Past Events

This page lists past Subject Centre learning and teaching conferences and workshops.

Past Events 2011

• Geoscience Graduates for the 21st Century - 19th January 2011
• Early Career Lecturers Workshop - 23/24th May 2011
• GEES 11: Teaching and Learning for GEES Students - 30th June - 1st July 2011

Past Events 2010

• NSS Issues for GEES - 3rd November 2010
• GEES Early Career Lecturers Workshop - What is special about learning and teaching in the GEES disciplines? - 6 to 7th July 2010
• GEES Subject Centre 10th Anniversary Conference - GEES Learning and Teaching to 2020 - 7 to 9th July 2010
• C- Change in GEES - Open educational resources (OERs) for climate change and sustainability - practicalities and pedagogy - 29th April 2010
• Overcoming Barriers to Student Learning in the Geosciences - 20 January 2010

Past Events 2009

• GEES Subject Centre Departmental Change Event - 7 to 9 September 2009
• GEES Assessment for Learning Conference - 22 Jun 2009
• Geological Field Skills Staff Training Course - 23 - 27 March 2009
• Residential workshop for newly-appointed and aspiring lecturers - 18/19 May 2009

Past Events 2008

• Employability, Employer Engagement and Enterprise in the GEES Disciplines - GEES Subject Centre Summer Residential Conference - 2nd to 3rd of July 2008, Edinburgh
• Innovations in Field Teaching - Slapton Ley Field Centre, Devon - 25 - 27th April 2008 - Slapton Ley Field Centre, Devon
• Postgraduate conference - issues associated with Masters level education within the GEES disciplines - 26 February 2008, Leicester, England
• Supporting the Supporters II – Conference for Encouraging Continuing Professional Development for GEES Support Staff - 21 January 2008

Past Events 2007

• The Internationalisation of level 7 Postgraduate Masters Programmes’: Identification of Good Practice (45kb Word doc) - 28 August 2007
• GEES Subject Centre residential conference 2007 - Recruitment and retention in the GEES disciplines - 25-26 June 2007
• Virtual Fieldwork in the GEES Disciplines: Pedagogy and Technology - 16 May 2007
• Residential workshop for newly-appointed and aspiring lecturers - 21-22 May 2007

Past Events 2006

• From Foothills to Summits? Developing your academic career in the GEES disciplines - 5-6 December 2006
• GEES Subject Centre student-focused publication focus group - 27 November 2006
• Critical perspectives on religion and the environment - Conference organised by Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies, supported by GEES Subject Centre - 18-19 September 2006
• Earth Sciences Heads of Teaching conference - 12-13 September 2006
• Innovations in Field Teaching: a meeting in SE Spain - 3-7 September 2006
• International Network for Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education (INLT) Brisbane Workshop - July 2006
• Research into student learning in geography, earth & environmental sciences - 26 June 2006
• GEES Subject Centre residential conference 2006 - What on Earth...? Student Learning in the GEES disciplines - 26-27 June 2006
• New Lecturer’s Workshop - 22-23 May 2006
• Environmental Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Workshop: Learning and Teaching Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in GEES - 9th May 2006
• Supporting fieldwork using information technology - a day of talks and demonstrations from leading practitioners (organised by the CETL in Experiential Learning in Natural and Environmental Sciences and the GEES Subject Centre) - 10 May 2006
• Learning for Sustainable Futures - skills for social and environmental responsibility - 23-24 March 2006
• Academic Leadership in GEES Programmes and Departments - 1-2 March 2006
• Changing Staff and Student Behaviour Towards Sustainability - 16 February 2006

Past Events 2005

• Researching and evaluating the student learning experience - 7 December 2005
• Religions in Conversation with the Environment (Organised by Philosophical and Religious Studies Subject Centre) - November 2005
• GEES Subject Centre Residential Conference 2005 - 9-10 June 2005
• The Place of GIS in the curriculum (organised by the Higher Education Academy Subject Centres for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES), for Engineering, and Education for the Built Environment, and the Spatial Literacy in Teaching CETL) - 11 May 2005
• Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) - sharing practice in the GEES subjects - 26 April 2005
• Scottish Network Meeting - Edinburgh - 20 April 2005
• Enterprise, Skills & Entrepreneurship: Enhancing the GEES Curriculum Event - January 2005

Past Events 2004

• Enhancing the Campus through Student Project Work - 14 September 2004
• International Network for Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education (INLT) Glasgow Workshop - 21-23 August 2004
• GEES Subject Centre Residential conference 2004 - Widening Participation and Employability in GEES - 5-6 July 2004
• 'Postgraduateness': Skill Development and Vocational Relevance - 10 June 2004
• 'Supporting the Supporters' Encouraging Continuing Professional Development for Support Staff - 8 June 2004
• Doing a Better Job for European Geographers - A Conference Supporting the Professional Development of Geography Academics and Enhancing the Employability of Geography Graduates - 2-5 April 2004
• Embedding Personal Development Planning (PDPs) in the GEES Curricula - 23 March 2004
• Overseas Fieldwork & Cultural Exchanges in HE: Student Support & Safety - 28 January 2004

Past Events 2003

• Virtual Learning Environments and the Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - an LTSN-GEES one-day conference - 18 November 2003
• On-line Assessment and Feedback (OLAAF) - an event sponsored by LTSN Bioscience and LTSN-GEES - 21 October 2003
• Enhancing Student Employability (a South-West regional conference sponsored by ESECT, LTSN-GEES and the University of Plymouth) - 16 September 2003
• GEES Subject Centre Residential Conference 2003 - 1 June 2003
• A Residential Workshop for Recently Appointed Lecturers - May 2003
• Meeting the 50% Target (Workshop) - May 2003
• Overseas Fieldwork in HE - A National Conference - 2 April 2003

Past Events 2002

• LTSN-GEES Residential Workshop Training Event - November 2002
• LTSN-GEES Residential Workshop for Recently Appointed Lecturers 2002 - 21 May 2002
• Fieldwork Education & Technology Workshop - 15 May 2002
• 'Good Learning & Teaching Ideas' Swap Shops for Earth and Environmental Sciences - 26 February 2002 & 29 April 2002
• Student Transition and Retention in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - 12 March 2002
• Time to reflect? Promoting reflection among students and staff - 5 Feb 2002

Past Events 2001

• Special Education Needs and Disabilities: Implications of New Legislation and Guidance for HE Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - 19 October 2001
• A Workshop to Discuss and Plan a Research Programme on "The educational effectiveness of fieldwork in HE" - 5 June 2001
• A Residential Workshop for the Recently Appointed Lecturer 2001 - 21-22 May 2001
• Putting Careers into the Academic Curriculum - 12 March 2001

Past Events 2000

• C & IT in Fieldwork Teaching Conference - 5 December 2000

Forthcoming events

If you are organising an event that you would like promoted through the Subject Centre then send an e-mail to Susie Bissell susie.bissell@plymouth.ac.uk, the Centre's Dissemination Co-ordinator.