This event, “REF: routes to impact”, aimed to raise awareness among academic members of the multiple routes to impact their research can have. The aim of the evening was to let researchers consider the numerous ways that research can have an impact within an international development context.
Patricia Latter REF "Routes to Impact" presentation 26/05/2016LIDC
This event, “REF: routes to impact”, aimed to raise awareness among academic members of the multiple routes to impact their research can have. The aim of the evening was to let researchers consider the numerous ways that research can have an impact within an international development context.
The UK Research Councils will deliver through the GCRF £1.5b in research grants for international development research over the next five years. This funding is new and additional to existing sources of research support like DFID, the Newton Fund, etc., which will continue. The GCRF represents the largest single boost to research council funding in their history and will create an entirely new stream of development research funding across arts, humanities, social and natural sciences, with particular opportunities for interdisciplinary research.
Nancy Hey - Evidence informed policy making - 26 June 2017OECD Governance
Presentation by Nancy Hey, Director What Works Centre for Wellbeing, United Kingdom, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. The event was organised by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Campbell Collaboration and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA). For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
Talk to Heads of University Biological Sciences Departments WInter Meeting 10 November 2011.
http://www.societyofbiology.org/newsandevents/events/view/327
Howard White - Evidence informed policy making - 26 June 2017OECD Governance
Presentation by Howard White, Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Collaboration, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
James Wilsdon - Evidence informed policy making - 27 June 2017OECD Governance
Presentation by James Wilsdon, Vice President of INGSA, Professor, University of Sheffield, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. The event was organised by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Campbell Collaboration and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA). For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
Christopher L. Griffin - Evidence informed policy making - 26 June 2017OECD Governance
Presentation by Christopher L. Griffin, Research Director, Access to Justice Lab, Harvard Law School, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. The event was organised by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Campbell Collaboration and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA). For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
Patricia Latter REF "Routes to Impact" presentation 26/05/2016LIDC
This event, “REF: routes to impact”, aimed to raise awareness among academic members of the multiple routes to impact their research can have. The aim of the evening was to let researchers consider the numerous ways that research can have an impact within an international development context.
The UK Research Councils will deliver through the GCRF £1.5b in research grants for international development research over the next five years. This funding is new and additional to existing sources of research support like DFID, the Newton Fund, etc., which will continue. The GCRF represents the largest single boost to research council funding in their history and will create an entirely new stream of development research funding across arts, humanities, social and natural sciences, with particular opportunities for interdisciplinary research.
Nancy Hey - Evidence informed policy making - 26 June 2017OECD Governance
Presentation by Nancy Hey, Director What Works Centre for Wellbeing, United Kingdom, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. The event was organised by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Campbell Collaboration and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA). For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
Talk to Heads of University Biological Sciences Departments WInter Meeting 10 November 2011.
http://www.societyofbiology.org/newsandevents/events/view/327
Howard White - Evidence informed policy making - 26 June 2017OECD Governance
Presentation by Howard White, Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Collaboration, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
James Wilsdon - Evidence informed policy making - 27 June 2017OECD Governance
Presentation by James Wilsdon, Vice President of INGSA, Professor, University of Sheffield, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. The event was organised by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Campbell Collaboration and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA). For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
Christopher L. Griffin - Evidence informed policy making - 26 June 2017OECD Governance
Presentation by Christopher L. Griffin, Research Director, Access to Justice Lab, Harvard Law School, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. The event was organised by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Campbell Collaboration and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA). For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
Samantha Robertson - NHMRC Perspectives on Increasing Access to Data from Pub...Wiley
Governments and industries all over the world are tackling the challenges and opportunities of ‘Big Data’. In view of these challenges, the key drivers of change in this area are the behaviour of researchers, the introduction of incentives or rewards and funding for data sharing infrastructure. Governments and taxpayers also expect a return on investment from the money spent on publically funded research. Building on and learning from the successes (and failures) of others need to be part of the research vernacular. Issues such as open access, data curation, handling of data, and sharing of that data are all matters on which the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has an interest in. NHMRC works with the sector to develop best practise policies on such matters.
Samantha Robertson
Executive Director, NHMRC Evidence, Advice & Governance
Presented at the 2015 Wiley Publishing Seminar, 5 November, Melbourne, Australia.
