Committee of Heads of Environmental Sciences (CHES) Annual Conference
Friday 19th - Saturday 20th March 2004
Royal Geographical Society, London
All are welcome to attend the 2004 CHES Annual Conference, whether you are a head of a department, responsible for Environmental Sciences programmes within your department or have a genuine interest in the future development of the discipline within higher education. Why not attend the conference, taking place in fashionable Kensington at the Royal Geographical Society, and take advantage of a weekend in the capital city....
Contents
- Programme
- booking form (rtf - opens in Word) - DEADLINE Wednesday 10th March 2004
Contact c.james@rgs.org if you have any queries
Christine James
Research & Higher Education Division
Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
1 Kensington Gore
London
SW7 2AR
Tel +44 (0) 20 7591 3028 direct line
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7591 3001
Programme
Friday 19th March 2004
10.30 coffee/registration/welcome
1100-1230 IES/CHES Joint Education Committee "Swap Shop on Innovations in Learning and Teaching"
1230-1300 CHES AGM
1300-1400 Lunch
1400-14.45 Mark Everard, Environment Agency "Horizon scanning: anticipating future environmental policy needs".
14.45-15.30 Dr Bruce Coull: President-elect of CEDD (Council of Environmental Deans and Directors) of the National Council for Science & the Environment (NCSE). "The US Council of Environmental Deans and Directors(CEDD) and its efforts in post-secondary Environmental Education".
15.30-16.00 Afternoon Tea
1600-1730 Dr Simon Watts, Oxford Brookes University "Strategic Evolution of the Environment Sector". Presentation and Structured Forum.
19.00 for 19.30 Dinner at Royal Geographical Society
Saturday 20th March 2004
0900-9.45 CHES Executive Meeting
9.45-10.15 Jennifer Blumhof, Senior Subject Advisor for LTSN GEES. Environmental Sciences, "LTSN GEES: An Update".
10.15-12.30 Professor Jim Longhurst, UWE "Analysis of current situation in environmental science and ways forward" Presentation and Structured Forum.
12.30 Lunch and depart.
Swap Shop on Innovations in Learning and Teaching
Friday 19th March 2004 (1100-1230)
The CHES Learning and Teaching Sub Committee in association with the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) Education Committee is hosting a Swap Shop on 'Innovations in Learning & Teaching' within Environmental Sciences.
The Swap Shop will take place at the Royal Geographical Society on Friday, 19th March 2004 as part of the CHES Annual Conference.
Short presentations (10/15 minutes) are invited on any topic, the list below giving some ideas:
- E-Learning
- Learning Outcomes and Assessment
- Student Feedback
- Employability
- Recruitment
- Retention
- Masters Programmes
The Swap Shop format aims to provide a supportive forum for practitioners to share, develop and enhance their ideas and practices but it also encourages practitioners to write up their ideas in the form of an abstract that can then be submitted to the LTSN-GEES Resource Database.
Deadline for receipt of any computer based programme presentations (eg powerpoint)
is Friday 12th March 2004.