The ESCalate/JISC HE in FE Conference, Inspiration for Practice will be held on May 26th 2010 at the Trident Centre Warwickshire and the main theme will focus on professional concerns for HE in FE practitioners regarding questions around their status and raising their professional standing - a topic of immediate importance for all HE in FE practitioners.

The keynote speaker will be John Storan, Director of Continuum at the University of East London, an international authority on widening participation strategy and practice. Sarah Knight, JISC Programme Manager (e-learning) will present on institutional approaches to curriculum design and transforming curriculum delivery. Diane Thurston, Manager of the Success North Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training at Newcastle College with specialist interest in mentoring and teachers' learning will present a paper. Rebecca Turner, Educational Researcher and Developer, HELP CETL at the University of Plymouth will speak on the emerging professional identities of HE in FE lecturers.

We welcome proposals for presentations and posters round the theme of professional concerns for those working in HE in FE. So if you are interested in reflecting on your experience and sharing it with a wider audience then please get in touch.

We're inviting you to submit your proposal as soon as possible - as an individual, or part of a group/team.

Registration is open right now so please send in your proposals to heacademy@escalate.ac.uk and make sure you're at one of the most interesting HE in FE events in the 2010 calendar!

The Higher Education Academy - Subject Centre for Education (ESCalate)
http://escalate.ac.uk/