Stephan Fraser - Evidence informed policy making - 27 June 2017OECD Governance
Presentation by Stephen Fraser, Director International Partnerships, The Education Endowment Foundation, United Kingdom, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. The event was organised by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Campbell Collaboration and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA). For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
Mariam Chammat - Evidence informed policy making - 27 June 2017OECD Governance
Presentation by Mariam Chammat, Chief Behavioural Officer, Secretariat General pour la modernisation de l’action publique (SGMAP), France, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. The event was organised by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Campbell Collaboration and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA). For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
Warwick Anderson | Research funding perspectives for CIPHER forumSax Institute
Professor Warwick Anderson AM, CEO of the National Health and Medical Research Council, recently addressed a CIPHER forum to share how the NHMRC was testing ways to better match research funding with policy needs.
CIPHER, the Centre for Informing Policy in Health with Evidence from Research, is an Australian collaborative research centre managed by the Sax Institute, that is investigating the tools, skills and systems that might contribute to an increased use of research evidence in policy.
For more information visit www.saxinstitute.org.au.
John Lavis | Making research work for decision makers: international perspect...Sax Institute
Professor John N Lavis, Director of the McMaster Health Forum at McMaster University in Canada, recently addressed a CIPHER forum to share his experience in making research useful for health decision makers.
CIPHER, the Centre for Informing Policy in Health with Evidence from Research, is an Australian collaborative research centre managed by the Sax Institute, that is investigating the tools, skills and systems that might contribute to an increased use of research evidence in policy.
For more information visit www.saxinstitute.org.au.
The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program: What can it do ...CTSciNet .org
Meeting: Physician-Scientist Career Development Meeting, New York Academy of Sciences, November 3-5, 2010
Panel: Successful Strategies for the Physician-Scientist
Presentation: The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program: What can it do for you?
Speaker: Lisa Guay-Woodford, M.D., Professor and Vice Chair of Genetics, CTSA director, University of Alabama, Birmingham
View online with audio at http://community.sciencecareers.org/ctscinet/groups/sessions/2010/12/the-ctsa-program.php
Majella McCloskey - Evidence-informed policy making - 26 June 2017OECD Governance
Presentation by Majella McCloskey, Centre for Effective Services, Ireland/Northern Ireland, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
OECD Piret Tonurist - Evidence informed policy making - 27 June 2017OECD Governance
Presentation by Piret Tonurist, OECD, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. The event was organised by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Campbell Collaboration and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA). For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
Access to global health research: Prevalence and cost of open accessvaléry ridde
Presentation by Elise Smith, Stefanie Haustein, Philippe Mongeon, Fei Shu, Valery Ridde & Vincent Larivière for HSR 2016, the Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, in Vancouver, 14-18 november 2016.
At the DayOne Experts even - Next Generation Clinical Trials, Lars G. Hemkens from University Hospital Basel shared his experience on how integrating data, that has been collected on a routine basis, into clinical trials will make a difference.
Putting Well-being Metrics into Policy Action, 3-4 October 2019, Paris, France. More information at: http://www.oecd.org/statistics/putting-well-being-metrics-into-policy-action.htm
Next Generation Digital Trials - Introduction to a changing landscape DayOne
Data Analytics Perspective: Stijn Rogiers, SAS and explained why his company is prepared – having being around for decades as the “Rolls Royce” software provider in the fields of data science and analytics.
A presentation by Osman Sankoh as part of the Sustainability and Ownership panel discussion at the International Symposium on Cohort and Longitudinal Studies in Developing Contexts, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence, Italy 13-15 October 2014
A presentation by Emla Fitzsimons as part of the Sustainability and Ownership panel discussion at the International Symposium on Cohort and Longitudinal Studies in Developing Contexts, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence, Italy 13-15 October 2014
Samantha Robertson - NHMRC Perspectives on Increasing Access to Data from Pub...Wiley
Governments and industries all over the world are tackling the challenges and opportunities of ‘Big Data’. In view of these challenges, the key drivers of change in this area are the behaviour of researchers, the introduction of incentives or rewards and funding for data sharing infrastructure. Governments and taxpayers also expect a return on investment from the money spent on publically funded research. Building on and learning from the successes (and failures) of others need to be part of the research vernacular. Issues such as open access, data curation, handling of data, and sharing of that data are all matters on which the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has an interest in. NHMRC works with the sector to develop best practise policies on such matters.
