BEYOND KYOTO: Green Innovation and Enterprise for the 21st Century - Innovations in Environmental Fi
There is a great deal of innovation in the areas of green enterprise and clean technology in Oxford and the greater Oxford-London-Cambridge region, presenting an infrastructural advantage supported by world-class universities and businesses. The Oxford Business and Environment Network, with the support of Saïd Business School, the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, the Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, is organising t
Peter McDonald on Literature
Summary: Peter McDonald talks about how he became to be interested in Literature, how he became to be an academic at Oxford and what it is like to study literature at Oxford.
Cisco Conference at Oxford: IPv6 transition and scalable deployment
Fred Baker (Cisco) gives a presentation on the transition in computer networks from IPv4 to IPv6; the change from less to more sophisticated network addresses. He also talks about other issues such as connectivity, network access and security
Tim Kendall: 'Ivor Gurney: First War Poet'
Professor Tim Kendall considers what composer and poet Ivor Gurney understood by the phrase 'war poet' and how he saw his own work as belonging to (and eminent amidst) a tradition of writing about war. Tim Kendall examines the ways in which Gurney represents poetry, and the figure of the poet, in his own work; and assesses Gurney's hopes for the efficacy of such poetry - whether as acts of witness, of escapism, or of political intervention. Tim Kendall is Professor of English Literature at the
Teaching WW1 Literature: Victoria Syme-Taylor
Victoria Syme-Taylor 'Teaching WW1 Poetry to the Armed Services' Victoria Syme-Taylor 'Teaching WW1 Poetry to the Armed Services' part of the Teaching World War One LIterature Conference, Oxford University, 12/11/07.
Teaching WW1 Literature: Meg Crane
Meg Crane 'WW1 Poetry in Schools' Meg Crane 'WW1 Poetry in Schools', part of the Teaching World War One Literature conference, Oxford University, 12/11/07.
Teaching WW1 Literature: Jon Stallworthy
Jon Stallworthy 'War Poetry' Jon Stallworthy 'War Poetry', part of the Teaching World War One Literature Conference, Oxford University, 12/11/07.
Teaching WW1 Literature: Guy Cuthbertson
Guy Cuthbertson 'WW1 Poetry in Higher Education' Guy Cuthbertson 'WW1 Poetry in Higher Education', part of the Teaching World War One Literature Conference, Oxford University, 12/11/07.
Teaching WW1 Literature: Andrea Peterson
Andrea Peterson 'Children's Literature' Andrea Peterson 'Children's Literature' part of the Teaching World War One literature conference, Oxford University, 12/11/07.
Youth as Evaluators: Contested Spaces and Identity
In this documentary, young people talk about their countries and the issues that young people face there. Produced and directed by Simon James. In this documentary, young people talk about their countries and the issues that young people face there. The documentary was filmed during a gathering of young people involved in Public Achievement and similar programmes around the world (including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Turkey, Serbia, Croatia, Albania, Finland, Netherlands,
Colloquium Week 7: "What are the social work types and why should we care?"
A paper presented on Tuesday 9th June 2009 at the St Cross College Colloquium Recent literature and policy movements in the UK and USA have given a great deal of focus to evidence-based practice (EBP) in social services, however there remains little clarity in the literature as to the realities of what these concepts look like in practice. As educational models in the social sciences and policy pressure on human services continue to develop, it is imperative to examine what is being considered a
Episode 23: Interview with Douglas Miles (Apache) and Yatika Fields (Osage)
Miles and Fields, artists-in-residence at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, shared their unique creativity with IPS students, joining budding artists from Arsenal Tech High School, Harshman Middle School and Schools 14 and 54, to create a mural that will travel to each of the schools and find a permanent home at the John H. Boner Community Center on the Indianapolis' East Side.
Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting
The word "Renaissance" in the exhibition title refers, in the traditional sense, to the rebirth of antiquity—the revival of interest in classical art, literature, and philosophy. But here it also signifies that Venetian painting was transformed—reborn—in the opening decades of the sixteenth century. The exhibition focuses on the period from 1500 to 1530, which represents, visually and intellectually, the most exciting phase of the Renaissance in Venice, when three great masters, the old Be
Employability & Career Development: Networking
Networking is all about people and relationships. An individual’s network of family, friends, neighbours, colleagues and associates possesses a certain ‘organic’ quality. Like a plant or a tree, at any given moment in time, a person’s network is a certain size and even has a certain health about it. What is more, it responds positively both to positive input (nourishment) and careful cultivation (management).
ASSIMILATE project - exploring assessment at Masters level
Key things about assessment - exploring assessment at Masters degree level in the UK and internationally.
Assessment driving learning
-Assessment is the major driving force on learning for most students. If assessment is well-designed, there are positive effects on how students go about their learning.
Global literature has confirmed this over
the last 30 years. (Boud, Mentkowski,
Knight and Yorke and many others).
-The design of assessment shapes
students patterns of studying (marks as m
AFFIRM Assessment and Formative Feedback In Research Methods - literature review
‘AFFIRM’ is part of Leeds Met’s efforts to promote research-informed teaching. A pilot project, it is concerned with computer-assisted assessment (CAA) related to the teaching of research methods. Over a 12-month period in 2007-8 it will create, test and evaluate a small computerised bank of quality-checked items to support undergraduate and taught postgraduate-level research methods teaching. Although the items are likely to have several potential uses, i.e. to be ‘reusable learning obj
1.4 The contribution of culture: policy as meaning making
Much literature on the public policy process focusses narrowly on the policy-making part. This unit widens the focus to examine the implementation phase, and how change happens as a result of new policies: that is, policy – action relationship. It does this by looking at four different models of how this relationship can work through examples from varying fields. The unit will be of interest to public sector managers, their staff and the general reader.
1.3 The perils of partnetship: policy as an adaptive system
Much literature on the public policy process focusses narrowly on the policy-making part. This unit widens the focus to examine the implementation phase, and how change happens as a result of new policies: that is, policy – action relationship. It does this by looking at four different models of how this relationship can work through examples from varying fields. The unit will be of interest to public sector managers, their staff and the general reader.
1.2 The machinery of government: policy as rational planning
Much literature on the public policy process focusses narrowly on the policy-making part. This unit widens the focus to examine the implementation phase, and how change happens as a result of new policies: that is, policy – action relationship. It does this by looking at four different models of how this relationship can work through examples from varying fields. The unit will be of interest to public sector managers, their staff and the general reader.
1.1 Policy delivery
Much literature on the public policy process focusses narrowly on the policy-making part. This unit widens the focus to examine the implementation phase, and how change happens as a result of new policies: that is, policy – action relationship. It does this by looking at four different models of how this relationship can work through examples from varying fields. The unit will be of interest to public sector managers, their staff and the general reader.
