Referencing and Writing
Day: Monday 8th June 2009
Registration & refreshments: 9.15 – 10.00 am
Venue: University of Bradford, Norcroft Centre
Sponsors: the LearnHigher and Write Now CETLs: Centres of Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Fee: The event is free to all who attend; an admin charge of £20.00 is payable by those who fail to turn up although colleagues can substitute for non-attending registrants.
Booking: online form
| Time | Topic | Format | Proposed Speaker/Facilitator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.00 | Introduction to Symposium | Formal | Professor Geoff Layer Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), University of Bradford |
| 10.10 | What difficulties do students experience with referencing? | Small group discussion & feedback – all delegates | |
| 10.45 | Research on student perceptions of referencing | Formal Presentation and discussion | Colin Neville University of Bradford, Learner Development Unit |
| 11.30 | Referencing and writing: 'Does an insistence on detailed and "correct" referencing inhibit students from thinking for themselves?” |
Formal presentation and discussion | Dr Peter Levin (Author/Educational Developer) |
| 12.30 - 1.30 pm | Lunch | Free buffet lunch for delegates in the Norcroft Centre | |
| 1.30 - 2.30 pm | How do your students learn referencing? Can we do it better? If so, how? | Small group discussion and feedback to main group – all delegates | |
| 2.30 - 3.30pm | Referencing Management Software: how useful is it? | Formal presentation and discussion | Caspian Dugdale, Information Specialist Information Services & Systems, King's College, London |
| 3.30 – 3.45 | Closing session: pulling ideas together | Formal: all delegates |
Last updated: 5 January 2009