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!

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.

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.

Tuesday 26 – Wednesday 27 September 2017 | The Oculus

The full schedule is now available for ICUR 2017. An exclusively undergraduate forum designed to showcase the very best in undergraduate research, the 2017 event will join together students from as many as ten universities and campuses, across five continents, through the use of cutting-edge video conferencing technology.

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!

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.