QAA Higher Education in Further Education Colleges Liaison
Group and the Higher Education AcademyFurthering Higher Education 2009: Improving the HE in FE student experience
Friday 30 January 2009
Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET
This one day event aims to promote good practice and offer practical advice for lecturers of higher education in further education colleges. It will also provide an opportunity to highlight some of the examples of good practice in HEFCE's forthcoming publication 'Supporting higher education in further education colleges'.
The event will provide an opportunity for lecturers of higher education in further education colleges to develop their knowledge of good practice, understand how different strategies, approaches and examples of good practice might be applied in their own college to have a beneficial impact on the student experience. It will also offer delegates an opportunity to network with colleagues from other colleges.
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Further information
For further details about this event, please contact Ann-Marie Powell or Shauni Weaver:
The Quality
Assurance Agency for
Higher Education,
Southgate House, Southgate Street, Gloucester GL1
1UB
Tel: 01452 557132 or 01452 557191; Fax: 01452 557101 Email: dissemination@qaa.ac.uk
The event fee is £105 per delegate.
Please note that due to limited places being available we can only confirm bookingsfor two delegates per institution in the first instance. If more than two people from the institution are interested in attending, they will be placed on a reserve list and places will be allocated if they are available after the closing date of 9 January.
Outline programme (subject to change)
| 10.00 | Registration and refreshments |
| 10.30 | Welcome and introductions |
| 10.45 | Introduction to HEFCE’s ’Supporting higher education in further education colleges‘. Penny Blackie (Independent Consultant) and Anne Thompson (Research Associate, University of Sheffield) |
| 11.30 | Workshop session 1 - delegates will be able to choose from a range of parallel sessions on topics relating to developments of HE in FE (subject to availability) |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 | Workshop session 2 |
| 14.30 | Workshop session 3 |
| 15.30 | Close |
Workshop topics
To include (subject to availability):
- improving higher education student retention
- managing student transition (from further education to higher education and within higher education)
- providing information advice and guidance (IAG) for higher education students
- using the Academic Infrastructure, particularly in student assessment
- work-based learning and assessment in higher education programmes
- teaching and learning at higher education level
- working with the Higher Education Academy Subject Centres
- higher education marketing
- higher education programme specifications
- hearing the student voice – developing the role of course representatives
- developing students’ reflective skills
- what's going on in higher education in further education colleges in 2008-09.
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