GTA Developers' Forum 2019

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Bristol Doctoral College, University of Bristol

The GTA Developers' Forum will provide an opportunity for those who support the development of Graduate Teaching Assistants (i.e. postgraduate research students who teach) to discuss and share their practice with colleagues from across the sector. 
 
Programme:
Day 1: 24th June (11:30-18:00)
Registration
Session 1: Lightning Talks and Posters – GTA support and development at different HEIs
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<LI>             Oliver Schofield, Neil Bannister (University of Bath)</LI>
<LI>             Nathalie Sheridan, Amanda Pate (University of Glasgow)</LI>
<LI>             Mary Seabrook (King's College London)</LI>
<LI>             Sara Hattersley and William Rupp (University of Warwick)</LI>
<LI>             Catherine Lillie (University of Hull)</LI>
<LI>             Hannah Mathers, Allan Hollinsworth, Natalie Marr and Pamela Rattigan (University of Glasgow)</LI>
</UL>
Session 2: Peer-learning
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<LI>“The power of peers in GTA and PGR teaching development” - Kerry Dobbins, Ellen Bishop, Martha Papadopoulou and Joe Watkins (University of Leicester) &amp; Richard Bale, Hannah Moran (Imperial College London)</LI>
</UL>
Session 3: the GTA Voice
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<LI>“Precarious@KentUni“ - Betsy Porritt (University of Kent)</LI>
<LI>“Everything you wanted to know about GTAs, but were too afraid to listen…” - Gina Noonan (Institute of Technology Carlow)</LI>
</UL>
Closing remarks and discussion
 
Day 2: 25th June (9:30-16:30) 
Session 4: Wellbeing
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<LI>“GTAs and compassion as a professional behaviour” - Jessica Hancock (City, University of London)</LI>
<LI>“Building a cross-disciplinary community of Doctoral Teachers” - Conny Lippert (University of Bristol)</LI>
</UL>
Session 5: Confidence and Teaching Persona
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<LI>“Building confidence for Graduate Teaching Assistants” - Eli Saetnan (University of Liverpool) &amp; Dawne Irving-Bell and Claire Moscrop (Edge Hill University) &amp; Dr Jennifer Leigh (Kent), Dr Jo Collins (Kent), Nicole Brown (UCL)</LI>
</UL>
Session 6: Programme Development
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<LI>“From informal to formal professional development opportunities: Engaging GTAs in design of teaching and learning activities” - Speakers: Najmeh Hafezieh (Royal Holloway), Fumi Kitagawa (University of Edinburgh)</LI>
<LI>“Interrogating the curriculum: on programme meta-learning for new GTAs” - Sara Hattersley and William Rupp (University of Warwick)</LI>
<LI>“Developing a mentoring community to support Professional Development and Recognition for GTAs” - Jenny Slaughter, Claudia Henninger &amp; Tom Rodgers (University of Manchester) </LI>
</UL>
Wrap-up
 
For any queries, please contact <A HREF="mailto:conny.lippert@bristol.ac.uk" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Conny Lippert</A>.

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