Academic Development Directorate @ York St John University

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Category: Research training and events

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

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