Author Archives: Chris Douce

School research fiesta: research funding

This post summarises some of the points that were made during a panel session about research funding held during a ‘research fiesta’ that has held by the School of Computing and Communications The panel comprised of four professors (if I’ve counted … Continue reading

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Computing education practice conference: Durham, Jan 19

I first visited the Computing education practice (CEP) conference, held at the University of Durham, back in 2017 (OU blog). I felt that it was a really nice event, with a broad range of subjects and a particular focus on opportunities of … Continue reading

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27th EDEN annual conference: Genoa, Italy

The blog shares some highlights from the EDEN Conference that I attended between 17 and 20 June 2018. (This post is a little bit delayed, since as soon as I returned from the conference, I entered into a very busy period of … Continue reading

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7th OU eSTEeM Conference: 25 and 26 April 2018

The Open University runs a centre called eSTEeM which funds research and scholarship to enhance and develop STEM education. For the last few years, the centre has run a conference that serves a number of purposes: to showcase research, to … Continue reading

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HEA 2017 Annual conference: Generation TEF

A couple of weeks after attending the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) conference, I attended a UK Higher Education Academy conference that took place in Manchester between 4 July and 6 July 2017. In some respects, it was good to … Continue reading

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