HEA Wales / SALT seminar - By hook or by crook? Issues and solutions in addressing unfair practice

Tuesday 3rd May 2011 - Abbey Building - Council Chamber - 13:00 - 16:30 Information about the event: This one-day, interactive event will provide opportunities to explore the perennial difficulty of unfair practice by students, and in particular plagiarism, focusing on some of the underlying issues and highlighting potential approaches to tackle the problem. Drawing on the experiences, practice and/or research of colleagues in a variety of roles, the event will centre around four key areas:

• Assessment strategies to minimise unfair practice possibilities


• Supporting students’ academic skills development


• Improving and implementing policies for unacceptable academic practice


• Using text-matching tools effectively

The aim is for delegates to consider, discuss and refine ideas for enhancing their personal and institutional practice in this area drawing on insights emerging from the event.

Speakers:

• Erica Morris (HEA & Academic Integrity Service)


• Julia Fallon & Neil Wellman (UWIC)


• Sandra George & Pete Hanratty (Swansea)


• Mark Goode (UWIC)


• Paul Latreille (Swansea)


• Huw Morris (Swansea)


• Karen Morrow (Swansea)


• Jane Thomas (Swansea)


• Luke James (Swansea SU)

Bookings:

To book for this event, please email Amy Rowlands [a.rowland@swansea.ac.uk]. 60 places available on first-come, first-served basis.

Last chance to book - Structured personal tutoring

HEA Research Seminar Series 2009: Access and Success for All

Structured personal tutoring to engage undergraduate students on professional programmes

Swansea University, Room 231, Glyndwr building, School of Health Science

Wednesday 8 July, 12:00 – 16:30 (lunch included)

Drawing on the experiences of academics involved in personal tutoring and using cases from undergraduate professional health care programmes as exemplars, the seminar will examine the following key issues:

The challenges of personal tutoring in the era of mass higher education;

• Supporting and operationalising cultural change in personal tutoring in a research led institution;
• The aims and benefits of a structured approach to personal tutoring in professional healthcare programmes;
• The 'emotional labour' of personal tutoring.

Speakers:
Tessa Watts, Senior Lecturer
Angela Williams, Lecturer
David Gallimore, Tutor
Mike McIvor, Lecturer
Andrew Evered, Tutor

Bookings: Please email bookings to Jean Phillips
j.c.phillips@swansea.ac.uk

30 places available on first-come, first-served basis.

E for Enhancement follow up

The post-event webpage for the E for Enhancement Conference, a collaboration between HEFCW /JISC RSC Wales/ HE Academy can be found via the following link: http://www.hefcw.ac.uk/Learning_and_Teaching/5683.htm. Most of the presentations from the day have been collected and uploaded to the page.

The theme of the conference was technology enhanced learning and teaching in higher education. Professor Stephen Heppell, visiting Professor at University of Wales, Newport, provided a key note address. There was also a key presentation on the outcomes of the Gwella Project, delivered by the HE Academy. The conference was chaired by Sean Mackney, Deputy Chief Executive of the HE Academy.