SEDA Spring Conference 2008

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Registration and coffee

Keynote

Higher Education Plc: the commodification of teachers and learners in the global education market

Stephen J Ball, Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education, Department of Educational Foundations and Policy Studies and Centre for Critical Education Policy Studies, Institute of Education, University of London

Parallel Session 1

1. Development Through Data: students' expectations and teachers' perceptions
   Antonia Walker and Paul Hyland
   
   
2. Whose Curriculum is it anyway? Involving students in curriculum design and development
   Ann Rumpus and Fiona Campbell
   
   
3. Understanding Students' Prior Experiences and Expectations of Assessment and Feedback
   Graham Holden, Chris Glover, Alison Hramiak and Lucy Davies
   
   
4. Do Indicators Such as the National Student Survey (NSS) Help or Hinder Endeavours to Enhancce the Student Experience
   Julia Phelps, Josephine Walsh and Peter Jeffreys
   
   
5. Involving Students in Developing Assessments for Practice Settings
   Ceridwen Coulby and Helen Mistry
   
   

6. Placing Student Voices at the Heart of Institutional Dialogue
   Abbi Flint and Anne Oxley
   
   
7. Enhancing the First Year Experience: responsive curriculum change as a tool to create and sustain student motivation to learn
   Catherine Sanderson
   
   
8. Hearing the Voices and Altering the Discourse
   Heather Symonds and Gaynor Gray
   
   
9. International Students, Academic Writing and Plagiarism
   Terry Wareham, Lucas Introna, Niall Hayes and Edgar Whiteley
   
   
10. 13.30 - 14.15 How can a Customer Relationship Management System Help us to Collect and Respond to Student Views?
    Steven Collis and Carl Jones
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    14.15 - 15.00 Lessons Learned From my Supervisor
    Loraine Cook
    
    

Parallel Session 3

11. The Student Perspective on Enhancing their Experience of, and Engagement with, their Studies
    Colin Bryson, Len Hand and Christine Hardy
    
    
12. Bridging the Gap: supporting students with mental health difficulties/distress
    Anthony Brand and Jaki Lilly
    
    
13. Re-Freshers: student centred and student designed engagement
    Jeanne Hill
    
    
14. The Role of Higher Education: educator and student perspectives
    Morven Shearer
    
    
15. Southampton Solent University Student Feedback Project
    Sara Briscoe and Susan Patrick
    
    

16.10 - 17.40

Parallel Session 4

16. Lessons to be Learned From an Online Questionnaire Survey of Students' Expectations of a Research-based Curriculum
    Pete Smith
    
    
17. Still Struggling with PDP?
    Peter Lumsden and Danni Ryan
    
    
18. Managing Expectations: bridging the gap between students' wants and needs - and ours
    Phil Race
    
    
19. '....They should make feel like it's home....': towards understanding the expectations and experiences of first year international students
    Silvia Sovic and Ellen Sims
    
    

Drinks reception and dinner