Residential Workshops for New Economics Lecturers

New Lecturers residential workshop, 19-20 October, Bristol

The Economics Network is pleased to announce its Autumn workshop series. The workshops complement any generic-based institutional training delegates might receive (and in some institutions exempts attendees from parts of such training) and are facilitated by experienced economics lecturers.

The Economics Network runs residential two-day workshops specifically designed to meet the needs of new and early-career lecturers in economics.

The main aim is to discuss and evaluate what makes effective teaching of economics: including lectures; seminars and small-group teaching; assessment and feedback; e-learning; module/unit design; classroom experiments and games. There will also be time at the end of the workshop to reflect on key issues and to plan next steps.

This workshop is just one of the ways we support new and early career lecturers. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance, which maps the workshop activities and outcomes to the UK Professional Standards Framework.

Programme

The final programme for the event is available to download here.

Resources

The resources from the workshop can be found here.

Booking

The event is free of charge for all new and early economics lecturers at UK higher education institutions. Booking for the workshop is available here.

Venue

The Bergerac Room, 8-10 Berkeley Square, Bristol. Map.

Accommodation

We would recommend that you stay at a hotel near Berkeley Square in Bristol.

The Berkeley Square Hotel is currently offering single rooms for £30 a night. These can be booked through the following website: http://www.cliftonhotels.com/offer3 (click book at the Berkeley Square).

If this offer has expired, the Ibis Hotel is also nearby and is very reasonably priced (http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-5547-ibis-bristol-centre/index.shtml).

Feedback on past events:

"It's been a brilliant few days. Useful to think about the issues discussed - with no pressure to adopt - and to be able to talk them through in an encouraging environment. I would recommend this to all new lecturers and maybe even a few of the older ones! Thanks to all!!!"

"I have benefited tremendously from attending the workshop."
"A large number of resources from the Economics Network make my teaching easier and more efficient"
"I found it very educative specially for the people like me who are not used to the UK HE system."
"Some of my students said my teaching is very clear and intuitive, which is certainly benefited from the workshop."

Facebook group

The Economics Network has created a facebook discussion page for New Lecturers who attended the workshop. The page is for New Lecturers to have an area to discuss their teaching, lecturing and change of practice after the workshop.

Past events

14-15 October 2011, University of Bristol
15-16 October 2010, University of Bristol
16-17 October 2009, University of Bristol
9-10 October 2009, Edinburgh Napier University
28-29 November 2008, Glasgow
10-11 October 2008, University of Bristol
23-24 November 2007, Heriot-Watt University (online materials)
12-13 October 2007, University of Bristol
13-14 October 2006, University of Bristol

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