ESCalate Bulletin No. 72 (1 July 2011)

If you are thinking of going to a conference this summer/autumn watch out for members of the ESCalate team and also our grant funded project teams who hope to be attending and talking about their project findings.

HEA Conference - July 2011

Jan McArthur - Work-based Learning Pedagogies and Academic Development

Sheena Banks - Understanding Pedagogy in Online Doctoral Learning

Ruth Pilkington - Using reflective dialogue to assess professional learning

Kerry Harman - Work-based Learning Pedagogies and Academic Development

Jocelyn Wishart, Andrew Pollard and Julian Priddle (ESCalate)

BERA - September 2011

Viv Griffiths - An investigation into the impact and effectiveness of beginning and early career primary teachers, trained on a work-based learning route, in the delivery of primary languages at Key Stage 2

Sheena Banks - Understanding Pedagogy in Online Doctoral Learning

Alice Collett - Is University really for everyone?

Nigel Beacham - Developing NQTs e-pedagogies for inclusion

Jacquleine Stevenson - Understanding the value of extra-curricular activities in creating graduates with impact in education

Andrew Pollard (ESCalate Director)

BESA - September 2011

Alice Collet - Is University really for everyone?

Sean MacBlain - Meeting the Every Child Matters agenda and the challenge for employers: a tale of two cities

UCET - November 2011

Viv Griffiths - An investigation into the impact and effectiveness of beginning and early career primary teachers, trained on a work-based learning route, in the delivery of primary languages at Key Stage 2

The ESCalate Team

SRHE - December 2011

Gina Wisker - Troublesome Encounters: Strategies for managing the wellbeing of Postgraduate Education students during their learning processes

Jan McArthur - Work-based Learning Pedagogies and Academic Development

Simon Hoult - Research Informed Pedagogy for the 21st Century Teacher

Kerry Harman - Work-based Learning Pedagogies and Academic Development

If you would like a copy of any of our recent publications please email Teresa Nurser with your mailing details and she will be happy to send a copy out to you.

• The Doctorate: international stories of the UK experience
• Ten Years of National Teaching Fellowships: four stories from education
• Making mobile learning work: case studies of practice
• Teacher Education in transition: the changing landscape across the UK

• Students as change agents, new ways of engaging with learning and teaching in Higher Education

• Newsletter Issue 19 - Spring 2011

The three confirmed appointments are:

Head of Social Sciences. Dr John Craig. John will join on secondment from
Teesside where he is Assistant Dean in the Faculty of Social Sciences and
Law. John chairs the C-SAP advisory board.

Head of STEM - Dr Janet De Wilde. Janet joins from the University of
Edinburgh, where she is the Executive Manager of the SINAPSE (Scottish
Imaging Network). This is a pan-Scotland initiative bringing together
academic and clinical experts from a wide range of disciplines to develop
skills in medical imaging.

Head of Health Sciences – Dr Geoff Glover. Geoff joins from the East
Midlands Health Innovation Educational Cluster, to which he was seconded
from the University of Derby,  developing education and training programmes
with service colleagues from health and social care within the East
Midlands region.

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