News and Events

IATL is delighted to announce the promotion of Dr Jonathan Heron to Principal Teaching Fellow. The promotion is recognition of Jonny's outstanding contribution to IATL and the wider University.

Following our recent funding round we now have over 50 ongoing staff led projects across the University (Academic Fellowships, Pedagogic Interventions and Strategic Projects), all of which contribute to IATL's strategic aims of innovation, interdisciplinarity, inclusiveness and internationalisation.

IATL’s Director, Nicholas Monk, is a contributor to this newly published volume. His essay looks at the "Native American Renaissance" of the 1960s and '70s. Members of the University of Warwick are able to read the book through the Library website.

This issue of our newsletter focusses on student engagement and is now available to view online. It features the items: Strengthening Student Engagement; Students as Co-Producers: Recently Funded Student Practice at IATL; 'Science on Screen': Students as 'Lead Learners'; BCUR 2016; and Warwick Strawbale Eco-Centre Project.

Thursday 30 June 2016, 6pm-7.30pm | Lecture Theatre M2, WBS Teaching Centre

An evening of provocations and discussion about Coventry, a city that is celebrating, reimagining and investing in its cultural identity by bidding for the UK's City of Culture 2021. An international panel including Rachel King, who will be talking about her IATL funded project, will share details of current collaborations between academic researchers, local artists, and cultural organisations, which aim to foster meaningful connections between Coventry's diverse communities, creating new ways of experiencing and participating in the city's urban landscapes.

10:00-12:00, Wednesday 29 June | R2.41, Ramphal Building
Followed by networking lunch 12:00 - 13:00, Ramphal Foyer

International Visiting Teaching Fellow, Geoff Malleck from University of Waterloo Canada, shares his perspective on the integration of student reflection in his courses. Included in the presentation are sample reflection pieces, which demonstrate the potential impact, not only on the student, but other key stakeholders. Geoff promises to share both the challenges and merits of reflection exercises in his presentation.

Postponed (was scheduled for 12:00-15:00, Wednesday 22 June 2016 in the Teaching Grid, University Library)

In a time of significant change, University staff are invited to join this conference about Enterprise Education and the role the University of Warwick and its staff have to play.

16:00-18:30, Wednesday 22 June | Woods-Scawen Room, Warwick Arts Centre

Academics and professionals from all disciplines are invited to join a debate about the value of Enterprise Education. This debate will help shape and develop Warwick's future approach to enterprise education.

Studying on an IATL module gives you the opportunity to work with students and lecturers from right across the university, developing connections between ideas, experiences and practice. In an IATL module you are not merely learning about the world, you are working with others to develop new ways of understanding it. Our undergraduate modules are available in a variety of CATS weightings to students in their second, third or fourth year.

On 18 and 19 May, we had a visit from Kaire Kollom, Head of Studies in the School of Educational Sciences, and her academic colleagues from Tallinn University in Estonia. They requested a visit to Warwick in order to exchange knowledge and experiences of planning and launching interdisciplinary projects.