AISHE-J Special Issue - Call for Papers

Embedding Entrepreneurship in Higher Education Institutions

The All Ireland Society for Higher Education, AISHE, has issued a Call for Papers for its upcoming special issue Embedding Entrepreneurship in Higher Education Institutions: Reconceptualizing entrepreneurship education.

The Guest Editors of this special issue will be Professor Colette Henry (DkIT) and Professor Pauric McGowan (UU). Submission of short abstracts (400 words) to guest editors is by 17th April 2015 (collete.henry@dkit.ie, p.mcgowan@ulster.ac.uk). The publication date is expected to be February 2016. You can read more on the AISHE website at http://www.aishe.org/2015/03/23/auto-draft/

AISHE-J Special Issue on Leadership in Academic and Educational Development in Higher Education Published

An AISHE-J Special Issue undertaken by EDIN in collaboration with AISHE has now been published. The journal Special Issue took as its theme Leadership in Academic and Educational Development in Higher Education.

The special issue includes four substantive research papers, and a series of reflections and reviews of practice. All contributions were invited on this occasion, and the research includes work from Ireland as well as internationally. You can access the full text articles at the AISHE-J site here.

EDIN will shortly convene a more formal launch event to take place later this spring. In the meantime we acknowledge sincerely the work of all of the authors contributing to the special issue, and in particular our colleagues Saranne Magennis (AISHE) and Dr Alison Farrell (formerly of EDIN's Committee) for their very hard work in producing this special issue.

Upcoming EDIN Event at UCC

Museums in Education: An Alternative Approach for Educational Developers
Wednesday 21st January 2015, UCC, Cork
10.30am-1.30pm

This event, supported by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, will give participants the opportunity to engage with a current exhibition in the Glucksman Gallery, UCC, from the perspective of teaching and learning.

We will draw on the Project MUSE (Museums in Education) approach, and Howard Gardner’s Entry Points to Learning to inform exploration and discussion. A visit to the exhibition, Selective Memory: Artists in the Archive will be included as central to this event, to prompt reflection and discussion in an unfamiliar and unique setting. The event concludes with lunch at the Glucksman Gallery.

To register for this event, please email claire.mcavinia@dit.ie by Friday 16th January, noting any dietary and/or accessibility requirements you might have. Thank you.

EDIN/HECA Collaborative Project:
Identifying the Professional Development Needs of Part-Time Academics 

EDIN and HECA are undertaking a collaborative project to identify the professional development needs of part-time academic staff within Higher Education Institutions in Ireland. The project has been funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. Its aim is to deliver a research-informed analysis of professional development needs for the target group to inform continuing professional development programmes for these staff in the future. The outcomes of the project may help to inform further work by the National Forum on professional development for academic staff across the sector in Ireland. The project is being implemented between September 2014 and May 2015. An independent Researcher, Dr Ann Coughlan, is leading the research on behalf of EDIN and HECA.

Full details of the project are available on its website at: http://parttimelecturingproject.wordpress.com/

Questionnaire now online here
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BQ99SCS 

We would be delighted if you could circulate these links to part-time colleagues in your own institutions.

Call for papers - joint journal issue between AISHE and EDIN

EDIN will partner with AISHE to produce a joint special issue of the All Ireland Journal for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (AISHE J), for publication on 28 February, 2015.

The theme of the journal is Leadership in Educational and Academic Development.

If you would like to contribute to this journal issue please forward a 300 word abstract to Saranne Magennis, Editor, AISHE J, at sp.magennis@nuim.ie on or before Monday June 30th.  

EDIN and AISHE will jointly host a 2-day writing workshop in September for contributors to this issue.  In order to get the maximum benefit from this event all contributors should bring with them a full draft of their article.

The closing date for submission to AISHE J for this themed issue will be 1 October 2014, to allow time for the peer review process to take place.

National Forum Seminar Series - Schedule Published

The schedule of 62 seminars funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning has now been published on its website at http://teachingandlearning.ie/seminar-series

The February Bulletin from the National Forum has also been published online, including the announcement of the Forum's Patron, Prof. Mary McAleese, the launch of the Teaching Heroes awards, and updates on both the National Seminar Series and Insights papers.

New NAIRTL Publication - Threshold Concepts: From personal practice to communities of practice

A new NAIRTL publication encourages teachers in Higher Education to focus on building students’ understanding of key concepts rather than teaching an ever expanding list of topics.

Featuring international pedagogical experts in the area of Higher Education, Threshold Concepts: from personal practice to communities of practice, brings together key insights from a recent NAIRTL conference on the topic of Threshold Concepts. An online version of the publication is available to download from the NAIRTL website, http://www.nairtl.ie, and videos of the keynote presentations from the NAIRTL Threshold Concepts conference can also be accessed at http://www.nairtl.ie/conference2012.

Discussions concerning Threshold Concepts will continue this summer at the upcoming 5th Biennial Threshold Concepts Conference in Durham, England. For full details go to http://www.dur.ac.uk/education/cap/conferences/thresholds2014/.