2015 Conference Programme
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION: INVESTIGATING PEDAGOGIC RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
PSA/BISA 8TH ANNUAL LEARNING AND TEACHING CONFERENCE
8-9 SPETEMBER, 2015
ROOM 3E12, FRENCHAY CAMPUS, COLDHABOUR LANE, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL
CONFERENCE PROGRAME
Tuesday, 8th September, 2015
09:30 The PSA Education and Skills Committee meeting (Room 4E04) – restricted to committee members
11:00 Registration and morning refreshments (Room 3E24)
11:45 Welcome by Sally Moyle, Head of Department of Health and Social Science, University of the West of England
12:00 Panel Session One: Technology Enhanced Learning and Student Engagement
Chair: Manuel Frutos-Perez, Director of Learning Enhancement, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England
Pete Woodcock, University of Huddersfield, ‘TalkPolitics: moving towards student led discussion of global politics across institutions’
Mark Shanahan, University of Reading, ‘Bringing ‘expert witnesses’ to the classroom’
Andrew Moran, London Metropolitan University, ‘Be careful where you tread – student understanding of their digital footprint’
13.00 Lunch
14:00 Workshop: Technology Enhanced Learning in Practice – facilitated by Chris Pawson, Associate Head of Department for Psychology, Department of Health and Social Sciences, and Manuel Frutos-Perez, Director of Learning Enhancement, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England
15:00 Panel Session Two: Teaching Politics, Doing Politics, Writing Politics
Chair: Dr Stephen Thornton, Senior Lecturer and Programme Director, Politics, Cardiff University
Darcy Leigh and Richard Freeman, Academy of Government, University of Edinburgh, ‘Doing Politics, teaching politics: towards a collaborative case-based pedagogy’
Ruff Mai-Britt, Tobias Heinze, and Ulrich Hamestädt, University of Muenster, ‘Simulation design and vertical team-teaching in higher education’
Michael Barr, Newcastle University, ‘Pedagogies of authenticity: autoethnography and the boundaries of writing and assessment’
16:00 The Alumni voice
Elizabeth Chesnutt and Joshua Plume (UWE Politics Alumni), ‘Politics Alumni reflections on Practice orientated teaching and learning’
16:45 Closing remarks by Professor Phil Cole, Politics and International Relations Programme Leader, Department of Health and Social Sciences, University of the West of England
Wednesday, 9th September, 2015
09:00 Registration and Morning Refreshments (Room 3E24)
10:00 Keynote address: Dr Roberto Espindola, Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching),
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Bradford – Practice-oriented teaching and civic engagement: the mystery citizen approach
10:30 Panel Session Three: Global, Local, Political – Student engagement and participation across cultures, borders and disciplines
Chair: Dr Alison Statham, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University
Valentina Feklyunina, James Bilsland and Michael Barr, Newcastle University,
Learning about Others: Voices from Russia, China and the US in the teaching of comparative politics’
Aslam Wali, University of Bath, ‘Raising cross-cultural awareness through videoconferencing in social sciences classrooms’ (not presenting)
Kathryn Starnes, University of Manchester, ‘Author framing in introductory textbooks: What mother goose can teach us about the globalisation of student engagement’ (not presenting)
Steven Curtis, London Metropolitan University, ‘Teaching with Twitter: Sharing, Assessing, Networking’
12:00 Keynote address: Dr Georgina Blakeley, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences,
the Open University, 'Engaging students? The good, the bad and the beautiful of technology-enhanced learning.'
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Panel Session Four: Critical explorations of student engagement: internships, research and digital imaginary
Chair: Dr Alan Greer, Associate Professor in Politics and Public Policy,
Department of Health and Social Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol
Jacqueline Carter and Kathryn Simpson, University of Manchester, ‘Summer Internships – what works? Evidencing Impact of Undergraduate Quantitative Skills: the case of the University of Manchester Q-Step Centre’
David Roberts and Helen Drake, Loughborough University, ‘The use of digital imagery in student engagement’
15:00 Workshop: Editor for an hour: from classroom to newsroom – facilitated by Myra Lee, Acting Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Sally Reardon, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Phillip Chamberlain, Associate Head of Department for Broadcast and Journalism, School of Film and Journalism, University of the West of England, Bristol
16:00 Panel Session Five: Feeding Student Voice into the Politics and International Relations curriculum
Chair: Dr Lisa Harrison, Associate Dean International and Research Environments, Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education, University of the West of England, Bristol
Dominic Holland, Kevin Love, and Rose Gann, Nottingham Trent University, ‘Neither consumers nor partners: the politics of student engagement in higher education’
Michael, F. Keating, The American International University, London, ‘Assessing assessments: Project Evaluations in Sustainable Development’
16:45 Closing Comments: Gerry Rice, Associate Dean Quality Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol