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International Forum for Peer Learning
Zoom Online Event (two half days)
27th and 28th January 2021
Hosted by: The International Academic Peer Learning Network and the European Centre for SI-PASS
The International Academic Peer Learning Network, and the European Centre for SI-PASS, are delighted to invite you to attend this online International Forum for Peer Learning on Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th January 2021. A call for proposals and presenters, including student presenters, will be made in November 2020, as well as booking and programme information.
Building on the highly successful online Forum held in May 2020, this promises to be another exciting event. In May we welcomed over 100 participants across time zones including from the UK, Sweden, United States, Ireland, and Australia. Presentations and discussion forums included topics about moving peer learning online, using technology, the role of peer learning in widening access to university, and developing student resilience and wellbeing. There was also time available for networking and informally sharing institutional peer learning and support practices.
Through attending this 2021 Forum event, you can join like-minded practitioners and students for stimulating virtual debates and discussions about many aspects of peer learning. It will be an opportunity to reflect on what has worked well, and what some of the challenges have been, in the online learning and teaching environment.
Further information will be available in November 2020, including a schedule, call for proposals, themes, pricing, and timings.
We look forward to seeing you in January!
Best wishes
Catherine McConnell, on behalf of the Forum Organisers
Reach me on Microsoft Teams<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=C.Mcconnell at brighton.ac.uk>
Catherine McConnell MA PGCert SFHEA
Principal Lecturer in Learning Development
Based in the Centre for Learning and Teaching
University of Brighton, UK.
Hi all,
For the SI-PASS festival (which you can read more about here: https://www.si-pass.lu.se/en/ ) we are looking for someone to present and/or run an interactive activity for SI-PASS leaders in communication/advanced facilitation/resilience. If you are interested in contributing, or if you have an idea of someone who is interested, please send us an email: SI-pass at stu.lu.se<mailto:SI-pass at stu.lu.se>
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Best regards,
Will Carey, Isabella Fairclough, Lise-Lotte Mörner, Marcia Ody
We have now created a new site, SI-PASS Special interest Group in math, on the European center for SI-PASS
You find it her.
https://www.si-pass.lu.se/en/si-pass-special-interest-groups
The contact personis:
Dr Elena Luchinskaya, Lancaster University
Leif Bryngfors
Director for the Center for
European SI-PASS
Hi there,
The European Centre for SI-PASS is delighted to open registrations for the first SI-PASS Festival: Navigating the unknown territory together
We were pleased to have interest expressed from a range of institutions across Sweden, Norway, Ireland, UK and Belgium for this event. Based on expressions of interest we anticipate more than 50 SI-PASS/PAL Leaders to attend. The email provides the necessary information to quickly book places for your Leaders whilst you finalise the names of those who will attend.
To secure your places, please complete our online form by November 6th: https://www.si-pass.lu.se/booking-form-european-si-pass-leader-festival
Key details
· Live and asynchronous activities will be available for Leaders from the European Centre during the Festival Week (22nd - 26th November) alongside any complementary activity in your own institution, for which ideas will be provided (see below for more detailed information re: Festival activity)
· The festival will be a place for Leaders to come together to share practice, network, learn from and inspire each other in these new times
· Leaders have the option to contribute to 'show and tell' 5min practice-sharing sessions and/or 20min presentations (pre-recorded option available). This is not a requirement of the Festival attendance but has become a valued part of previous Leader Conferences to which Leaders enjoy contributing and listening
· Whilst this is a Leader focused event and we are working in partnership with Supervisors in the event delivery/engage in some aspects. Supervisors of participating institutions will be invited to a pre-Festival event to understand the Festival journey.
· Registration has two steps:
1) Book the number of places required for your Leaders, ideally by 6th November
2) Confirm names / email addresses of Leaders, ideally by 13th November by email to: SI-PASS at stu.lu.se<mailto:SI-PASS at stu.lu.se> . NB: Registration will remain open until 18th November but Leaders may not receive their delegate pack prior to the Festival opening if the names/email addresses are confirmed later than Nov 13th.
· Costs are set to make the event as accessible as possible (875 SEK Swedish per Leader (Approx £75 GBP) / 8100 SEK Swedish for 10 Leaders (Approx £700 GBP) / 13800 SEK for 20 Leaders (Approx £1200 GBP))
Additional activity information
Leaders who attend the European Centre Festival will be offered:
1. Physical festival pack delivered to the delegate's personal address
2. Sunday evening kick-off event
3. Themed days including:
a. an evening 'headliner (keynote talks/workshops) to spark and challenge current thinking and practice.
b. a selection of sessions to attend each day.
c. contribution to Leader parallel sessions to share good practice and learn from others
4. Each Leader to also be allocated to a small facilitated group (with a mix of Institutions) to share experiences and work on tasks/fun challenges throughout the week in which there will be outputs generated to share with all attendees and the Leaders own Institutions
5. A celebratory event at the end of the week (opened up to a larger group of Leaders/non-conference attendees from Institutions who have delegates attending)
6. Opportunity to continue collaborations beyond the Festival informing the development of SI-PASS across institutions
We'd encourage you to book your places and start this exciting Festival journey with your Leaders and the European Centre as soon as possible. See also our homepage: www.si-pass.lu.se/en<http://www.si-pass.lu.se/en>
Best regards,
William Carey, Isabella Fairclough, Lise-Lotte Mörner and Marcia Ody
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