{"id":510,"date":"2017-03-16T12:22:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T12:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/erdp\/?p=510"},"modified":"2017-03-16T12:23:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T12:23:23","slug":"exploring-the-civic-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/erdp\/2017\/03\/16\/exploring-the-civic-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the &#8216;Civic Curriculum&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence colloquium exploring University strategy and practice in relation to curriculum design, with a focus on the idea of the &#8216;Civic Curriculum&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>University of Leeds, Friday, June 9th 2017<\/strong><br \/>\nWe invite papers (20 minutes) which interrogate and reflect on ideas of engaged learning, community-facing programme design and curricula that establish links with regional politics, culture and business. We are especially interested in exploring the idea of &#8216;civic&#8217; belonging, exchange and responsibility as ways of understanding the University&#8217;s role in relation to society.<\/p>\n<p>Colloquium themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Designing modules and programmes that engage students with regional communities, culture and business<\/li>\n<li>Heightening student awareness of, and loyalty to, the city or region<\/li>\n<li>Nurturing a student\u2019s ability to understand and critique regional questions of power, politics and identity<\/li>\n<li>What \u2018civic\u2019 identity, responsibility and belonging could mean for University students and staff<\/li>\n<li>Thinking afresh about the idea and role of the University in relation to its surrounding region<\/li>\n<li>Taking risks with educational and learning spaces: the benefits and challenges of extending boundaries and sites of learning<\/li>\n<li>University strategy and the role of \u2018the civic curriculum\u2019 (or similar concepts) in institutional policy, marketing, identityThe colloquium will run from 10.00 to 17.00, is free to attend and will include lunch and refreshments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Proposals: please send a 200 summary of your proposed paper to Dr Raphael Hallett at <a href=\"mailto:r.hallett@leeds.ac.uk\">r.hallett@leeds.ac.uk<\/a><br \/>\nAttendance: register with Rekha Parmar at <a href=\"mailto:r.e.parmar@leeds.ac.uk\">r.e.parmar@leeds.ac.uk<\/a><br \/>\nVenue: The Great Hall &amp; Parkinson Court, University of Leeds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence colloquium exploring University strategy and practice in relation to curriculum design, with a focus on the idea of the &#8216;Civic Curriculum&#8217;. University of Leeds, Friday, June 9th 2017 We invite papers (20 minutes) which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/erdp\/2017\/03\/16\/exploring-the-civic-curriculum\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5896,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/erdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/erdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/erdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/erdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5896"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/erdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/erdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":512,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/erdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions\/512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/erdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/erdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/erdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}