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The GEES (Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences) Subject Centre is based at the University of Plymouth and it works in collaboration with relevant professional bodies and committees to promote and disseminate good practice in discipline-based learning and teaching at tertiary level.
The GEES Subject Centre is becoming a major UK and international hub in the exchange of knowledge on learning and teaching across the three disciplines. Particular emphasis is given to the ways of enhancing the quality of the students' learning experience. This includes: promoting subject-based and key skills as the foundation for life-long learning; encouraging the pedagogical use of C&IT, and providing guidance for the professional development of teaching and support staff.
In addition, the Centre provides opportunities for the professional development of teaching and support staff through a wide-ranging series of workshops and annual conferences run throughout the UK. For further information contact:
The GEES Subject Centre
Buckland House
University of Plymouth
Plymouth
PL4 8AA
Tel: 01752 233 530
E-mail: info@gees.ac.uk
Website: www.gees.ac.uk
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The GEES Subject Centre
will be holding its Summer Residential Conference in Edinburgh, 2-3 July 2008.
To follow on from last year’s theme of recruitment and retention issues, this
year’s theme is ‘Employability, Employer Engagement and Enterprise in the GEES
Disciplines’. Keynote speakers of this event will include Dr Paul Redmond, Head
of Careers and Employability, University of Liverpool and Mr Hugh Tollyfield,
Special Advisor on Employer Engagement for HEFCE. Registration is now open!
Please be aware that
the first 100 places are subsidised by the GEES Subject Centre, so we recommend
registering early.
Organisers:
GEES Subject Centre
Dates:
2-3 July 2008
Location:
The George Hotel, Edinburgh
Registration:
Closes 5 June 2008
The
registration form and more information about the conference can be found at:
http://www.gees.ac.uk/events/2008/ac08/ac08.htm.
The submission of abstracts and presentations is now
closed. However, posters
can still be submitted to: events@gees.ac.uk
until a fortnight to the conference.
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The GEES Subject Centre has set aside funding for 2008-2009 to support
small-scale learning & teaching projects for one year. The funding,
normally in the range £2, 000 - £5, 000,
will be awarded by open competition to projects that enhance student
learning and / or enrich the learning and teaching research literature in one or
more of the above three disciplines.
Further information can
be found at:
http://www.gees.ac.uk/funding/smallcall.htm. Deadline for proposals is the 2nd
of June 2008. Please contact Yolande Knight (yolande.knight@plymouth.ac.uk)
for any further queries.
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Earlier this year Neil
Thomas (Kingston University) gave up his role as Earth Science Senior Advisor
for the GEES Subject Centre. We are really grateful to Neil for all the hard
work he contributed over many years. Following a process involving applications
and interviews, I am very pleased to announce that Jim Andrews (University of
Southampton) has been appointed to this position, with Helen King (formerly the
GEES Assistant Director) providing additional assistance. We have no doubt that
Jim and Helen will do an excellent job on behalf of the Earth Science community
and the GEES team is, therefore, very much looking forward to working with them.
Helen
King can be contacted by email:
Helen@helenkingconsultancy.co.uk. Jim Andrews can be contacted by email:
jra2@noc.soton.ac.uk or phone: 023
80592009. More information about the senior advisor can be found on our web page
at: http://www.gees.ac.uk/home/disciplines.htm#earthsa.
The Fieldwork guide has
been distributed to all our departmental contacts and it is available as PDF on
the GEES web site at:
http://www.gees.ac.uk/pubs/guides/fw/fwgeosci.pdf. Additional hard
copies can be obtained by contacting
info@gees.ac.uk.