Organised by: C-SAP

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Original Event Description

The Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP),with the support of the Political Studies Association (PSA) and the British International Studies Association (BISA), are holding an 'Early Careers' event for aspiring and newly appointed scholars of Politics and International Relations. It involves a number of discipline specific workshops and roundtable discussions over 1 ½ days on the 23rd and 24th of February at the University of Birmingham. The event will cover a range of interrelated themes addressing some of the practicalities of learning and teaching Politics and IR. It will be run by several experienced Politics academics, all with particular experience and expertise in one or more aspects of educational development in Politics and IR.

This two day residential and continuing professional development event provides an opportunity for newly-appointed and existing teaching staff in and Politics and International Relations to share and evaluate a range of approaches, methods and resources for learning and teaching in the disciplines.

Early Careers in Politics: provisional draft of workshops

1. Dr. Matthew Wyman, University of Keele: Citizenship and Employability: Developing political skills.

2. Dr. Richard Huggins, Oxford Brookes University: Linking political research and teaching

3. Dr. Esther Jubb, Liverpool John Moores University: E-learning for Politics.

4. Penny Welch, University of Wolverhampton: Classroom interaction and dynamics in politics tutorials and lectures.

5. Dr. Stefan Rossbach, University of Kent: Dissertation support and the transition to postgraduate research.

6. Dr. John Craig, Huddersfield: Course design - What is a politics course? Critically engaging with subject benchmarks, explicit and implicit curricula and politics as a body of knowledge: critical approach or set of skills?

7. Dr.Alan McGauley, Sheffield Hallam University: Actively engaging with politics students through the BB system at SHU.

The event will conclude with a discussion and panel questions on learning and teaching issues and career development in Politics/IR more generally.

Attendance at this event may be useful if you are undertaking a PG Cert HE qualification or are looking to expand and develop your teaching skills. This is also an opportunity to meet and network with other Politics/IR scholars. The cost of this event is £50 including all accommodation and meals. This can be invoiced to your institution or paid by cheque to the University of Birmingham.