BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//www.english.heacademy.ac.uk//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.4.3//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME;LANGUAGE=en:English Subject Centre Calendar X-WR-CALDESC;LANGUAGE=en:Events Promoted by the English Subject Centre X-WR-TIMEZONE;LANGUAGE=en:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20100318T050228GMT-15170PS1ZI@www.english.heacademy.ac.uk DTSTAMP:20100318T050228Z DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en:This event\, jointly run with the Subject Centre fo r Languages\, Linguistics and Area Studies is mainly aimed at staff involv ed in developing or delivering undergraduate programmes in English Languag e\, but those involved in teaching or examining AS/ A-level English Langua ge are also welcome. We will be discussing the range of undergraduate degr ee programmes in English Language currently available in the UK\, with pre sentations covering topics such as: how to set up a new programme in Engli sh Language\, the place of Linguistics in English Language degrees and the transition from A-level to undergraduate English Language. There will als o be interactive workshops. DTEND:20100320T000000 DTSTART:20100319T000000 LOCATION;LANGUAGE=en:University of Sheffield \, Exhibition Space\, Jessop W est \, Sheffield SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en:What is an English Language Degree? URL:http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/3345/register END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20100318T050228GMT-1527JCRU6b@www.english.heacademy.ac.uk DTSTAMP:20100318T050228Z DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en:Computer Assisted Assessment in English Studies is being organised by the English Subject Centre in association with the Department of English and Dra ma at the University of Loughborough.

\nAssessment in Engl ish Studies has traditionally been via written exams and course-work\, bot h dominated by the essay. Exams have come under fire in recent years for d isadvantaging students in various ways whilst course-work\, especially in the Google-era\, has been accused of facilitating plagiarism. The purpose of this one day event is to consider how we might develop and vary assessm ent in English\, specifically how we might utilize increasingly sophistica ted online assessment packages.

\n\nWe hope the event will be a n opportunity to explore areas such as:\n\nWe have put together a varied programme incorporating both interactive prese ntations and a practical workshop in the afternoon. Delegates need to brin g a literary passage (max 300 words) of their own choosing. Please registe r below. DTEND:20100325T000000 DTSTART:20100324T000000 LOCATION;LANGUAGE=en:Loughborough University\, Loughborough SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en:Computer Assisted Assessment in English Studies URL:http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/events/event_detail.php?even t_index=268 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20100318T050228GMT-1533H81KTR@www.english.heacademy.ac.uk DTSTAMP:20100318T050228Z DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en:Most people get their first and only experience of modern poetry through school or University. But the way in which students encounter poetry\, and what they expect it to be\, is changing rapidly. Th e new A2 syllabus is introducing creative rewriting and some less filtered context\, and it is not clear that Universities are ready for the new exp ectations this will bring. At the same time\, quite outside the education system or established publishing networks\, young people are consciously m aking a new participative and performance-based poetry for themselves. How do we connect performance culture and creative work with the poetry we te ach? How can we make poetry happen in the class or seminar\, as opposed to merely extracting meanings from it? With participation from poets\, publi shers and teachers\, this event will try to map these new directions and t hen turn to some poets in depth to discuss how we can make creativity\, le arning\, form\, voice and history all coalesce. \n\nAudience: Teachers of poetry at Universities\, Colleges and Schools. Teaching Assistants welcome .\n\n DTEND:20100327T000000 DTSTART:20100326T000000 LOCATION;LANGUAGE=en:Queen Mary\, University of London (Mile End campus)\, G. O. Jones building 602 (no. 15 on Mile End campus map)\, London SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en:Poetry in a Performance Culture URL:http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/events/event_detail.php?even t_index=287 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20100318T050228GMT-1541X0mdG5@www.english.heacademy.ac.uk DTSTAMP:20100318T050228Z DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en:The annual Subject Centre networking day for Subjec t Leaders\, Heads of Department (and related roles) takes place at a momen t of unusual uncertainty and stress in the sector. But this event will com prise more than an exchange of horror stories. The day has three main obje cts. One is to explore the dimensions of the role – the nature of subjec t leadership at this historical moment\, and the possibilities for influen cing change contained within that role. Another is to make available curre nt intelligence – to help colleagues exchange information and to form a richer picture of what is happening across the sector. The third is to ena ble colleagues to formulate ideas and strategies of which they might avail themselves when they return to their institutions. \nThe event will be co mposed of a mix of structured small group and plenary activities as well a s the informal discussions which are always such a valued element of the o ccasion.

The Networking day is free of charge and immediately prec edes the CCUE AGM in Oxford on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th April. \n DTEND:20100423T000000 DTSTART:20100422T000000 LOCATION;LANGUAGE=en:St. Anne's College \, Oxford SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en:Networking Day for Subject Leaders URL:http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/events/event_detail.php?even t_index=280 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20100318T050228GMT-1554hXfbEr@www.english.heacademy.ac.uk DTSTAMP:20100318T050228Z DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en:
\nDigital Writing crosses over Media\, Creati ve Writing\, Art & Design and English departments and demand for more high er education courses continues to grow. How are we meeting that demand an d how is digital writing being taught? This free\, one-day symposium is an opportunity to discuss\, debate and sample Digital Writing with leading p ractitioners and university lecturers.\n\nThese questi ons and others will inform the presentations and discussions.