Samantha Robertson
Executive Director, NHMRC Evidence, Advice & Governance
Presented at the 2015 Wiley Publishing Seminar, 5 November, Melbourne, Australia.
Stephan Fraser - Evidence informed policy making - 27 June 2017OECD Governance
Presentation by Stephen Fraser, Director International Partnerships, The Education Endowment Foundation, United Kingdom, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. The event was organised by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Campbell Collaboration and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA). For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
Mariam Chammat - Evidence informed policy making - 27 June 2017OECD Governance
Presentation by Mariam Chammat, Chief Behavioural Officer, Secretariat General pour la modernisation de l’action publique (SGMAP), France, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. The event was organised by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Campbell Collaboration and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA). For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
Warwick Anderson | Research funding perspectives for CIPHER forumSax Institute
Professor Warwick Anderson AM, CEO of the National Health and Medical Research Council, recently addressed a CIPHER forum to share how the NHMRC was testing ways to better match research funding with policy needs.
CIPHER, the Centre for Informing Policy in Health with Evidence from Research, is an Australian collaborative research centre managed by the Sax Institute, that is investigating the tools, skills and systems that might contribute to an increased use of research evidence in policy.
For more information visit www.saxinstitute.org.au.
John Lavis | Making research work for decision makers: international perspect...Sax Institute
Professor John N Lavis, Director of the McMaster Health Forum at McMaster University in Canada, recently addressed a CIPHER forum to share his experience in making research useful for health decision makers.
CIPHER, the Centre for Informing Policy in Health with Evidence from Research, is an Australian collaborative research centre managed by the Sax Institute, that is investigating the tools, skills and systems that might contribute to an increased use of research evidence in policy.
For more information visit www.saxinstitute.org.au.
The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program: What can it do ...CTSciNet .org
Meeting: Physician-Scientist Career Development Meeting, New York Academy of Sciences, November 3-5, 2010
Panel: Successful Strategies for the Physician-Scientist
Presentation: The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program: What can it do for you?
Speaker: Lisa Guay-Woodford, M.D., Professor and Vice Chair of Genetics, CTSA director, University of Alabama, Birmingham
View online with audio at http://community.sciencecareers.org/ctscinet/groups/sessions/2010/12/the-ctsa-program.php
Majella McCloskey - Evidence-informed policy making - 26 June 2017OECD Governance
Presentation by Majella McCloskey, Centre for Effective Services, Ireland/Northern Ireland, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
OECD Piret Tonurist - Evidence informed policy making - 27 June 2017OECD Governance
Presentation by Piret Tonurist, OECD, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. The event was organised by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Campbell Collaboration and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA). For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
Access to global health research: Prevalence and cost of open accessvaléry ridde
Presentation by Elise Smith, Stefanie Haustein, Philippe Mongeon, Fei Shu, Valery Ridde & Vincent Larivière for HSR 2016, the Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, in Vancouver, 14-18 november 2016.
At the DayOne Experts even - Next Generation Clinical Trials, Lars G. Hemkens from University Hospital Basel shared his experience on how integrating data, that has been collected on a routine basis, into clinical trials will make a difference.
Putting Well-being Metrics into Policy Action, 3-4 October 2019, Paris, France. More information at: http://www.oecd.org/statistics/putting-well-being-metrics-into-policy-action.htm
Next Generation Digital Trials - Introduction to a changing landscape DayOne
Data Analytics Perspective: Stijn Rogiers, SAS and explained why his company is prepared – having being around for decades as the “Rolls Royce” software provider in the fields of data science and analytics.
A presentation by Osman Sankoh as part of the Sustainability and Ownership panel discussion at the International Symposium on Cohort and Longitudinal Studies in Developing Contexts, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence, Italy 13-15 October 2014
A presentation by Emla Fitzsimons as part of the Sustainability and Ownership panel discussion at the International Symposium on Cohort and Longitudinal Studies in Developing Contexts, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence, Italy 13-15 October 2014
High-level analysis of NIHR research impact derived from REF2014 case studiesAdam Kamenetzky
This presentation is based on an analysis of 248 impact case studies citing support from the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) submitted to REF2014. It provides a high-level view of the features of this research, and categorises a number of levels at which they provide evidence of wider societal impacts.
