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IATL hosted a pedagogic workshop for the HEFCE-funded project on Innovative Food Systems Teaching and Learning (IFSTAL) in April to support their teaching and learning aims, with a specific focus on best practice in interdisciplinary education.

IATL has recently welcomed three new members of the team; two existing team members will be going on maternity leave at the end of May.

Members of the IATL team have recently presented at or attended the following conferences: 'Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching: Frameworks and Practice'; 'Next Generation Learning Spaces'; 'CounterPlay'; 'European Association for American Studies'.

Tuesday 17 May 2016 | 10:00 - 16:00
Ramphal Building

Warwick's annual Teaching and Learning Showcase provides an opportunity to share and celebrate the many ways in which we encourage, facilitate, and inspire learning. This year's themes are Transforming Space, Transforming Technologies and Transforming Teaching.

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Habitability (ICH) and IATL invite submissions to "Concepts of Habitability", a competition exploring concepts of habitability both on our and other worlds. This is open to all students, undergraduate and postgraduate, and welcomes submissions in any medium.

Thursday 12 May 2016 | 16:30 - 18:00
MR4/5, Students' Union Building

What is your sustainability vision for Univeristy of Warwick?

A sustainability working group is shaping the vision and getting input from staff and students across the University community through interviews and focus groups. Now is your chance to get involved. Considerations will aim to address the social, economic and environmental aspects of sustainability and apply to all areas of the University's activities across teaching, reasearch, the built environment and community interaction.

The new issue features peer-reviewed undergraduate research from students at the universities of Warwick, Monash, Sussex and Melbourne.

Friday 01 & Saturday 02 July 2016 | 19:00pm | Humanities Studio

Calm Down, Dear is a devised project exploring issues of women’s speech and silence in contemporary society. It asks the question: How do the politics of women’s voices play out in the every day experiences of women, and in the popular media discourse, how can we learn to hear authority in the female voice.

Monday 16 May 2016, 1-4pm | G.57, Millburn House

Why do we read tragedy, melodrama and horror fiction which evoke fear and sadness? How do we enjoy them?

These are the research questions guiding this interdisciplinary workshop featuring Pamela Gilbert of the University of Florida in conversation with respondents from different fields at Warwick. We invite all postgraduate students, early career fellows and others to join us for lunch, followed by a lively discussion on the relationship between physiology, psychology, neuroscience, art and literature.

IATL and IAS are pleased to welcome Francesca Iezzi as the first recipient of an IATL/IAS Early Career Fellowship. Francesca recently completed her PhD in the Mathematics department under the supervision of Professor Brian Bowditch and started her Fellowship at the beginning of April. She will be undertaking a project in the area of research-led teaching for IATL and will be participating in the ACE programme and organising a research-orientated workshop for IAS.