Liminality, Uncertainty and Troublesome Knowledge in Learning at Work with Professor Karen Evans 20th June, 11am – 12:30pm (UK) Virtual Event This talk explores the learning generated through engagement with troublesome knowledge in changing work contexts. Liminality is integral to the post-qualification experiences of occupational groups profoundly impacted by disruptive societal changes. Workers in health…
Category: Work and Learning Past Events
Workshop: Digital Storytelling: A Method For Poetic Reflection In Higher Education Yngve Nordkvelle, Professor of Education at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer 19th May 11:00am to 12:30pm
The workshop will convey some of the comprehensive and philosophical arguments for the sake of using digital stories and digital storytelling in higher education, and that such activities will build on solid ground. It will also demonstrate that digital storytelling will serve its cause in analytically different contexts: for discovery, for teaching and learning and…
Seminar Series ‘Cognitive Overload and the Work Place’ with Professor Sarah Corrie 4th April 1pm
4th April 1pm – 2:30 pm ((UK time) Virtual Event Cognitive Overload and the Work Place: Protecting our Brains in a World of Too Much with Professor Sarah Corrie In recent years, and even more so since the COVID-19 pandemic, the wellbeing agenda has garnered significant attention in the work place. This has…
Activism as Leadership with Dr Jan Etienne
‘Activism as Leadership: Black feminist politics of resistance, impact and change’ About this event How do Black women at the sharp end of activist struggle propel, collaborate, and inspire? Dr Etienne will be speaking on the topic of leadership, referring to Chapter 2 ‘Black women academics: Politics of representation and community activism in the African…
New Article: Legal safeguarding for work-based learners in creative educational models by Elda Nikolou-Walker
Nikolou-Walker, Elda (2020) Legal safeguarding for work-based learners in creative educational models. Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 9 (2) , 3. pp. 55-72. ISSN 2044-7868 This article considers the extent to which the legal framework of Higher Education in the UK (2000- 2010) responded to the needs of the professional work-based student, while in both employment and study….
Symposium: Professional Doctorates – Mental health and emotional wellbeing
This event was hosted online on the 10th July 2020 and can be watched here:
Conversation: Dr Gillian Houston talks to Dr Pauline Armsby as part of the International Conference on Professional & Practice Based Doctorates
Online Workshop: Publishing Pedagogical Research – Strategies for those who wish to publish about Teaching and Learning, with Professor David Boud
This event was hosted on the 2nd July 2020. Publishing Pedagogical Research: Strategies for those who wish to publish about Teaching and Learning Being an academic involves not only publishing in one’s own discipline, but for those with a particular interest in teaching, it increasingly means publishing about teaching and learning. The range of things…
Webinar: Supporting Apprentices To Complete Work-Based Projects When Working Remotely, with panellist Dr Paula Nottingham
This event was hosted on 15th June 2020 by the Society for Education and Training. During the coronavirus pandemic, learning providers and employers have been encouraged to support apprentices to continue with their training programmes, where it has been possible to do so. A large number of apprentices have continued their learning, even if they…
Workshop: Legal Safeguarding for Work Based Learners in Creative Educational Models, with Dr Elda Nikolou-Walker
This online event was hosted on 2nd June 2020. It explored the legal safeguarding frameworks surrounding work based learners, working within creative educational models.