CELT conference: http://www.nuigalway.ie/celt/conference/conference12.html - There will be a significant strand of digital literacies and digital technologies

The written word – Writing, Publishing and Communication in Higher Education

The 10th Annual Galway Symposium

• Dates: June 7th and 8th, 2012
• Venue: Áras Moyola,  NUI Galway

Conference Overview

Essays, reports, papers, books, journals, and even blogs - all are at the heart of higher education, and the ability to write clearly and intelligently is deemed a hallmark of a successful graduate.

For those working in academia, the need to publish journal papers, monographs and other emerging media forms is vital, with performance metrics based on output and citations.

To navigate the complex world of the ’information age’, powers of discrimination and judgement are essential to the enterprise of sense-making’. Academics, increasingly need to be able to communicate with a wider audience, to reach out and share their passion and expertise with the public and engage with debate and critique in educational, scientific, cultural and political spheres.

How, then, can we nurture the skills (and the pleasure) of writing amongst students? How can we hone and fine-tune our own approaches and adapt to new media, new audiences? What can we do to challenge the increasing costs of publication, of journal subscription charges and the ’paywalls’ that block access to knowledge? How can we weave together the skills of communication, critical thinking and public engagement?

These are just some of the questions we will be exploring in the keynotes, parallel sessions and ’foyer chat’ in the 10th Galway Symposium on Higher Education. Come along, listen to the arguments and raise you own voice, in a spirit of collegiality, conviviality and intellectual curiosity.

For Info: SRHE Digital University Network

http://www.srhe.ac.uk/networks/digital_university.asp