CHES Annual Conference
Thursday 17 to Friday 18 March 2005
Contents
Conference Programme themes
The conference will focus on the development of strategic international links, especially in the UK , USA and Canadian content but also with an attempt to extend similar provision across in the EU.
To achieve this, the conference will not only discuss long term strategic development but also examine (and, hopefully, create) enhanced information exchange brokerages in the areas of:
Teaching (e.g. common areas provision, ‘virtual’ postgraduate course partnerships and joint degree provision, facilitating staff/student exchanges etc.
Research (e.g. collaborative investigations / partner searches, sabbatical opportunities, available scholarships / studentships etc).
Administration (academic searches, advertising employment , opportunities, conference details etc).
To facilitate this strategic collaboration and information brokerage, Speakers have been invited;
- USA Council of Environmental Deans and Directors (CEDD)
- USA National Council for Science and the Environment, Washington DC
- Canadian Council for University Environmental Science Program Heads
- World Conservation Learning Network
- Representatives of EU Heads of Environmental Science Departments
- Society for the Environment
- Baltic Sea Region
The Conference will also focus on current UK issues – RAE, QAA, opportunities for virtual collaboration of masters programmes and representatives include:
- Higher Education Academy for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Quality Assurance Agency (QAA)
- University of Ulster , Coleraine
Naturally, being in Ireland for St. Patrick’s Day, the conference will also Include social recreation (and educational!) visits. And to offer opportunities for extended individual stays in Ireland (to cover e.g. research, recreational, ancestor interests).
Provisional Programme
Thursday 17 March 2004
12 noon CHES Executive Committee meeting and lunch for all delegates
14:00Welcome, Jim Longhurst, Chair of CHES
Session 1
14:00 - 14:45 CEDD, Brad Smith, President
14:45 - 15:15 CCUESP, Michael Moss
15:15 - 15:45 Baltic Sea Region, Lars Rysen
15:45 - 16:15 IUCN, Wendy Goldstein and Keith Wheeler
16:15 - 16:45 Society for the Environment, Will Pope
16:45 - 17:15 Discussion with all delegates
17:15 - 17:45 CHES AGM
19:30 St Patrick's Day Conference Dinner
Friday 18 March 2005
Session 2
09:30 - 10:15 RAE, John Mc Closkey
10:15 - 11:00 Virtual Masters Collaboration, Richard Douglas
11:00 - 11:45 Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for GEES, Jennifer Blumhof
11:45 - 12:30 QAA, Fiona Crozier
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 Excursions to Bush Mills Distillery and the Giant’s Causeway