Preparations are also underway to run a SCUTREA one-day
seminar/AGM event in the UK in May 2020 – dates and details to follow.
In the meantime, we would like to start the process of
organising our annual conference for July 2021. We therefore invite you to send
in an Expression of Interest. Usually, the conference takes place around the
first week of July, but another date can be proposed, as long as it does not
clash with conferences organised by our friends from other adult education
communities such as ESREA’s triennial conference, FACE, BERA post-compulsory
SiG and UALL events.
The conference will be organised by the host institution,
but the SCUTREA Council team would as always provide strong support, to include
sending out the call for abstracts, regular posting of information and updates
on the SCUTREA website and Twitter, reviewing and selecting abstracts, awarding
bursaries, and assistance in selecting the best student paper prize. One
Council meeting is usually held at the host university in order to visit the
conference location and discuss practical arrangements.
Expressions of Interest should be sent to the SCUTREA Chair –
Nalita James nrj7@le.ac.uk by 1st February
2020. This gives the Council time to discuss the proposals and for these to
be approved at the Annual General Meeting in May so a formal announcement can
be made at the June 2020 conference.
All Expressions of Interest should be sent in Word format
and attend to the questions outlined below:
- 1. Where will the conference take place? What facilities are available for residential participants and what facilities are available for plenary and parallel sessions? How many people can you accommodate?
- 2. Do you have a specific conference theme in mind? What is the rationale for focusing on this theme? Do you have keynote speakers in mind who would be interested in speaking about this topic?
- 3. Who are the people involved in organising the conference? What are the areas of expertise of your team in terms of academic profile, but also in terms of organisational and administrative experience in running conferences or big knowledge exchange events?
- 4. Do you see any opportunities to attract extra funding for this conference from your university or from other local networks you are involved in?
