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'Agatha' is an absurdly dark play which places a domestic twist on the classical legacy of Greek tragedy and focus' both on an exploration of the play's sources and origins, and on researching the theatrical practitioners and absurdist writers that can place a piece like this into understandable and highly modern terms. The final performances aim to demonstrate the contemporary relevance and appeal of millenia-old topics in a play that is a product of its origins, but innovational in its production design and staging.

Performances will be held in the CAPITAL Studio, Millburn House at 7.30pm on:

• Wednesday 14th March 2012
• Thursday 15th March 2012
• Friday 16th March 2012

Performances are free to attend. To register your place please email agathatheplay@gmail.com

IATL is funding from its Strategic Grants fund the Library's Student as Researcher programme, enabling academic colleagues and library staff to work in partnership to develop students' information fluency alongside other academic skills. Students become producers, with outputs ranging from additions to the literature to poster presentations or conference papers. To find out more sign up for the Window on Teaching session to be led by Cate Mackay and Antony Brewerton in the Teaching Grid on 22 February at 12 noon:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/teachinggrid/exchange/forthcomingevents

A great opportunity to find out about the latest undergraduate research, this will be the second BCUR (British Conference of Undergraduate Research). It is being organised by IATL, hosted at Warwick University and is open to all.

IATL is looking for two Student Research Assistants to help us evaluate the impact of IATL's first 18 months.

Each Research Assistant will be employed for 50 hours work beteween 13th Feb and the end of April at the rate of £12.55 per hour.

You will be a second-, third-, or fourth-year undergraduate with an interest in the social science of Higher Education, competent in quantitative and qualitative analysis, and with some experience of research.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Thursday 26 January.

 job description and further information

Real World STEM gives students the opportunity to develop their communication and presentation skills in a supportive environment and with the help of professionals from their own department, from education and from business.

We will be holding two sessions of two hours each to prepare students for the main activity which will require them, in small groups, to present and pitch a real world situation to a panel of subject experts, potential employers and presentation specialists. The last session will provide supportive feedback on their performance.

This is an opportunity for students from STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) to practice and develop the skills that complement their academic speciality.

This course is open to all students, and will be capped at 30 places. If you are interested in participating please complete the  Real World STEM application and send it to Nicholas.Tipple@warwick.ac.uk before 13th January 2012.

The Undergraduate Research Scholarship Scheme (URSS), which is supported by IATL, offers undergraduates the opportunity to gain valuable insight into research work through a collaborative project with a supervisor. The Scheme provides bursaries of up to £1000 for students to undertake a short (4 to 10 weeks) research project within a department or research centre. In 2010-11, 93 projects were awarded full or part bursaries, with 113 total participants.

The 2011-12 Scheme opened on Monday 5th December, and applications will need to be submitted by Wednesday 1st February.

The Ensemble Project is an IATL Student as Producer funded project aimed at creating theatre through an intimate process of group learning, and testing the extent to which the idea of 'ensemble' can truly work. The group have been working over the autumn term to develop a strong group dynamic and a feeling of equality and collaboration, and will be performing Harold Pinter's 'The Lover' as a final showcase of this work.

Performances will be held in the CAPITAL Studio, Millburn House at 7.30pm on:

• Wednesday 7th December 2011
• Thursday 8th December 2011
• Friday 9th December 2011

Performances are free to attend. To register your place please email LonSomBluh@gmail.com

As part of a research project funded by HE STEM (part of HEFCE) the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL) and Student Careers and Skills at Warwick, are investigating how universities interact with Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME's) in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects. We hope to identify potential future interactions, and to provide recomendations on how interactions could be better facilitated.

Please could you spend 10 minutes to complete our SME survey. Your responses will be confidential and, if data is taken beyond the small research team, it will be anonymous. Few of the questions are obligatory but all information you provide will be invaluable for our research.

If you have any questions or comments about this survey, or the research project please contact Nicholas Tipple at Nicholas.Tipple@warwick.ac.uk

Millburn House Foyer, Millburn House

30 November 2011 (6-7pm)

The Insitute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL) will hold its first Student as Producer Showcase on 30 November to celebrate IATL's Student as Producer (Research and Performance) Grants and to give those students who have received funding the oppertunity to share their successes.

This event is by invitation but the student's project posters will be displayed in the Millburn House Foyer throughout the Spring Term.