Exploring the Hinterlands: Mapping an Agenda for Institutional Research in the UK

 

Institutional Research Conference

25 – 26 June 2008

Welcome reception 24 June 2008

 

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Welcome Reception sponsored by UCAS Media

 

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Call for Papers and Conference Registration

 

The conference is aimed at UK and overseas higher education managers and academics interested in improving the student learning experience utilising an evidence-based approach and institutional research in general.

 

Conference themes

 

It is hoped that the following themes will be explored through a mixture of keynotes, presentations and small group discussions: 

• Exploring Conceptions of Institutional Research
• Enhancing the Student Learning Experience
• Student Diversity and Retention
• Informing Marketing Intelligence
• Embedding Institutional Research into Institutional Practices

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Keynote Speakers/Presenters

• Dr Randy Swing, Executive Director, Association for Institutional Research, USA
• Professor David Watson, Institute of Education, UK (co-author of Managing Institutional Self-Study, Open University Press, 2005) 
• Emeritus Professor Roger Brown, Southampton Solent University, UK
• Professor Mantz Yorke, Lancaster University, UK  (to be confirmed)
• Professor Bernard Longden, Liverpool Hope University, UK 

Call for papers/Posters

 

Papers and posters are invited from scholars interested in presenting at the conference. Proposals ought to address one of the above-mentioned themes and should include: 

• Title of proposed paper/poster
• Author's name and institutional affiliation
• A 250 word abstract
• A short bionote of the author  

Proposals should be sent to Roz.Collins@solent.ac.uk| or Lilian.Winkvist-Noble@solent.ac.uk |by 31 January 2008.

 

Booking Form

 

To book a place please complete our online booking form

 

Or download the pdf booking form,| complete and return it to Hanna O'Shea, Southampton Solent University, Research and Information Unit, A201, East Park Terrace, Southampton, SO14 0YN, United Kingdom. 

 

Conference Programme

 

Download a copy of the conference programme|.| 

 

Along with Southampton Solent University the following organisations are supporting this conference

 

                

 

 

Accommodation

We have negotiated special rates with a number of hotels| that are between 5 and 15 minutes walk from the conference centre.  These rates are applicable until 24 April 2008.