Assessment of Learning Outcomes in Engineering Conference 2008
27-28 November 2008
Goodenough College Bloomsbury, London
Key themes include:
Design for assessment
- strategies for assessment of learning;
- good practice in assessing learning outcomes constructive alignment;
- negotiated learning contracts.
Holistic approaches to programme design
- the role of professional accreditation in informing curriculum design;
- curriculum design for assessment;
- leadership and management of change.
Information available from: http://www.aloe.ac.uk/index.php/call-for-abstracts/
Bologna Seminar - Aligning National against European Qualifications Frameworks: the Principles of Self-Certification
Tbilisi, November 27 - 28, 2008
Tbilisi State University
Network Chair, Prof. John Scattergood attended the conference on behalf of the Qualifications Authority, and presented on the Irish experience of aligning the national Framework to the Bologna Framework.
EUA Autumn Conference 2008
Inclusive and responsive universities - ensuring Europe's competitiveness
Rotterdam 23-25 October 2008
Included a theme on using learning outcomes in curriculum design.
Information available from: http://www.eua.be/events/rotterdam-conference/home/
The 3rd European Quality Assurance Forum
20 - 22 November, Corvinus University, Budapest
Themes for the conference include:
- Learning outcomes: their theoretical basis, their use in and their effect on study programmes and their implications for quality assurance
- Qualifications frameworks: their theoretical basis, their use in and their effect on study programmes and their implications for quality assurance
- Rankings and quality labels: their theoretical or methodological basis, their use, their effect on higher education institutions and their implications for quality assurance
- Presentation of innovative QA approaches
- Comparative view on trends in quality assurance in Europe
- Internal quality processes
Information on ENQA (the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) events and conferences is available from: http://www.enqa.eu/events.lasso
Bologna Seminar - "Development of a Common Understanding of Learning Outcomes and ECTS"
Porto 19 - 20 June 2008
Links to papers presented at this conference can be accessed from: http://portobologna.up.pt/
The Higher Education Academy (UK) Annual Conference 2008
Transforming the Student Experience 1-3 July 2008
Harrogate International Centre, Harrograte
Conference Themes:
Policy and Leadership
Learning and Teaching
Employment, Entrepreneurship and Recruitment
Internationalism
Assessment
The keynote presentations are now available to download from: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/conference