News and Events

On Friday 2 December Dr Jonathan Heron gave the keynote speech 'Undisciplined squads of emotion: critical interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinary pedagogy' at the Final Seminar of the Human Mind Academy Programme in Helsinki. Pictured (L-R): Mikko Ylikangas, Programme Manager, The Human Mind, Academy of Finland; Prof. Milena Zic Fuchs, Philosophy, University of Zagreb; Dr Jonathan Heron.

Friday 9 December 2016, 10:00-12:00 | MS.02, Zeeman Building

A special lecture, as part of the IATL module 'Challenges of Climate Change', from John Broome, Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford and one of the lead authors of the 5th IPCC report on Climate Change. The lecture is open to all and will be followed by a round table discussion.

4 & 5 December 2016, 19:30 | Humanities Studio, University of Warwick

2016's been a bit rough hasn't it? The future is murky and uncertain. People are feeling cynical, melancholy, afraid...

Celebration is a show about letting go and making joy, about optimistic attachments and trying to live differently. It aims to give anyone who can't quite believe the world they live in something to believe in.

26 & 27 November 2016, 19:30 | Humanities Studio, University of Warwick

The Bed of Passage is an original play written and directed by Christophe Locatelli and has been funded by an IATL Student as Producer (Performance) grant. It depicts an intimate conversation between a couple in bed that turns into a journey of personal and emotional discovery. Intense and powerful, interspersed with moments of bittersweet humour, this is a production not to be missed.

Wednesday 14 December 2016, 10:00-16:00 (approx.) | The Oculus, University of Warwick

From small-scale Pedagogic Interventions to large-scale Strategic Projects, IATL has funded and supported a wide range of innovative and creative teaching and learning projects. This event will provide a platform for these projects to share ideas and techniques across the wider Warwick community. Registration is now open.

IATL’s Director, Dr Nicholas Monk, has been appointed on a 0.2 basis to the role of Education Lead, Warwick in California. IATL’s Principal Teaching Fellow, Dr Jonathan Heron, has been appointed Deputy Director of IATL with immediate effect. And a number of former staff members and alumni have been appointed as Senior Associate Fellows and Associate Fellows respectively.

IATL's Director, Nicholas Monk, attended the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Conference in Los Angeles in October, and the Engaged Scholarship Consortium in Omaha, Nebraska, also in October. Both events were an opportunity to share ideas and promote the work of IATL internationally.

Wednesday 23 November 2016, 14:00-15:00 | Room S0.21

This workshop (supported by IATL funding) paves the way to an accredited online course of the same name, designed by leading experts for students contemplating legal careers. It covers common ethical issues arising in legal practice, the current regulatory regime, and decision-making. Please contact Michael Webster: M.Webster.1@warwick.ac.uk.

IATL offers a range of funding to support students undertaking independent research, or those working together on collaborative or performative projects. The next deadline for funding is Wednesday 07 December 2016.

Volume 9, Issue 2 of Reinvention was launched on Friday 28 October 2016 and features peer-reviewed undergraduate research from students at the University of Warwick, University of Sheffield, Durham University, Monash University Malaysia and the University of Cambridge.