What’s the ‘use’ in Higher Education? Symposium 1 – Past

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This event is free, and available to attend in person and online. Registration is essential for catering purposes (tea, coffee, and lunch will be provided).

This first symposium of this research project will address the question of how ‘use’ was conceptualised in Higher Education in the past. Invited speakers, and history of education scholars, Professor Bob Davis (University of Glasgow), and Dr Karsten Kenklies (University of Strathclyde) will head the discussions with reference to the will of John Anderson, founder of what would eventually become the University of Strathclyde – the place of useful learning.

Further questions for discussion may include:

How can the idea of use be historically contextualised in the establishment and activities of Higher Education institutions, departments, and subject across the centuries?

What social, political, and religious influences shaped notions of usefulness at these times?

Programme Schedule:

9.00 Arrival & Coffee

9.30 Introduction – David Lewin and Nicola Robertson, University of Strathclyde

10.00 Keynote 1: Dr Karsten Kenklies, University of Strathclyde

11.00 Coffee

11.30 Short papers:

Breadth of Knowledge, Transfer, and Usefulness in Higher Education (Jonathan Firth, University of Strathclyde)

Useful to Whom? A Historical Analysis of the Relationship Between the UK and Black African International Students. (Ogonna Nnamoko, University of Strathclyde)

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Short paper:

“….to excel all the rest in usefulness…“ Hugh of St. Victor on Useful Pedagogical Knowledge (Sebastian Engelmann, PH Karlsruhe)

14.00 Keynote 2: Professor Robert Davis, University of Glasgow

15.00 Coffee

15.30 Panel discussion featuring all presenters