News and Events

Tuesday 26 & Wednesday 27 September 2017 | Warwick

Many excellent abstract submissions have been received from a broad range of disciplines; if you were unable to meet the 20 May deadline, please contact ICUR@warwick.ac.uk. ICUR volunteer opportunities will be publicised soon.

Monday 12 – Thursday 15 June 2017 | Library foyer

Come and see the paintings, artworks, posters, stories, videos, websites and podcasts produced by his year's cohort of cross-faculty students on 'Genetics: Science and Society' for their self-devised assessment. Explore and celebrate the great ideas of your peers and learn more about genetics and its impact on society and popular art!

Welcome to the newest member of our team, Nefeli Chatzistefani, congratulations to Emma Barker on her recent move within IATL, and to Phil Gaydon on his new appointment, and a fond farewell to Elaina Behl, Amy Clarke and Wendy Brown.

Volume 10, Issue 1 of Reinvention was launched on 30 April 2017, featuring peer-reviewed undergraduate research from students at the University of Leeds, Monash University, the University of Warwick and the University of Western Australia.

IATL’s deputy director, Dr Jonathan Heron, visited universities in California over the vacation as part of his IPF-funded project ‘Shakespeare, Performance and Pedagogy’ with Dr Paul Prescott (English). To coincide with the Shakespeare in Yosemite event, Prescott and Heron delivered workshops for students from UC Davis, UC Merced and the University of the Pacific, Stockton. Dr Heron also visited UC Davis to present on their interdisciplinary Performance Studies programme.

The fifth annual International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR) will be held 26-27 September 2017 and is open to undergraduate researchers from any discipline; submit your abstract of 250 words by 20 May for the chance to present to an audience around the world via state of the art video conferencing. Or if you are a staff member, please encourage your undergraduates to participate.

The Institute of International Education presented its prestigious Heiskell Awards in Miami in March. IATL’s director, Dr Nicholas Monk, was there to collect an honourable mention for the International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR) in the ‘International Partnerships’ category. HE institutions from around the world entered the process, which seeks to recognise progress towards eliminating institutional barriers, furthering internationalisation, and broadening the base of participation.

On an IATL module you will work with students and lecturers from right across the university, developing new ways of understanding the world by making connections between ideas, experiences and practice. Our modules are available to second years and above, in a variety of CATS weightings. New for 2017/18 are: Computer Modelling for All (IL027); Gender and Violence (IL026).

Wednesday 26 April 2017, 12:00-14:00 | Students’ Union Atrium

Find out about IATL modules on offer for 2017/18 (available to all undergraduates in year 2 or above, with home department approval) and discuss them with the convenors and IATL team. We are also happy to attend departmental fairs; please just get in touch: IATL dot modules at warwick dot ac dot uk.

Apply now for an IATL/IAS (Institute of Advanced Study) Early Career Teaching Fellowship to develop interdisciplinary pedagogy. Extended deadline: Monday 27 March 2017.