What’s the ‘Use’ in Higher Education? Symposium 2 – Present

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The second symposium in this SES-funded research project addresses the notion of ‘use’ as it presents itself in contemporary institutions. What do we consider as ‘useful’ now? How do these ideas of ‘use’ frame the way in which we work and study? And crucially, how are these ideas shaped, or come to shape, the precarious situation of Higher Education in the 21st century?

This event is free to attend for anyone with an interest in HE, from any institution, discipline, student or professional at any level. Lunch and refreshments will be provided for in person attendees.

Event Programme:

10.30 – Arrival, Coffee, and Introduction

11.00 – Introduction

11.30 Short papers

Amanda Corrigan – Countering the deficit narrative around international students in the UK

Gillian Marshall – The Death of the Classroom: Reimagining Learning from Childhood to Higher Education

12.30 Lunch

13.30 1 Short paper

Dr Jane Essex & Michael Murray – The ‘uses’ of energy

14.00 Keynote 2: Dr Mariya Ivancheva – The Digitalisation, Outsourcing and Casualisation of Academic Labour

15.00 Coffee

15.30 Panel discussion