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IATL’s Director, Dr Nicholas Monk, has been appointed on a 0.2 basis to the role of Education Lead, Warwick in California. IATL’s Principal Teaching Fellow, Dr Jonathan Heron, has been appointed Deputy Director of IATL with immediate effect. And a number of former staff members and alumni have been appointed as Senior Associate Fellows and Associate Fellows respectively.

IATL's Director, Nicholas Monk, attended the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Conference in Los Angeles in October, and the Engaged Scholarship Consortium in Omaha, Nebraska, also in October. Both events were an opportunity to share ideas and promote the work of IATL internationally.

Wednesday 23 November 2016, 14:00-15:00 | Room S0.21

This workshop (supported by IATL funding) paves the way to an accredited online course of the same name, designed by leading experts for students contemplating legal careers. It covers common ethical issues arising in legal practice, the current regulatory regime, and decision-making. Please contact Michael Webster: M.Webster.1@warwick.ac.uk.

IATL offers a range of funding to support students undertaking independent research, or those working together on collaborative or performative projects. The next deadline for funding is Wednesday 07 December 2016.

Volume 9, Issue 2 of Reinvention was launched on Friday 28 October 2016 and features peer-reviewed undergraduate research from students at the University of Warwick, University of Sheffield, Durham University, Monash University Malaysia and the University of Cambridge.

25-26 April 2017 | Bournemouth University

The British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR) promotes undergraduate research in all disciplines. The call for papers is now open.

Members of the BLASTER (Best Liberal Arts and Science Teaching Expanded and Reinforced) team from Warwick facilitated a five-day event in October at Leuphana University, Germany, where staff and student experts from European partner institutions showcased best practice in undergraduate research, and formed small research teams to continue the exploration of innovations in this area.

1-3 November 2016 | Warwick Arts Centre

Warwick graduates Barrel Organ Theatre Company curate a festival of theatre: through panels, performances and discussions, they address questions of political assembly, social expression and professional development. This project is an annual event that showcases the IATL Student Ensemble and its alumni network of emerging artists and practitioners.

Thursday 17 November 2016, 14:00 | University of Warwick

This short film, which uniquely includes drawings from students and staff across different university departments, playfully questions how objective we can really be in research. It is an IATL-funded project, a collaboration between artist in residence in the Chemistry Department, Mary Courtney, independent film-maker-animator Laurence Campbell, and academics and students from a range of disciplines.

IATL team members will be available in The Oculus 12:30-14:00 on the Wednesday of Weeks 3 & 4 to discuss the potential for innovative pedagogy in the new flexible spaces.