Debating the Future of Higher Education for a post-Covid Worldfrom the practitioner’s perspective

Borges Da Costa Guint Barbosa, M. (Participant)

School of Biology

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course

Description

This event will draw together Higher Education (HE) practitioners to discuss the purpose and future of HE in a post-Covid world. Our aim is to add the perspective of practitioners to other voices considered in deciding the future of HE. The debate will feed into the RSE/YAS Tertiary Education Futures project and the RSE’s Post-Covid-19 Commission.

Period	22 May 2020
Event type	Workshop
Location	United KingdomShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International

Keywords

higher education
COVID-19

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This event will draw together Higher Education (HE) practitioners to discuss the purpose and future of HE in a post-Covid world. Our aim is to add the perspective of practitioners to other voices considered in deciding the future of HE. The debate will feed into the RSE/YAS Tertiary Education Futures project and the RSE’s Post-Covid-19 Commission. Our panel speakers have prepared short introductory talks which we invite you to watch prior to the meeting: Clare Peddie – The Future of HE from a teaching and administration perspective Paul Hibbert - Dynamic capabilities and the future of higher education Richard Whatmore - History and the Future Anita Laidlaw - What is higher education research and how can it support us going forward? Peter McColl - Innovation and trends in organisational practice If you have further thoughts or questions for our panel please feel free to add them as comments in the event webpage or join our twitter discussions (@YoungAcademySco / @news_RSE / #tertiaryedfutures). We will be drawing questions and comments for our panel from the website, twitter, as well as the chat on zoom, and we may call on you to elaborate on points during the event. We ask that you mute yourselves when not speaking to minimise sound interference. The plan for Friday is: 12:00 - Introduction of the YAS/RSE project – Maria Dornelas 12:05 - Context by Rebekah Widowfield 12:10 - Q&A session with panel 13:30 - Mentimeter session, and update on future events, how to stay in touch and keep the conversation going - Alice Konig