Reconstructing Professionalism in University Teaching

Symposium and Springboard - September 17th 2001

This web-site contains details of the symposium to be held at the University of Glasgow on 17th September 2001, aimed at widening discussion on the themes explored in the book Reconstructing Professionalism in University Teaching. The book is now out, in the SRHE series of the Open University Press, ISBN 0-333-20816-9. To find out more about the book and the symposium, read the article in the June edition of the University of Glasgow Newsletter.

On this page: [Venue][Timetable][Invited Speakers][Workshops][Cost][Register for the Symposium]

Note that the deadline for registrations is 12pm on Thursday 13th September. This is so that we can let the caterers know the numbers for lunch.

If you are reading this after the deadline, and want to come, please do - we would like very much for you to be there. Note however that we won't be able to provide lunch, only morning & afternoon coffee/tea. If you are in this situation, please e-mail Quintin, so that we know to expect you.

Key details about the Symposium are as follows:

• Venue - Gilmorehill Centre - This converted church houses the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at Glasgow University, and provides a cultural focal point for the University. We will be using the cinema, break-out rooms and other quirky areas of the building during the day.
  Maps of the local area and national and local travel information are available here.
  
  
• Preliminary Timetable
  NOTE - we're starting sharp at 10am - so please arrive at least 10 minutes earlier
  

  10.00		Plenary: Towards a New Professionalism in University Teaching?
  11.00		Coffee/Tea
  11.30		Workshops - Teachers and Learners in Action
  1.00		Lunch
  2.00		Workshops - Teachers and Learners in Action
  3.15		Coffee/Tea
  3.30		Plenary - Endings and Beginnings
  5.00		Close
  Evening		Optional dinner and movie

  
  We will also be arranging dinner for those who can stay, and who wish to continue the dialogue that we will all have generated. After this we'll be showing a film at the venue that is in spirit with the stuff of the symposium.
  
  
• Invited speakers - Professor Ron Barnett and Professor Stephen Rowland.
  
  
• Workshops - We intend to explore the issues raised in the book using workshops that will take many different forms. Our goal is for all to participate and for all to be heard. The workshops will run in two parallel streams, in the morning and afternoon. Brief abstracts for the workshops can be found here. Please consider which workshops you would like to attend before coming.
  
  
• Cost - There is a flat fee of £15 for the symposium.

Registering for the Symposium

Use the form below if you wish to find out more about, or to book a place on, the symposium.