\n \nThe event takes place at the state-of-the-art Phoenix Square\, in Leices ter where delegates will have the opportunity to participate in a hands-on workshop and demonstration. Undergraduate and postgraduate students are welcome.

\n\nKeynote Address: Henry Volans\, Head of Digital Publis hing\, Faber and Faber

\nConf irmed speakers: Sue Thomas\, Ruth Page and Digital Authors Kate Pullinger\, and Tim Wright .

\n DTEND:20100424T000000 DTSTART:20100423T000000 LOCATION;LANGUAGE=en:Phoenix Square Digital Media Centre (in partnership wi th De Montfort University)\, Leicester SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en:Teaching Digital Writing URL:http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/events/event_detail.php?even t_index=281 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20100318T050228GMT-1563XBsS90@www.english.heacademy.ac.uk DTSTAMP:20100318T050228Z DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en:This one-day workshop is designed to help graduates who are new to teaching in English Literature and have recently\, or will soon\, face their first seminar. Led by English lecturers\, it will be a practical introduction to teaching techniques\, a study on how and what st udents learn in English\, and a chance to reflect on what your teaching ro le is. And of course\, it will be a chance to meet other new graduate teac hers\, to ask difficult questions\, and discover the help that the English Subject Centre offers everyone teaching English in Higher Education. \n\n If you have registered for this event\, make sure that you come prepared w ith knowledge of 2-3 weeks' worth of the texts you are teaching on one of your modules and of the nature of the assessment on that module. DTEND:20100522T000000 DTSTART:20100521T000000 LOCATION;LANGUAGE=en:Queen Mary\, University of London\, London SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en:Introductory day for postgraduate teachers - London URL:http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/events/event_detail.php?even t_index=279 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20100318T050228GMT-1568NCMu5v@www.english.heacademy.ac.uk DTSTAMP:20100318T050228Z DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en:The English Subject Centre\, in collaboration with Anne Benson (Head of the Careers Service at UEA) is convening this fifth m eeting for HE Career Advisers with an interest in the humanities. This yea r the meeting will discuss and share ideas and experiences on the theme of work-related learning. \n\nWork-related learning - which can take a vari ety of forms from the traditional work-placement to simulated work environ ments to enterprise education - is assuming greater significance in humani ties education. How can Careers Advisers work with the growing number of H E professionals (academics\, enterprise units\, employability 'czars') inv olved in work-related learning? What works best for students? This event will look at work-related learning in its widest sense and consider its im plications for humanities students and Careers Services. DTEND:20100710T000000 DTSTART:20100709T000000 LOCATION;LANGUAGE=en:University of Surrey\, Guildford SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en:Networking Day for Humanities Careers Advisers URL:http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/events/event_detail.php?even t_index=267 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20100318T050228GMT-1574tviw7z@www.english.heacademy.ac.uk DTSTAMP:20100318T050228Z DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en:

***CALL FOR PAPERS***

\nMany of the debates which have shaped current literary theory and literature c ourses belong to the period of the 1960s and 1970s. Structuralism and pos t-structuralism\, modernism and post-modernism\, Empire and postcolonialis m\, women's writing and post-feminism are all concepts which have also sha ped the contemporary curriculum. While many current academics in literatu re departments were trained in a context where the theoretical frame owed much to the work emerging out of the movements of the 1960s\, our students have no such history. We are now teaching students for whom the fall of the Berlin wall\, the miners' strike\, Thatcherism\, Reaganism and the wom en's movement are historical phenomena.

\n\nWhat relevance do the arguments that were once so fierce in literature and cultural studies hav e in the current climate for academics and students? As educational polic y moves towards the teaching of skills sets and research is required to ha ve social 'impact'\, what are the politics of teaching literature? And ho w should the curriculum deal with political texts?

\n\nThis study d ay will approach these questions from a range of different perspectives\; educationalists\, policy makers\, literature tutors and students are invit ed to offer papers which could include\, but are not restricted to\, the f ollowing questions:
\n\nWhat is Literature in the twenty first century?
\nHow has Literature been used in the school curriculum?
\nHow can the teaching of Literature have a Green agenda?
\nWhat was the impact o f the Cold War for fiction?
\nTeaching feminism to a post-feminist gene ration
\nIs class still a valid concept in the teaching of literature?< br>\nTeaching the politically incorrect
\nTeaching Eastern European lit erature after the fall of communism
\nAre identity politics relevant to the Facebook generation?
\nWriting sustainability into the curriculum< br>
\n\nConfirmed speakers include:
\nProfessor Stuart Laing
\nProfessor Gina Wisker
\nDr Paddy Maguire

\n\nPlease send proposals for individual papers to De borah Philips and be sure to include a working title\, abstract of 35 0 words\, and a brief biographical note. Proposals are due by 23 April 2010.\n DTEND:20100925T000000 DTSTART:20100924T000000 LOCATION;LANGUAGE=en:University of Brighton\, Brighton SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en:Literature and Politics URL:http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/events/event_detail.php?even t_index=288 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR