External events
A wide variety of organisations run events relevant to healthcare education, for free or for a registration, some of which are listed in this RSS feed provided by the subject centres.
Events from the Higher Education Academy
Teaching Development Grants: Project development Workshop *A Health Science Highlight Series Workshop*
The Health Science Teaching and Development Grant team are piloting a Project Development Workshop, this day-long event offers the following sessions: how to identify relevant funding; writing successful bids; networking with other grant holders; sharing project success; one to one surgery with HEA Discipline or Academic Leads (these are staff responsible for a specific discipline - in your case ... more
Student Engagement in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
ESD necessitates changes being made to dominant ways of both teaching and learning. Change requires activists, champions, pioneers and trailblazers to both stimulate and sustain it. Engagement with the ideas, issues and challenges posed by sustainability is a crucial first step in creating such change. more
11 Surveys for Enhancement Conference
Call for Contributions The Higher Education Academy is hosting a one-day conference on 17 May 2012 at the National College for School Leadership, Nottingham. more
GLAD Conference 2012: It started with a KIS! Group for Learning in Art and Design
Responding to the HEFCE requirement for all courses to publish Key Information Sets (KIS) for prospective students in 2012 this year's GLAD conference will offer delegates an opportunity to learn more about these KIS statements. The conference will focus on three components of the KIS statements; national student survey scores, contact hours and employment statistics collected six months after gra... more
The Future of Creative Education: The third national Ukadia conference 2012
This year's event held will focus on the opportunities offered by the changing landscape in education policy and funding, notwithstanding the challenges that are ahead. more
Tackling Transition: Peer Mentoring as a Route to Student Success
This event is being hosted as part of the Higher Education Academy's Workshop and Seminar Series 2012. more
HEA STEM: Understanding Engineering fundamentals: how and why are they ‘fundamental’? (Engineering)
Many Engineering faculties and departments are considering or have recently considered the role of experiential learning in their curricula: whether they do enough to inculcate the skills and abilities that real world engineers draw on, and how they could do this better. This is in tandem with the growing popularity of the notion that to be an engineer is to behave as an engineer and this has cons... more
Pedagogies of Hope and Opportunity: The Higher Education Academy Arts and Humanities Annual Conference, 2012.
Save the date! The Higher Education Academy’s first annual learning and teaching conference for the Arts and Humanities will take place on Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 May 2012 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow. more
HEA STEM: Writing for Publication
The aim of this workshop is to encourage and help Academics write for journals, submit their work for conferences and to improve chances of having papers accepted. more
How to do Relationship-Based Social Work: A Dissemination of Good Practice
The day is focused on “How to do Relationship-Based Social Work” and has been developed to reflect the emphasis of the Social Work Reform Board recommendations and the Munro Report’s findings. The day has been designed in conjunction with the Centre of Social Work Practice based at the Tavistock and Portman Institute who are partners of the University of Essex. more
Aggregated events from other places
Universities challenged: shaping a higher education sector fit for the future
Wed 8 February 2012
Universities Challenged: Shaping a Higher Education Sector Fit for the Future Central LondonWednesday 8th February 2012 In recent years, the UK’s higher education sector’s world-class standing has been put under considerable pressure by the impact of fewer resources and the accelerating standards of, and investment in, higher education globally.At a time of enormous change in the secto... more
Developing and supporting the curriculum theme regional roadshow events across Scotland
Thu 9 February 2012
The Developing and Supporting the Curriculum Theme will be hosting a number of regional roadshow events across Scotland early in the new Year. Key dates are:Glasgow: Glasgow University, 1 February 2012 (10-1.30pm)Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University, 9 February (10-1.30pm)Dundee: Abertay Dundee University 29 February (afternoon 12-5pm) The aim of these events is to introduce you to the work... more
End of Life Care Commissioning
Thu 9 February 2012
Health and social care commissioners in England are operating in a time of considerable change. This one day conference provides an important update on GP consortia with a focus on commissioning for high quality end of life care. It will bring together a variety of professionals who specialise in palliative care and can teach you how to improve patient experience. You will learn about the challeng... more
Electronic document management
Thu 9 February 2012
This one day conference provides delegates with the opportunity to hear from a variety of healthcare professionals on topics including; Electronic patient records: where does electronic document management fit in? Preparing for electronic records management: getting the paper records management systems right first Developing the business case for electronic document management Information governan... more
Winter conference 2012 postgraduate higher education – the forgotten sector?
Fri 10 February 2012
The theme of this year’s conference has emerged from feedback from UKCGE’s member institutions, some of whom feel there is a policy gap in the UK with regard to postgraduate education. The White Paper (2011) made it clear that the current government’s focus is on undergraduate education; however, the ‘Smith’ report (2010) authors, when addressing their Foreword to the... more
Reflective learning
Wed 15 February 2012
This online course provides a broad introduction to the topic of reflective learning for those who are promoting this activity with learners. The focus is on the provision of practical ideas that are applicable to working directly with students. There are references to theoretical literature, but no focus on it. In particular the course will address issues of helping learners to start with reflect... more
Appreciative inquiry: translating the theory into practice
Wed 15 February 2012
This workshop aims to investigate ways in which to introduce appreciative enquiry methods, through problem-based learning activities to promote individual learning and creativity. An example of a Level 6 module designed to explore and develop management and entrepreneurial skills of final level occupational therapy students will be used to demonstrate innovation in learning and teaching using appr... more
How do we make sure that involvement of service user and carers in health and social care education is not just LIP service?
Thu 16 February 2012
The focus of the event will be to share practice and experience of involving Service Users and Carers in learning and teaching activities in the School of Health. The workshop will be facilitated by the learning and teaching representatives and Service Users and Carers from the School of Health. more
St George's fundamentals of assessment course
Thu 23 February 2012
This course is for people with an interest in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education who want a comprehensive foundation in the theory and practice of good assessment. No prior knowledge or experience is required. This course will set out fundamental assessment theories and provide hands-on experience of the basic methodologies of constructing a programme of assessment, written item... more
Safeguarding vulnerable adults
Tue 28 February 2012
This one day conference provides delegates with the opportunity to hear from a variety of healthcare professionals on topics including; Safeguarding vulnerable adults in hospitals Improving safeguarding outcomes: implementing the new government policy on adult safeguarding in hospitals Monitoring and regulating safeguarding within hospitals Training and educating frontline hospital staff in safegu... more