One day conference: Leading Higher Education As and For Public Good - How can teaching and learning contribute to a sustainable future?
The five year research project, Formation and Competence Building of University Academic Developers (2015-2020), funded by the Research Council of Norway is celebrating its conclusion.
Book cover: Routledge
Registration deadline 15. March 2020
About the conference
We invite you to an one day conference and launch of the project book ‘Leading Higher Education As and For Public Good –Rekindling Education as Praxis’.
Professor emeritus Ronald Barnett, University College London has authored the foreword and will give a keynote on ‘Academic development and public leadership: a tale of three cities’.
Professor Peter Felten, Elon University, starts the day with a keynote entitled: ‘Relationship-rich education, generous thinking, and the public good’.
Participants are invited to take part in workshops discussing practices related to the opportunities and challenges of enhancing teaching and learning as and for public good.
Professor Inga Bostad will also chair a panel debate on how higher education can contribute to sustainable societies.
Program
Key Note speakers
Professor emeritus Ronald Barnett, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, Institute of Education, University College London
Professor Peter Felten, Executive Director of the Center for Engaged Learning, Assistant Provost, and Professor of History, Elon University
Workshops
Chose between three parallel workshops
Lunch
Lunch is served, and we celebrate with light food and drinks at the end of the seminar
The seminar, including food and drinks, is free of charge.
In collaboration with Norsk nettverk for universitets og høgskolepedagogikk