• October
• May
• April
• March
• February

October

School academics gain recognition for books

Congratulations go to Prof. Lynn Davies whose book Education and Conflict (Routledge 2003) has been awarded first prize (£2,000) by the Society for Education Studies. Every year the SES invites publishers to submit books they think are especially scholarly for consideration for the book prize. The committee read many many books over the summer and agreed that her book met all the criteria and was of exceptional merit.

Congratulations also go to Geoff Teece. The Shap Working Party for World Religions in Education (Est 1969) is an esteemed body within the world of religious education. Each year it makes a Shap Award for a book judged to have made a marked contribution to the field. This year the Award has been made for Geoff Teece's Religious Education: a pocket guide to the primary curriculum, (Scholastic 2001).

May

Final Year Student Art Shows

Wednesday 25th May will be the opening night of the final year students art exhibition (by invitation only). Students from Performing and Visual Arts, English/English/Art and Childhood studies will be presenting visual work in a variety of media and formats.

This year, as well as work from level 3 art modules we will be displaying versions of some practical dissertations. These include a large sound/video installation on George Cadbury Hall stage and a film.

The exhibition will be open to the public for viewing on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sat 28th May.

On Thursday 26th May, third year music students from Performing and Visual Arts will present a performance of a piece devised by themselves as part of their final practical project. Performance commences 7:00 in George Cadbury Hall. Entrance free.

April

Technology Solutions for Special Needs

using Virtual Reality to teach individuals with Autism about imagination (& other developments)

Gerardo Herrera & Lucia Vera (Institute of Robotics, University of Valencia) Presentation on research & development with Professor Rita Jordan

VJ Theatre School of Education

Friday 15th April 11 am to 12.30 pm

March

The School hosts the University of Birmingham Annual Teaching Conference 2005

March 2nd from 09.00 hrs to 16.10 hrs in the School of Education Building.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Liz Beaty, Director of Learning and Teaching, HEFC

Building upon last year's successful Teaching Conference, this year's event will give an equally rich picture of developments in learning and teaching, with a range of presentations from colleagues on campus and external speakers.

The national agenda will be given by the lunchtime (1 p.m.--2p.m.) Keynote Speaker, Dr. Liz Beaty, Director of Learning and Teaching at the Higher Education Funding Council, who will discuss current HEFCE plans, policies and issues. The rest of the Conference presentations will cover three broad themes:

• The Undergraduate Experience, including Employability and Entrepreneurship
• The Postgraduate Experience
• Innovations & Professional Development for those involved in learning and teaching.

Each strand will give an up-to-the minute account of developments currently at the forefront of the national agenda in learning and teaching.

All colleagues with an interest in learning and teaching are invited to attend all or any of the sessions, in any of the strands. It is NOT necessary to book beforehand, and time has been left between sessions for people to move between the lecture venues, all of which are in the Education building.

A paper booklet of Conference abstracts has been distributed widely to academic and academic-related staff within the University.

February

Students perform classic "Our Town" play in George Cadbury Hall

The second year School of Education Performing and Visual Arts drama students are putting on the classic American play 'Our Town' by Thornton Wilder in George Cadbury Hall.

The play is an ambitious, technically complex and often moving piece about life, love and death in a small American town in the early years of the 20th century. It is directed by Dr. Tom Gorman.

Dates: Thursday 24th, Friday 25th, Saturday 26th February
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: George Cadbury Hall, Bristol Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham
Entrance is free

There will be two intervals in the play with refreshments.