2nd Global Conference: The Idea of Education
4 to 5 July 2003, Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom
Call for Papers
This second cross disciplinary conference marks the
continuation of an inter-disciplinary research project to
provide a vigorous forum for the examination and
evaluation of university and college education.
Committed to the tradition of liberal education, the
inherent value of the pursuit of learning and the principle
that knowledge must be an end in itself, the forum will
use the conference series to broadly examine the nature
and aims of university and college education, its guiding
principles, its practical functions, and its role in
society.
In particular papers, reports, presentations, and
workshops are invited on any of the following themes:
* what a university or college should be; where the idea
of what a university or college is should come from; what
higher education 'is'; what the aims of higher education
should be; what language best expresses the idea of
education.
* the nature of education; the role of liberal arts
education; 'instruction', 'training' and 'vocational
training'; the changing roles of and between universities,
colleges, and polytechnics; the 'usefulness' of education;
the 'value' of education; learning and distance learning;
learning and open learning.
* the changing landscapes of education;
'students', 'pupils', 'learners' and 'customers';
'lecturer', 'teacher', 'tutor', 'mentor'; the rise
and impact of student services; course review
and evaluation; modularization; the costs of
education.
* the 'business' of the university - academic freedom and
the rise of managerialism; wealth creation; intellectual
capital; intellectual copyright; knowledge and research;
knowledge and teaching; the preservation of knowledge
in libraries, museums, galleries; the diffusion of
knowledge through publishing, multimedia, and the
Internet.
* external issues impacting on education: funding
education; private sector involvement; government
involvement; Academic Audit; Research Assessment
Exercise; QAA; Teaching Quality Assessment.
* internal issues impacting on education: key skills,
transferable skills; access to education - ties with
schools; life-long education; adult education; returning to
learning; education as a 'right'; fees, grants, and loans.
* the role of the university and college in society; the
contexts of the university and college; the needs of
society; reconceiving the place and work of the university
and college.
Papers will be considered on related themes. 300 word
abstracts should be submitted by Friday 4th April 2003.
Full draft papers should be submitted by Friday 13th
June 2003.
300 word abstracts should be submitted to both the
Organising Joint Chairs; abstracts may be in Word,
WordPerfect, PDF or RTF formats.
Dr David Seth Preston
BRG
92 Colney Hatch Lane
London N10 1EA
Email:
david-preston@blueyonder.co.uk
Dr Rob Fisher
c/o Learning Solutions
Priory House
149B Wroslyn Road
Freeland, Oxfordshire OX29 8HR
Email:
rf@inter-disciplinary.net
The conference is sponsored by Inter-Disciplinary.Net,
Learning Solutions, and BRG as part of the 'At the
Interface' programme of Higher Education projects. It
aims to bring together people from different areas and
interests to share ideas and explore various discussions
which are innovative and exciting.
One themed volume has already been published from
this project; a second volume is in preparation. All
papers accepted for and presented at this conference will
be published in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers will be
developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume.
The project is also to be supported by an e-mail
discussion group and ISSN e-journal.
For further details and information about the project
please see
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ioe.htm
For specific information about the conference please see
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ioe03cfp.htm or contact:
Dr Rob Fisher,
rf@inter-disciplinary.net