Stories with impact: a workshop for heads of department and subject leaders. (Audio recordings of Michael Kelly's and Gavin Fairbairns's presentations are now available on this event)
Date: 17 September, 2010
Location: Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HQ
Event type: Workshop
Last September we held a one-day workshop for Heads of Department and Deans on ‘Thriving in difficult times’. Since then, times have continued to get more difficult. This year our workshop will develop strategies for convincing senior managers, policy-makers and other stakeholders of the value of what we do. ‘Stories with impact’ aims to identify and present the positive impacts our activities more assertively.
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate the impact of your teaching and research on the university, students and on the wider community
- Promote your subject and department across the university
- Present activities confidently and assertively to senior managers, policy makers, industry and other stakeholders
- Articulate the case for languages, linguistics and area studies in the university, the local community, nationally and internationally
- Respond appropriately to initiatives from policy makers in higher education
Fees
- There is a charge of £85 for employees and postgraduate students of publicly funded UK educational institutions to attend this event.
- There is a charge of £100 for employees and postgraduate students of private institutions/organisations and non-UK institutions to attend this event.
- Please note that we reserve the right to retain the fee of £85 if you do not notify us at least 48 hours beforehand that you are unable to attend.
- Full details of our charging policy are available.
- Lunch will be provided.
Travel bursary
Travel bursaries are not available for this event.
| Time | Session |
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| 10.00-10.30 | Registration and coffee |
| 10.30-11.00 | Impact: the story so far Michael Kelly, Director of the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies This opening session will discuss ways in which research and teaching in LLAS subjects is likely to have an impact on:
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| 11.00-11.30 | Constructing a narrative To tell a good story about our work in general, and on its impact in particular, we need to consider the way we construct the narrative. This session will consider ways in which we can tell our stories effectively, in speech and in writing, and ensure that our narrative catches the attention of its intended audience Gavin Fairbairn, Professor of Language and Ethics, Leeds Metropolitan University
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| 11.30-12.30 | Groupwork 1: In groups we will critically analyse some LLAS narratives taken from a variety of sources and genres. We will consider what ‘story’ is being told in each of the texts and use our findings to identify elements that can make or make a good story |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30-14.30 | Round table session: telling a story with impact A panel of representatives from the target audiences for our stories discuss what they are looking for in an LLAS story |
| 14.30-15.45 | Group discussion 2: telling a story with impact In this session, we will work in groups to construct a short narrative relating a specific scenario to a specific audience, e.g. Vice-Chancellor, student group, local press Tea and coffee will be available during this session |
| 15.45-16.30 | Storytelling session: each group will present their narrative |
| 16.30-16.45 | Publicising our stories Some concluding remarks on the practicalities gaining a wider audience for our stories within and beyond the HE community |
