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Further collaboration between Warwick and Monash
IATL has received funding via the WIHEA Monash Warwick Visiting Educator Scheme to bring Dr Christopher Thompson, Associate Dean Education, Faculty of Science, Monash, to collaborate with IATL staff and WIHEA Fellows in January 2017. Chris will contribute to our Strategic Project with Chemistry, discuss interdisciplinary pedagogy with Warwick colleagues and offer at least two open events, details of which will be announced by the start of next term.
IATL funded project leads receive HEFCE Catalyst Funding
Congratulations to Georgia Kremmyda and Volkan Degirmenci for receiving HEFCE Catalyst Funding for the project 'Developing a student-driven educational model between, beyond and across disciplines', which will develop a conceptual model for exploring the ways in which students act as co-producers of learning, and how they might work beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries. Project partners are Gwen Van der Velden (WIHEA), Nicholas Monk (IATL) and Colin Eddie (UnPS Ltd).
Monash and Warwick staff and students hold workshop week
Two staff members and three students from Monash visited IATL recently to work with us on key joint initiatives: the International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR) and the undergraduate research journal Reinvention, both based in IATL and supported by the Monash-Warwick Alliance, are being combined with a new initiative, the Compass Programme, to become the ICUR Experience. Compass will support a new student network and collaborative undergraduate research across institutions internationally.
Deadline extended for BCUR 2017 abstract submissions
25-26 April 2017 | Bournemouth University
The British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR) promotes undergraduate research in all disciplines. The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to 15 January 2017.
Drug Laws: The Worst Censorship of Research since the Catholic Church Banned the Telescope
Wednesday 11 January 2017, 18:30-20:30 | Room 0.004, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
This free public lecture, which contributes to the IATL module Censorship and Society, will be delivered by Prof. David Nutt, the Edmond J Safra Chair and Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College, London, who is perhaps best known as 'the scientist who was sacked' by the Home Secretary because he compared the harms of horse-riding with taking ecstasy.
IATL Deputy Director gives keynote speech at Academy of Finland event in Helsinki
On Friday 2 December Dr Jonathan Heron gave the keynote speech 'Undisciplined squads of emotion: critical interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinary pedagogy' at the Final Seminar of the Human Mind Academy Programme in Helsinki. Pictured (L-R): Mikko Ylikangas, Programme Manager, The Human Mind, Academy of Finland; Prof. Milena Zic Fuchs, Philosophy, University of Zagreb; Dr Jonathan Heron.
Climate Change: Life and Death
Friday 9 December 2016, 10:00-12:00 | MS.02, Zeeman Building
A special lecture, as part of the IATL module 'Challenges of Climate Change', from John Broome, Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford and one of the lead authors of the 5th IPCC report on Climate Change. The lecture is open to all and will be followed by a round table discussion.
Student as Producer Performance of Celebration
4 & 5 December 2016, 19:30 | Humanities Studio, University of Warwick
2016's been a bit rough hasn't it? The future is murky and uncertain. People are feeling cynical, melancholy, afraid...
Celebration is a show about letting go and making joy, about optimistic attachments and trying to live differently. It aims to give anyone who can't quite believe the world they live in something to believe in.
Student as Producer Performance of The Bed of Passage
26 & 27 November 2016, 19:30 | Humanities Studio, University of Warwick
The Bed of Passage is an original play written and directed by Christophe Locatelli and has been funded by an IATL Student as Producer (Performance) grant. It depicts an intimate conversation between a couple in bed that turns into a journey of personal and emotional discovery. Intense and powerful, interspersed with moments of bittersweet humour, this is a production not to be missed.
Re-shaping the Learning Environment: IATL Funding for Staff
Wednesday 14 December 2016, 10:00-16:00 (approx.) | The Oculus, University of Warwick
From small-scale Pedagogic Interventions to large-scale Strategic Projects, IATL has funded and supported a wide range of innovative and creative teaching and learning projects. This event will provide a platform for these projects to share ideas and techniques across the wider Warwick community. Registration is now open.