NAIRTL 3rd Annual Conference

Free registration.
Location: Hamilton Building, Trinity College Dublin.
Date: 11-12 November 2009. 

The theme of this year's conference is “Research-Teaching Linkages: Practice & Policy” and we aim to uncover best practice in the development of research-teaching links and to identify potential policy supports to help shape these links.

The programme will feature keynote talks, invited papers, a panel discussion, workshops, and a poster session. Registration for the conference is free. Download conference programme.

Confirmed speakers:
	Dr Anne Lee, Academic Development Adviser, Centre for Learning Development, University of Surrey. "Developments in postgraduate education and their implications for research supervision".
	Professor Carolin Kreber, Professor of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, and Director of the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Assessment, University of Edinburgh. "Enhancing the student experience through the scholarship of teaching and learning?"
	Mr Bradley Wuetherick is the Manager of Undergraduate Student Services in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, Alberta University, Canada. "Moving Forward with Research-Enhanced Teaching and Learning: Undergraduate Student and Academic Staff Perceptions of Research in the Undergraduate Learning Environment".

Panel Discussion: chaired by Dr John Bowman
“The role of research funding organisations in shaping teaching and learning in higher education”, featuring Dr Eucharia Meehan, HEA, Dr Mairéad O’Driscoll, HRB, Ms Dipti Pandya, IRCHSS, Mr Martin Hynes, IRCSET, Prof. Nicholas Canny, RIA, and Prof. Frank Gannon, SFI.

Conference themes:
Research-enhanced teaching and learning
Scholarship of Teaching and learning
Graduate Education*

*The Graduate Education theme of the NAIRTL conference will coincide with the second day of the IUA 4th Level Network conference "The Evolving Landscape of Irish Graduate Education" and features joint sessions between the two conferences under this theme.

Conference Dinner:
The conference dinner will be held in the Old Jameson Distillery in Smithfield and will include a guided tour of the Distillery. The meal will be followed by an evening of entertainment with the Jameson Players and the Claddagh Dancers. The cost for the dinner is €60.

Accommodation: List of hotels near Trinity College Dublin

Getting there: Full directions on how to reach the University by train, plane and automobile are available here.

Venue: The Hamilton Building is located towards the far end of the college close to the intersection of Westland row and Pearse Street. The easiest access point is to walk along Pearse street and take the tunnel after the Science Gallery. Map of the campus

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