The Economics Network has announced eight one-day or half-day workshops for Graduate Teaching Assistants around the UK, to take place in September and October. Participants receive a certificate of attendance. It is possible to book online and there is no charge.
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The Economics Network offers a range of departmental visits and workshops at no charge: just contact us. We also run regional, national and international events.
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Forthcoming Economics Network Events
Workshops for Economics Teaching Assistants/Tutors
The Network has received Royal Economic Society sponsorship for the forthcoming academic year and is offering eight GTA workshops:
- Cardiff, Friday Friday 24 September
- London School of Economics, Monday 27 September
- Nottingham University, Wednesday 6 October
- University of East Anglia, Wednesday 29 September
- University of Sheffield, Thursday 7 October
- Lancaster University, Friday 8 October
- Queen Mary, London, Thursday 16 September
- Edinburgh, Thursday 7 October
Read on for more details and online booking.
Residential Workshop for New Economics Lecturers
Friday 15 and Saturday 16 October
Burwalls, University of Bristol (Directions)
After the success of last years’ New Lecturers workshop we will again be running a residential two-day workshop here in Bristol specifically designed to meet the needs of new and aspiring lecturers of economics.
Annual Key Contacts Conference
Responding to student feedback and raising NSS scores
Bristol, Wednesday 8 September
The Economics Network has established a network of Key Contacts throughout UK Higher Education Institutions. This event will explore current issues in teaching and learning in economics and will give Key Contacts the opportunity to inform the national strategy for supporting economics education.
eLearning Symposium
Bristol, Thursday 9 September
This event will present a range of the latest technologies suitable for supporting economics teaching and research. There will be plenty of hands-on opportunities to try out technologies as well as workshop sessions including case studies and demonstrations.
News from the Centre
Workshops for Economics Teaching Assistants
29 July 2010
Case study: Reconsidering the Teaching of Economics to Students on Business Programmes
16 July 2010
Munacinga Simatele's case study describes the use of threshold concepts, Inquiry Based Learning, a wiki and oral presentations from students in redesigning a module at the University of Hertfordshire.
Case study: Teaching Economics to non-Economists
6 July 2010
Judith Piggott's case study describes how she and a colleague transformed a core economics course that was offered to non-economics majors.
Showcase of teaching resources from the TRUE project
14 June 2010
The Economics Network has created a showcase of short extracts to give a taste of the hundreds of learning resources that have been put online over the past year by the TRUE (Teaching Resources for Undergraduate Economics) project. It includes slides, text extracts and exam questions from across a range of second- and third-year options in Economics. Follow the links from each extract for a more complete set of resources in each area.
Book online for eLearning Symposium and Key Contacts Conference
27 May 2010
The Economics Network is now accepting bookings for its eLearning Symposium, taking place on Thursday 9 September and for the Annual Key Contacts Conference taking place the day before. Both events will be in Bristol, and accommodation can be provided for Key Contacts who want to stay for both events.
Events Calendar
Conferences and other events related to learning and teaching in Economics HE.
DEE Conference
The Network hosts the biennial Developments in Economics Education (DEE) Conference (formerly DEBE).
Past conferences: DEE2009 | DEE 2007 | DEBE 2005 | DEBE 2003 | DEBE 2001
Recent Events
Learning and Teaching Project Meeting
University of Bristol, Thursday 8th July
This meeting is for all successful Learning and Teaching Project holders to share project plans and ideas and receive feedback on evaluation and reporting.
Departmental workshop: Assessment and Feedback
University of Aberdeen, Wednesday 19 May
Facilitators: Peter Smith (Southampton) and David McCausland (Aberdeen)
Departmental Workshop: Problem-Based Learning
University of Greenwich, Thursday 13 May
Frank Forsythe (Ulster) and Guglielmo Volpe (Queen Mary)
Assessment without Drowning
Swansea University, School of Business and Economics, Thursday 13 May
Facilitator: Peter Smith (Southampton)
Departmental workshop: Making Lectures more interactive/ the use of case studies and problem-based learning
University of Bradford, Tuesday 11 May
Facilitators: Ros O’Leary (Economics Network) and Guglielmo Volpe (Queen Mary)
Departmental workshop:
Embedding interactive technology in teaching to promote student engagement and effective learning
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Wednesday 28 April
Facilitators: Juliette Stephenson (Exeter) and Carlos Cortinhas (Exeter)
"No, please. Yes, thank you." Practical approaches to motivating international students, London, Friday 30 April
Using Threshold Concepts to plan teaching and assessment in Economics, Manchester, Weds 27 January 2010
Economics GTAs Workshop, Norwich, 18 November 2009
English workshops sponsored by the Royal Economic Society.
New Lecturers' Residential Workshop, Bristol, 16-17 October 2009
New Lecturers' Residential Workshop, Edinburgh, 9-10 October 2009
Economics GTAs Workshop, Edinburgh, 10 October 2009
Scottish workshops sponsored by the Scottish Economic Society.
Economics GTAs Workshop, Sheffield, 7 October 2009
Economics GTAs Workshop, London, 25 September 2009
Key Contacts Annual Conference, Cardiff, 8 September 2009
Developments in Economics Education (DEE 2009) Conference
Cardiff, 9-10 September 2009
Economics Network Associates annual meeting
Bristol, Friday 16 January 2009
Economics Network Projects meeting
Bristol, Thursday 15 January 2009
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