Graduate Schools and Researcher Experience04 November 2010

Programme

 Draft programme: subject to alteration

Day One: Thursday 4 November

10.00-10.30

Registration and Arrival

10.30-10.45

Welcome Plenary

Chair - Prof David Littlejohn, University of Strathclyde; Welcome address - Prof David Gani, Deputy Principal (External Affairs & Advancement), University of Strathclyde,

10.45-11.30

Plenary

Prof Charlie Jeffery, Head of School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, "Creating a Scottish Graduate School in the Social Sciences"

11.30-12.30

Research Pools Perspective

SUPA - Avril Manners, Director of SUPA Graduate School; SINAPSE - Dr Janet DeWilde, Executive Manager and MASTS - Prof Axel Miller, Head of Education & Academic Development & Dean of Graduate Studies

12.30-1.15

Lunch

1.15-2.15

Workshop Sessions

Prof Bonnie Steves, Head of Glasgow Caledonian Graduate School; Dr Ralf St.Clair, Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Glasgow and Prof Stephen Padgett, University of Strathclyde

2.15-3.00

Plenary

Tore Furevik, Professor Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen vice director, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, leader for Norwegian Research School in Climate Dynamics - The Norwegian Research School in Climate Dynamics - a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional approach

3.00-4.00

Discussion Groups

tbc

4.00 - 4.15

Final Plenary