Convergence of Occupational and Environmental Exposure Science: the Whole Pic...Retired
The presentation was given at the 24th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) in Cincinnati (www.ISES2014.org).
It describes work in the HEALS project (www.HEALS-eu.eu). This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 603946.
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Visualization Tools for the Refinery Platform - Supporting reproducible resea...Nils Gehlenborg
The Refinery Platform (http://www.refinery-platform.org) is a web-based data visualization and analysis system for epigenomic and genomic data designed to support reproducible biomedical research. The analysis backend employs the Galaxy Workbench and connects to a data repository based on the ISA-Tab data description format. In my talk I will discuss the exploratory visualization tools that we have integrated into Refinery.
Community Nursing Research Strategy Masterclass
13th September 2013
The WSPCR was requested to organise a research masterclass for the Directors of Nursing from all the Welsh Health Boards on Friday 11th Sept. It was funded by the Health Minister and attended by the CNO. It also included the Head of the NISCHR and the manager of AHSC. The masterclass included the presentation of the Welsh Community Nurse Research Strategy which aims to raise the quality and quantity of research in Community Nursing in Wales. The workshop also generated further areas for research activity/priority.
http://www.wspcr.ac.uk/crns-masterclass-sep-2013.php
Presentation by Clare Woods, Business Development Manager for MedTech, NIHR at Excel in Health: developing your innovation for business on Tuesday 12 March 2019 at the Innovation Centre, Daresbury.
Malcolm Potts Crisis in the Sahel: Where Population and Climate Change Are Co...LIDC
rofessor Malcolm Potts, renowned in the field of public health, gave a one-off keynote lecture for LIDC. The lecture, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, focused on the emerging humanitarian disaster in the Sahel. It has been central to the work of his team for several years.
An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Global Health and the SDGs - Prof. Sir An...LIDC
It is rare that you find an outstanding leader in a particular discipline who has also become as well an international figure in interdisciplinary thinking. Prof Sir Andy Haines is just such a figure.
A former Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and one of the designers and founders of LIDC about a decade ago, Andy has in recent years developed an international reputation and programme linking our development agenda for global health with the much bigger challenge of sustainability and the threat posed to that by climate change and environmental degradation.
His work has revealed the threats posed to health and well being by environmental change, but has emphasized and identified the positive opportunities, and the co-benefits they can generate.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
4. Four strands to extract insights
Topic modelling: Identify hidden thematic structures or
topics in corpus of documents
Keyword in context: Identify keywords displayed
within surrounding context
Information extraction: Automate extraction of
specific words (nouns) such as
countries
Qualitative analysis: Read and hand-code samples of
case studies
5. 287 relevant case studies, found through two
methods
Surprisingly little overlap between case studies
identified by the two methods
6. These 287 case studies were mostly submitted to
the life sciences and social sciences panels
7. The research has impact in 175 countries
With many usual suspects, but also c.40 mentions
for Australia and the Netherlands
8. This research was supported by a very wide range
of UK organisations
But the number of
mentions did not
correlate at all with
investment in
development-
relevant research
9. 2013-14
£383m of public
R&D funding is
spent on
international
development.
Equal to 8.3%
of the £4.6bn
science budget
% of UK public R&D funding spent on international development
Breakdown by UKCDS members
2013-14 Each £ symbol = £8m
DFID
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
MRC
£ £ £ £ £
Other RCs
£
Wellcome Trust
£ £ £ £
4.6% of Wellcome Trust committed awards are
on science for international development
2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
0%
5%
10%
Given that they spend dramatically different
amounts (which itself is changing)
10. Most research claimed to have impact across
multiple sectors
With lots claiming to have an impact on health outcomes
The majority of case
studies claiming to
impact on health were
not submitted to life
sciences UoAs
11. 84 case studies cited observed outcomes
stemming from the research
12. Caveats galore, but still (I think) useful insights
• Caveats with the sample
• Caveats with the methods
• Hints of interdisciplinarity – but the UKCDS Board
decided not to pursue
Column chart ‘live’ in ppt
Select the chart by clicking on it, and then right-click to ‘Edit data…’
Data entry: NB divide % figs by 100
Position dotted line by hand at top of most recent data, and position the central text box accordingly too
The ‘£’ signs are typed in
Using the most recent data set the value of the smallest amount to equal one ‘£’ and change the key in grey to show this
Calculate and update how many ‘£’s needed for the others
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