Academic Development Directorate @ York St John University

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Category: Research

10 January 2017, London The meeting included two presentations: one by Gordon McKenzie (GuildHE) on the developments regarding the Higher Education Bill and the other by Steven Hill (HEFCE) on the proposed changes for REF 2021. The first presentation provided the context for the second one. Among the key points […]

CREST/GuildHE REF Consultation Meeting

January 16, 2017 in Events / Research / Research training and events tagged Research by Admin

Westminster Higher Education Forum – 31 October 2016 The forum focused on two themes: lessons learned from REF 2014 and plans for Ref 2020/1 following the Stern Review. It was stressed several times that peer review would remain at the centre of the process so that the sector would continue […]

Next Steps for REF

November 2, 2016 in Research / Research training and events tagged conference / Research by Admin

This is a guest post written by Charlotte Haines-Lyon, PhD Student in the School of Education. Academic Writing Month (AcWriMo) – “Write like there’s no December” November is not just the month when men grow moustaches, it is also the month of writing. Building on the successful NaNoWriMo , when […]

Academic Writing Month – “Write like there’s no December”

October 28, 2016 in Contributors / Research tagged Academic Writing / AcWriMo / Research / School of Education / Twitter by Phil Vincent

In 2015-16, Academic Development held 12 writing retreats; two of these overnight at the KP Club in Pocklington, York and 10 mini-retreats at York St John. Both staff and postgraduate research students attended to work on a variety of writing pieces; from thesis chapters to mindmaps, from conference papers to […]

Writing Retreats

October 7, 2016 in Research / Research training and events / Uncategorized by Emma Sunley

Earlier this year, I attended the 2nd Research Reflections conference at York St John University, hosted on Thursday 8th September 2016 by the Academic Development Directorate. As part of the administrative staff here at York St John, I have been highly involved in organising and running research events, but this […]

Research Reflections 2016

October 3, 2016 in Events / Learning and Teaching / News / Research tagged conference / event / Research by Gabby Wilson

Launched in September 2016, Academic Development Directorate at York St John has created a new blog to share with you the latest events, news and projects going on in Academic Development both here at the University and beyond. This will replace our quarterly Newsletters so we can keep academic staff, students […]

New Blog! Welcome

September 26, 2016 in Learning and Teaching / News / Research / Technology Enhanced Learning by Emma Sunley