Events

Session abstract:  The Study Skills team at Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) in collaboration with a Graphic Design staff and students have developed a set of activity cards to help scaffold students’ essay writing from planning through to editing. These are evidence-based activities drawn from in-course subject-specific and open, cross-disciplinary workshops undertaken at AUB and are translated into principles-based activities. They are designed to provide frameworks for academic research, writing and style based specifically in creative disciplines. Students work in pairs or small groups by following a set of prompts within a selected stage of the writing process. The activity cards […]

This #Take5 post if brought to you from Dr Iain Cross and Dr Alina Congreve, who look at the increasing importance for learning developers of the climate emergency and the practical implications it has for their work. In an exciting development, this blogpost has been paired with ALDinHE’s LD@3 programme – and there will be an LD@3 on the 8th June to continue the conversations started here (joining details coming soon to ALDinHE events!). Students and sustainability: a symbiosis that benefits their education and society In this blog, we want to share our ideas and thoughts about teaching climate change with the learning […]

21st May 2021 Attend the next ICALLD symposium over time Updating the Australian University Register of Academic Language and Learning Centres/Units Hosted on Zoom at: Friday May 21 at 8pm AEST Friday May 21 at 10pm in Auckland, Friday May 21 at 6am in Toronto Friday May 21 at 11am in UK Event Abstract: The Australian University Register of Academic Language and Learning Centres/Units summarises the provision of Academic Language and Learning (ALL) services available across the Australian university sector. Information and data from 39 universities, government sources and ALL educators assisted production of the original AALL Register. This register was […]

Following on from the successful VUVA event, you are warmly invited to attend Bournemouth University’s (BU) free, open-to-all Women’s Academic Network @ BU Q&A panel webinar event focusing on one of the most critical and timely of topics facing UK HE today. The webinar is Thursday 22nd April 2 – 4pm via Zoom.  For more details and Registration, book via Eventbrite.

Here are a few tips to make the most of #ALDcon21: Make connections! Be active, rather than participating passively in our virtual conference. Connections you make during #ALDcon21 become exponentially stronger when you do get the chance to meet in-person in the future. Chat real-time! Get involved in the chat and breakout discussions during sessions to share insights and ah-ha moments. Being online you can interact in deep ways with one another including at our virtual food and drink tent and over a beverage at our virtual pub crawl. Be prepared! Log into the conference website and take a look […]

Embracing the new: women leading and influencing in VUCA times Sponsored by: The Women’s Academic Network (Bournemouth University) and the Association for Learning Developers in HE (ALDinHE) Facilitated by: Debbie Holley (Bournemouth University) Carina Buckley (Solent University) Kate Coulson (University of Northampton) and Erika Corradini (University of Southampton) How do we move from volatile, complex, uncertain, ambiguous (VUCA) environments to the definition of a vision, to creating understanding to establishing trust and transparent processes, to building up resilience? A group of women in leadership met to discuss these themes and joined together to lead a workshop celebrating International Womens Day […]

Notice is hereby given of the Annual General Meeting of the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education, to be held online at 15:40 on Thursday 8th April 2021. Further details about the AGM are available here. A key matter for the AGM is the election of new members to the Steering Group of the Association. Self-nominations are now invited from members of ALDinHE who have the enthusiasm and experience to enable the Association to flourish, working with friendly and supportive colleagues on the Steering Group. Further details about the Steering Group and a self-nomination form can be found on our AGM website. […]

Attend #ALDcon21 7th – 9th April 2021 There’s a lot going on this month in ALDinHE with our annual conference taking place fully online this year, 7 – 9th April 2021. If you haven’t yet booked, you can do so from our dedicated conference website. This 19th edition of our well-established and expanding annual conference is focused around four broad strands: 1. Advocacy for Learning Development 2. Creativity for change 3. Embracing diversity 4. Digital equality We have an exciting programme at this conference that will allow members to reflect upon and celebrate our past accomplishments, renew friendships and extend […]

Nominations are invited from colleagues by sending a brief (300 words) account of a practitioner’s contribution to learning development to admin@aldinhe.ac.uk Tell us how they have made a difference to students and we will celebrate their achievements. The call for applications is now open. Applications close on Monday 22nd March 2021. Our previous winner and nominees can be found here for: 2020 Some guidelines: You can nominate a colleague at your own institution or a different one. You can nominate yourself! The nominations will be reviewed by a committee of our Emeritus members The committee will be looking for a link to […]

Date / Time: Tuesday 2nd March – 3pm  Location: Online via Zoom – Meeting ID:  872 3622 6036 – Passcode: ncb97=TS Presenters: Debbie Holley and Heidi Singleton, Department of Nursing Sciences, Bournemouth University  Description:  The JISC ‘Student digital experience insights survey’ was recently released, summarising the experiences of over 20,000 HE students at a range of 28 HE institutions. One surprising finding was that only 20% of students gain any ‘real life’ simulation experiences as part of their degree, and these tend to be in engineering design and healthcare. However, our experiences show that with very basic equipment (a SMART phone with internet […]