Events at UEL
PhD Research Event
An open day for presentations and discussions on PhD research
When: 23rd April
Where: Docklands Campus room EBG 14
Programme
10-10.30 Welcome and Introduction - Prof Maria Tamboukou (LSS Research degreees leader)
10.30 - 11.30 Research opportunities for PhD themes, centres and people
11.30 - 12.00 Questions
12.00 12.30 PhD students talk about their experience
12.30 - 1.00 Application procedures - Phil Rees, Research Degrees Administrator LSS
1.00 - 2.00 Lunch and informal discussions
If you would like to attend please email Phil Rees
University Futures - New Engagements: A Public Discussion
Thursday May 10, 1.30-4pm, Room EBG.06
How can universities in developing economies sustain and develop their programmes and research in the face of the international marketisation of higher education?
What are the possibilities for new higher education initiatives in the UK and other high-income countries, in the current political climate?
What might the higher education sector learn from the new educational forms being created within the Occupy movement?
This panel discussion will explore the imaginative possibilities that have been suggested and developed by the speakers for the futures of higher education in the UK and internationally.
The event follows on from the autumn 2011 University Futures discussion coordinated by UEL, the Campaign for Social Sciences, and Times Higher Education.
Panel speakers:
- Dr Les Back, Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths' College, University of
London.
- Dr Gavin Poynter, Professor in the School of Law and Social Sciences and Chair, London East Research Institute, University of East London
- Dr Adam Habib, Professor of Political Science, Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg and former Executive Director of South Africa's Human Sciences Research Council
- James Sevitt, active in Occupy London, co-organiser of Tent City University and educator, community organiser and writer.
- Dr Debra Shaw, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at UEL, and teacher at The Free University, London.
- Katherine Stanley, active in Occupy London and co-organiser of Tent City University
Please email Corinne Squire to for further details, register to attend this event
