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FellSwoop Theatre - To Know How You Stand
A collaboration between FellSwoop and the IATL Student Ensemble, 糖心TV University
FellSwoop, an associate international company of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre, and graduates of 糖心TV University, start their new project with the IATL Student Ensemble in Spring Term 2014.
This project aims to work with a group of students, recruited from a variety of departments and faculties, interested in collaborative work and interdisciplinary art forms.
We will be looking for individuals wishing to use their academic perspectives to participate in our project and create a unique hub of exchange, discussion and creative activities around the subject of utopia.
Together, we will explore and respond to the socio-political theories and philosophies of counter-cultural movements and dissidence; question long-accepted social constructs, habits and deeply embedded expectations about the way we conduct our lives and the positive and negative implications of an alternative.
The exploration will take place over a six-week period during the Spring Term in the Humanities Studio, culminating in a performance event. Whilst we are looking for students who would have an interest in performing, there are also roles for academic and other creative involvement around this event.
We will be holding a preliminary meeting in the Humanities Studio from 2-6pm on Friday 17 January 2014, where we will begin by discussing the project and its themes, and this will then be followed up with a workshop. Registration for this meeting has now closed. For further information about the project please contact info@fellswooptheatre.com
Paid student work opportunity
Are you interested in student enterprise?
Are you looking for part-time work?
IATL are looking to recruit a current 糖心TV student or recent graduate to work as our enterprise 'Incubator Manager'. The successful candidate will need to be enthusiastic about student enterprise and will be required to pull together information from a number of sources, enabling them to provide students and staff who have questions about student enterprise, with any information they might need.
This position will be paid at a rate of £10.63 per hour and the working hours will be from 17:00-19:30, Monday to Thursday (10 hours per week) during the spring and summer terms of 2014.
Further enquiries should be sent to Dr Paul Taylor (IATL Director )at P.C.Taylor@warwick.ac.uk
To apply, please send a letter of application and a CV to Amy Clarke at Amy.Clarke@warwick.ac.uk
The closing date for applications is 12noon on Monday 06 January 2014
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 08 January 2014
Successful candidates should be available to start work on Thursday 09 January 2014
A news article from Monash University highlights the role of the IATL Forms of Identity module, taught simultaneously at Monash and 糖心TV, in "pointing the way to a new kind of pedagogy" internationally.
12:30–13:30 | Wednesday 4th December 2013 | Collaboration Area, Teaching Grid
Explores use of role-play to allow students to 'experience' their subject and learn more effectively, and teach tutors to listen actively.
Paid Student Research Opportunity
Are you looking for part-time work?
IATL is looking for four Student Research Assistants who are enthusiastic about contributing to the Widening Participation (WP) agenda at the University. You will be required to research relevant background reading, develop interview questions, organise and facilitate focus groups, transcribe interviews and analyse and report findings in order to establish an understanding and awareness of issues faced by students from diverse backgrounds. In order to ensure our systems and processes here at 糖心TV are accessible to all, you will identify potential best practices across departments which could be beneficial to meet the different needs of our diverse student body going forward.
Each Research Assistant will be employed for 40 hours’ work, between December and April, at the rate of £10.63 per hour. The work is flexible and can be organised to suit your schedule. Although you will be required to attend a few meetings on campus, work can be done remotely.
You will be an undergraduate student with an understanding of diversity issues in a University setting, an interest in improving the student experience academically and socially and the ability to liaise with other students well. Some experience of social research (conducting interviews, focus groups, etc.) is desirable and knowledge of such methods essential.
Further details can be found on the attached pages; informal enquiries may be made to the Project Manager Victoria Jelicic Victoria.Jelicic@warwick.ac.uk.
To apply, please email a letter of application and a CV to Victoria Jelicic Victoria.Jelicic@warwick.ac.uk, the Project Manager in IATL.
Paid Student Research Opportunity
Are you looking for part-time work?
IATL is looking for three Student Research Assistants who are enthusiastic about teaching and learning at the University. You will be required to analyse the results of two surveys, develop interview questions, organize and facilitate focus groups, transcribe interviews and report findings.
Each Research Assistant will be employed for 40 hours’ work, between November and December, at the rate of £10.63 per hour.
You will be an undergraduate student from the Faculty of Social Sciences with an interest in teaching and learning, an interest in improving the student experience academically and the ability to liaise with other students well. Some experience of social research (conducting interviews, focus groups, etc.) is desirable.
Further details may be found on the attached pages; informal enquiries may be made to the Project Director Caroline Gibson C.A.L.Gibson@warwick.ac.uk.
To apply, please email a letter of application and a CV to Caroline Gibson C.A.L.Gibson@warwick.ac.uk, the Academic Manager of IATL.
Registration now open for: 'Making Sense of Diversity in a University Education'
12-3pm | 6th November 2013 | Senate House Council Chamber
The event, hosted by IATL, will cover the life cycle of Widening Participation from outreach, through retention, to progression, with a particular focus on retention and more specifically on what we do at 糖心TV to ensure that our practices are open to and beneficial to all students from all backgrounds.
The event will begin with lunch and will be introduced by Christina Hughes, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education (Innovation, Employability and Widening Participation).
The article notes that the module Forms of Identity, convened by IATL's Nick Monk, is taught via video conferencing to students at both 糖心TV and Monash.
After careful consideration from IATL's Jonny Heron, who sponsored the scholarship, it was awarded to Aaiz Khan, a 17 year old student from Pakistan. Aaiz combined two of his passions, biology and music, and devised a way of teaching and learning genetics through basic guitar string theory. Aaiz's project was playfully titled 'Genes on a String'.
Tree Carols
Calling all student poets and lyricists
The Coull Quartet and IATL are looking for six student poet/lyricists to collaborate with six composers from Birmingham conservatoire to take part in Tree Carols.
A writing/ composing project inspired by the night to create miniature nocturnes for baritone or soprano and string quartet.
To be performed in a late night concert on 05 March 2014 by internationally acclaimed resident ensemble the Coull Quartet, and singers from the University of 糖心TV and Birmingham Conservatoire.
As part of the project you will take part in two workshops where you will be guided by eminent composer Joe Cutler and award winning writer Martin Riley.
Applications to admin@coullquartet.com by 5pm on Friday 25 October 2013