University English AGM 2017
St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford
Wednesday 12th – Thursday 13th April 2017
2017 PROGRAMME
Wednesday 12th April
From 3.00pm Registration; tea and coffee
3.40pm Panel 1: The future of security? The changing shape of an academic career.
Convenors: Elspeth Jajdelska and Natasha Alden
Discussions around academic career paths have tended to focus on the challenges facing Early Career Researchers; high awareness of such issues is reflected, for example, in responses within the subject community to proposals in the Stern Review around portability of research outputs. This panel aims to widen this discussion by considering academic careers in English more broadly, exploring the forces reshaping academic career paths, and asking how to manage and resolve concerns at all career stages.
[4.55pm short break: deadline for receipt of nomination forms for committee]
5.00pm Keynote Address: Shearer West [https://sheffield.ac.uk/history/staff/shearer-west] – Open Access and the Monograph
Shearer West (Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Sheffield; Chair OA Monograph Working Group)
6.30pm Reception; University English Book Prize award
7.30pm Conference dinner
Thursday 13th April
9.00am Panel 2: The Impact of Impact
Conveners: Alison Findlay and Alison Waller
This panel explores changing landscapes of English research in light of the impact agenda, offering an overview of how the discipline has responded to REF requirements as well as discussing examples of excellent practice. Panelists will debate how far individuals, project teams, and universities are tackling broader philosophical and ethical questions about the utility of their work outside of academia.
10.15am Tea & Coffee
10.30am AGM Business Meeting
11.30am Tea & Coffee
11.45am Panel 3: Schools of thought: English, HE and secondary education
Convenors: Will May and Ben Davies
Over 60 UK universities sponsor schools in the UK, and the government wants to see numbers increase. Recent initiatives have also forged new links between university research and the classroom, from the Researchers in Schools programme to the Academics in the Classroom project. This panel will explore the new landscape of HE and school collaboration, and what it might mean for English.
1.00pm Lunch
2.00pm Finish
2.00-3.30pm Executive Committee meeting
Booking
The AGM is open to delegates from all member institutions. Please contact Will May (w.may at soton.ac.uk) if you would like to check whether your subscription is up to date.
Registration closes on Friday March 24th. Bookings cannot be accepted after this date. We can accept online payments, or take payment on the opening day of the conference.
1 x member delegate £160
1 x member delegate (non-dining rate) £135
1 x postgraduate rate £60
