News and Events

This article - co-authored by IATL Deputy Director Jonathan Heron, Warwick colleagues Isolda Romero-Canelon (now at the University of Birmingham) and Peter J. Sadler, and Monash colleagues Felix Nobis and Christopher Thompson – has appeared in Education in Chemistry magazine, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Congratulations to Becky Fisher on her appointment as Departmental Administrator (Research, Finance and Operations) in Sociology, welcome to Hannah Copeland as Academic Projects Manager, and announcing that Elena Riva, one of our Teaching Fellows, is now our Director of Undergraduate Studies.

Photos of ICUR 2017, held 27 & 28 September, are now online; the conference covered a broad range of disciplines, connecting 100 Warwick students with 325 presenters from 10 institutions worldwide. The ICUR team in IATL would like to thank all presenters and attendees, the Monash-Warwick Alliance, and Warwick’s Audio Visual Services team. Check back here in 2018 for details of ICUR 2018!

Thursday 12 & Friday 13 April 2018 | University of Sheffield

The British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR) promotes undergraduate research in all disciplines. Submit your abstract by the deadline of Thursday 21 December 2017 for the chance to present at BCUR 2018.

Monday 13 November 2017, 9:30–13:00 | Humanities Studio | free

This symposium/workshop will bring together teaching staff, researchers, practitioners and voluntary sector representatives from Warwick and elsewhere, to consider what works in student-community engagement, and how such engagement can best be developed and sustained in ways that benefit HE pedagogy, create knowledge, and have positive social impacts.

Tuesday 28 November 2017, 10:00-12:00 | Teaching Grid | free

In this interactive workshop, Dr Elena Riva (IATL) and Sally Tissington (Centre for Lifelong Learning), from science and arts backgrounds respectively, share their outlooks and experiences, both having worked with a wide range of students from diverse backgrounds.

Wednesday 1 November 2017, 13:00-17:00 | International Portal (R0.12), Ramphal Building | open to all Warwick undergraduates

This workshop aims to introduce students to the basic ideas of ‘movement’, ‘motion capture’, the ‘function’ of the human body and how these can be explored and understood from an interdisciplinary perspective. It will feature a hands-on session in Warwick’s Gait Laboratory.

Dr Elena Riva and Victoria Jelicic (both IATL), together with Sarah Ashworth (Head of Mental Health & Wellbeing Support Services), have received Warwick Innovation Fund support for a project aiming to improve students’ wellbeing in the teaching and learning environment. Elena has also received WIHEA funding to organise a Masterclass looking at mental wellbeing in higher education and the challenges for academic staff.

Monday 30 – Tuesday 31 October 2017 | Warwick Arts Centre

A two-day festival that celebrates and continues to develop the exciting work of Warwick alumni theatre companies (including Clown Funeral, Barrel Organ, Emergency Chorus and Breach). Through panels, performances and discussions, Emerge 2017 addresses questions surrounding the complex world we live in today.

During the period Friday 20 October – Friday 3 November 2017 | Teaching Grid

IATL is hosting a WIHEA-funded visit from the International Visiting Teaching Fellows Sean Michael Morris and Jesse Stommel, who will deliver a series of events, including: Student Agency in Digital Spaces; Critical Instructional Design; Critical Digital Pedagogy; and Innovative Approaches to Assessment in Digital and Hybrid Pedagogies.