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PAIS featured at IATL event
On 6 November 2013 the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL) hosted an event entitled, 'Making Sense of Diversity in University Education'. The event drew together around 60 colleagues from a wide range of Warwick departments. Dr Justin Greaves, the PAIS Director of Student Experience and Progression (DSEP) and Shannon Holland-Houghton, second year PAIS student, were invited to take part.
The event focused on the lifecycle of Widening Participation from outreach through retention to progression. It is essential that Warwick, as a community, enables access for students from diverse backgrounds and enables all, regardless of background, to experience the high quality teaching and learning we deliver. Therefore, the event allowed Justin and Shannon to showcase the many innovations and positive developmets currently taking place within PAIS - our advice and feedback hours, our individual exam feedback, our online SSLC elections, and our joint work with the Politics Society, in particular through their mentoring scheme.
Please click here to view the IATL newsletter, featuring Dr Greaves and Ms. Holland-Houghton
Shaun Breslin Roundtable Discussion on China
Professor Shaun Breslin recently spoke at a Roundtable Discussion on ‘China, Regionalism and Globalization: Implications for India’, organised by the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), at Sapru House, New Delhi.
Professor Breslin presented a fascinating account of China’s approach to globalization, regionalism, multilateral diplomacy and the debate within China on different issues, especially those related to its self perception and stature in international politics.
Student Engagement Competition
We are looking for the best suggestion as to how to improve student engagement with us.
A report published by the NUS cites the following definition of student engagement:
“Student engagement” means involving students as active participants in the development, delivery, management and improvement of their educational experience.
It cited this account of why student engagement is important:
The Cross-Sector Group has also defined why they consider student engagement to be important: Universities are communities of learning achieved through a partnership between staff and students. A committed partnership between students, as active participants, and the staff at an institution will open up possibilities for authentic and constructive dialogue, offering the opportunity for more holistic and reflective feedback and enhancement of learning.
How might this engagement in PAIS be improved?
A Prize Competition
If you have a suggestion for how to improve this type of engagement in PAIS, we want to hear from you! Submit your idea(s) by 3 March 2013 for review. There is a £200 cash prize for the best suggestion, and all suggestions will be taken on board as we seek to improve the way that staff and students work together to improve our department.
This competition is open to any student taking a module in PAIS, whether you are taking one of our degree programmes or not.
Submit your suggestions here
Two interviews with Stuart Elden
Stuart Elden has been interviewed on two websites recently about his work. First with Peter Sigrist on the Polis website (http://www.thepolisblog.org/2014/01/stuart-elden-interview.html) and second on the Groundwork website of the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy of Kingston University (http://groundworkphilosophy.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/interview-with-stuart-elden/).
Both interviews cover Stuart's work, past, present and future, and related issues about publishing, blogging and universities today.
Hungry for Feedback
Hungry for Feedback is the SU’s annual campaign gathering student opinions on the feedback they receive from their departments. This year they will be focusing on the quality rather than the timeliness of the feedback.
The aim of the survey is to help the SU find out what the students believe is the most beneficial feedback and to recognise where they are particularly happy with the feedback provided. We will also be aiming to put together a “good feedback guidebook” that will be useful for students to know what they expect, postgraduates that teach for some extra guidance, and departments looking to improve their feedback quality.