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The British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR) 2013 Special Issue was published on 5 August, featuring a selection of 13 conference papers from BCUR 2013 and from the inaugural Monash-Warwick International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR). This issue was the first under the journal's new Managing Editor, Emma Barker, and we also have four new Assistant Editors: John Watkins, Md. Roysul Islam, Jennifer Entwisle and Tim Ziegler. Welcome to all!

IATL's own Jonathan Heron invites applications for the first IGGY Heron Scholarship in Science & Arts, which will provide an award of free annual membership to IGGY. The scholarship is open to 13-18 year olds who are not currently a member of IGGY.

Applicants will need to identify an aspect of physics or biology that they feel could be taught through the performing arts. The closing date is Friday 30 August 2013.

Congratulations to Nick Monk, IATL's Deputy Director, on becoming an HEA National Teaching Fellow!

Congratulations to Jure Jerich, editor of Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research, on being awarded an OSCA!

Are you looking for part-time work during the summer term?

IATL is looking for two Student Research Assistants to analyse the results of our survey of student engagement at the University.

Each Research Assistant will be employed for 68 hours' work, between 15 July and 30 September, at the rate of £12.47 per hour, with the majority of the analysis work to be carried out in July.

You will be a second-, third- or fourth-year undergraduate with an interest in the social science of teaching and learning, competent in statistical methods, with experience of using SPSS or similar, and some experience of research.

The closing date for applications is midday on Wednesday 10 July.

Interviews will be held in the afternoon of Friday 12 July.

Successful candidates should be available to start work on Monday 15 July.

To apply, please email a letter of application and a CV to Caroline Gibson (IATL Academic Manager), at: C.A.L.Gibson@warwick.ac.uk.

Rebecca Smith from the School of Life Sciences has won the second £100 Amazon voucher for her participation. Complete the questionnaire yourself by Sunday the 30th of June to be in with a chance of winning the final voucher.

23-24 June 2013
12pm-12pm

We are pleased to invite you to participate in a 24 hour HACKATHON, taking place from 12pm 23rd June to 12pm 24th June in the Computer Science Department.

There's £400 in cash prize up for grabs for the best ideas, as well as free pizza, refreshments, goodies from GOOGLE and official participation certificates.

You can participate in person at the University of Warwick or remotely; register and we'll be in touch to arrange participation.

The hack will focus on developing web solutions for the new OSAAT campaign model of global collective action to aid in addressing the major global issues of our time in a coordinated and efficient way. We've already come up with a few concepts for web solutions together with major national and global campaign organisations during a series of interactive workshops.

This is an amazing opportunity for a memorable experience and to apply your coding skills in a meaningful way - whatever coding languages you are familiar with, come along and show what you can do!

Please register your attendance at: www.sibe.co.uk/hackathon

Nichola Caiger from Warwick Medical School has won the first £100 Amazon voucher for her participation. Complete the questionnaire yourself to be in with a chance of winning one of the two remaining vouchers.

IATL would like to know about your experiences as a student at the University of Warwick and there will be a £100 Amazon voucher awarded each week the survey is open to one lucky respondent. By completing the questionnaire you will be able to let us know if the Warwick learning experience is truly distinctive and the results will be used to assess how well the University is achieving the teaching and learning commitments it has set out to students in its strategy document.

The survey is open from Monday 10/6/2013 to Sunday 30/6/2013 inclusive and should only take around 10 minutes to complete.

www.warwick.ac.uk/iatl/activities/engaged/2013questionnaire/

Friday 10 May 2013
07.30am - 5.30pm
Warwick (Ramphal Building) and Monash

The inaugural International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR) has been organised by the Reinvention journal team and will see over 80 students present their work. The conference will involve students from across the disciplines, from 4 continents and 2 universities presenting their research in person, via video conference and through virtual poster presentations.

The ICUR conference programme is now online and staff and students at Warwick are invited to sign up for free for any sessions they wish to attend. All over-subscribed sessions will be streamed live in the Ramphal lecture theatre.