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Centre for Bioscience Representatives' Forum
7-8th September 2005
Bodington Hall, University of Leeds
Twenty-eight delegates gathered at Bodington Hall to
meet with other Bioscience Representatives and contacts. The Forum was an opportunity to meet with colleagues and catch up on what the Centre for Bioscience and other bioscientists are doing.
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Programme, Wednesday 7th September
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| 12.30 |
Registration; Tea and Coffee |
| 13.00 |
Lunch |
| 14.00 |
Introductions and group discussion
Ian Hughes, Director, Centre for Bioscience |
| 14.05 |
Group
Activity
Ice breaker |
| 14.30 |
Learning and Teaching Issues
Mark Huxham, Napier University |
| 15.00 |
Swapshop - Developments in Learning and Teaching:
- Virology: Is it practical? - Brian Martin, University of Birmingham
- A formative essay-writing (peer review) exercise - Alan Fielding, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Integrating Self and Peer-Assessment in an Animal Health Degree. A quick survival guide - Olivier Sparagano, University of Newcastle
- Promoting the biosciences in secondary and primary schools - Chris Branford-White
- Learning from student reflection, a tutor's perspective - Liz Somerville, University of Sussex
- Refreshments
- Missing the point with PowerPoint - David Thurling, Oxford Brookes University
- Students' perception of key skills training: it's how you tell it - Jon Scott, University of Leicester
- Business for the Bio-scientist: A module to develop business awareness in bioscience graduates - Jane Calvert, University of Newcastle
- A national undergraduate e-journal - Celia Knight, University of Leeds
- PROFILE: a generic and highly flexible e-portfolio to remotely track and assess students' learning or personal development planning (PDP) - Stephen Gomez, University of the West of England
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| 17.30 |
Close |
| 17.30 - 19.00 |
Free time |
| 19.00 |
Wine reception |
| 19.30 |
Forum Dinner |
PDF summary
Links to funding opportunities and the Resource Pack for New & Aspiring Lecturers
Link to call for grants to individuals for Teaching Development Projects
New: Link to call for grants to departments for Teaching Development
Resource pack for New and Aspiring Lecturers
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