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New to Teaching in GEES 13-14 May, RGS (with IBG). Welcome. Dr Anne Wheeler HEA Discipline Lead – GEES a nne.wheeler@heacademy.ac.uk - Until 27 June After 27 June - stem@heacademy.ac.uk. Icebreaker. Individual Interviews (5 mins )
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Welcome Dr Anne Wheeler HEA Discipline Lead –GEES anne.wheeler@heacademy.ac.uk - Until 27 June After 27 June - stem@heacademy.ac.uk
Icebreaker Individual Interviews (5 mins) Each delegate interviews his or her partner whilst ‘paired up’: Share your name, department or role in your HEI, length of service, …and one little known fact about yourself! Group Feedback (10 mins) Assemble into ‘two pairs’ as a new group and reconvene; each person introduces their interviewee to the other group members…
Question What are you hoping to get from the New to Teaching Workshop over the next 2 days?
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Day 2 - Opportunities to get involved • Support for every stage of your career http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/individuals • Sign up to My Academy http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/my_academy
HEA Support for Your Career • Dr Anne Wheeler, GEES Discipline Lead
2013/14 resources produced • Google Earth Blogby Richard Treves, including link to a set of tutorials http://googleearthdesign.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/back-to-school-google-earth-for-teachers.html • Re-thinking undergraduate students’ transitions to, through and out of university: examples of good practice in GEES disciplinesby Simon Tate and Peter Hopkins on supporting students through transitions. • How to succeed at university in GEES disciplines: using online data for independent researchby Richard Waller and David.M. Schultz focuses on using online data for independent research in GEES disciplines. • A briefing report on GEES field courses to the Global SouthElspeth Robson and Katie Willis.
2014 resources coming up! • How to Succeed at University in GEES Disciplines: Making the best use of information resources. Richard Waller (Keele University) and David M. Scultz (University of Manchester). • Inclusivity in Fieldwork Practice. Richard Phillips (University of Sheffield) and Helen Walkington (Oxford Brookes University). • Students as Researchers. Helen Walkington (Oxford Brookes University).
Support Development Raising the status of teaching, and the professionalisation of teaching. Employability Education for sustainable development (ESD) Internationalisation Student engagement / students as partners Discipline support Technology enhanced and flexible learning Widening participation: inclusivity, retention and success Postgraduate provision
Award and recognition • Fellowship of the HEA will become more important for career progression: • 3 routes: • Accredited PGCert • Individual application to the HEA • Institutional accredited scheme
Engagement is key - • Communicate with HEA and the STEM team (stem@heacademy.ac.uk) • Attend events, host events • Use / suggest resources • Apply for grants • Subscribe to the STEM newsletter: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/my_academy • http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/disciplines/geography-earth-environmental-sciences • Email anne.wheeler @heacademy.ac.ukTwitter @GEES_HEA