11:20	Tea & Coffee	Foyer
11:20 – 12:05	Plenary III Derek Raine	Auditorium - MY001
12:05 – 12:45	Plenary IV Vicky Gunn	Auditorium - MY001
12:45 – 14:00	Lunch	Friar’s Restaurant
14:00 – 16:00	Parallel Sessions	Various
16:00 – 16:30	Plenary V Alastair Robertson	Auditorium - MY001
16:30 – 17:00	Closing remarks Iain Mac Labhrainn	Auditorium - MY001
17:00	Tea, Coffee and reflections	Foyer

CALL FOR PAPERS

A call for short presentations is now open.  Please click here to submit an abstract.  Submissions will close on Monday May 6th.      

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