The time has come for our 2015 Spring term Campus Tours. They will take place on 21st January, 4th February, 18th February, 4th March and 18th March. Please contact ioe@reading.ac.uk to arrange your visit to the Institute of Education’s beautiful London Road Campus where our teaching courses are based. We look forward to showing you around!
The Hub is celebrating its successful move to London Road by staging a celebration of reading in Reading on February 27th called A Novel Night. This session will involve looking back at a key event in the history of the NCLL; on Friday the 10th October 1997, the Reading Weekend POST ran an article entitled: ‘It’s the write stuff’ based on a visit by Ian Beck and organised by Prue Goodwin, who included a mock book award session.
On the evening of February 27th Ian Beck will be back at the University to launch the Learning Hub, and will be interviewed by Prue Goodwin, regarding this past event and the changes in reading and Reading since 1997, Prue will again stage a mock book award session.
Amongst the guest list will be many literacy heroes.
There will also be a display of archive material relating to Betty Root, the founder of the NCLL in 1967 with original letters and illustrations from many famous writers and illustrators.
We predict that this will be a very popular evening and tickets are limited. If you wish to attend please contact Karen (k.e.goulding@reading.ac.uk) for more details.
Professor Andy Goodwyn, Head of the Institute of Education, has described today’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) results as: “A real triumph for the IoE that everyone can be intensely proud of.”
REF is a quality measure of universities’ research, and these 2014 results reveal very high ratings for the Education submission, to the delight of the Institute.
Professor Goodwyn continues; “I wish to thank Professor Suzanne Graham for her superb leadership of our research.”
Suzanne Graham, Professor of Language and Education at the Institute of Education, here highlights the outstanding features of the results for the Institute:
Professor Graham adds; “I hope everyone at the IoE is as pleased as I am – we have a great deal to be very proud of here. Best wishes and thank you to everyone – we have all contributed in some way to this outcome.”
Professor Steve Mithen, Deputy Vice-Chancellor praises the excellence of the results and the hard work that has gone into them: “The REF results confirm that we have world-leading strengths across a very wide range of disciplines,” he comments. “A huge thank you to everyone who has been involved in the REF process over the last few years for all your hard work and the support you have provided to one another. We are a research-led institution and we should all be proud of the depth and breadth of our outstanding research offering, which has an impact on policy, practice and everyday life in the UK and internationally.”
Read a summary of the University of Reading REF results here.
University of Reading, Institute of Education, London Road Campus, 4 Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5EX
The Teacher Recruitment Fair on 8th January 2015 is an opportunity-packed event, filled with fantastic future employers who are recruiting for people like you: IoE students who will qualify with NQT status. You are warmly invited to Room G03/GO4 in L22 (London Road campus) to meet and greet some of their industry’s most interesting players, including:
Enquiries: Amanda Clutson on a.l.clutson@reading.ac.uk or 0118 378 8359.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Institute of Education at the University of Reading!
This autumn saw the University of Reading presenting its annual children’s poetry competition in honour of the brilliant educationalist Raymond Wilson (1925-1995), former Emeritus Professor of Education at the University.
After much deliberation over a very impressive standard of entries, the judges announced a winner: Heike Bruton. Heike is a full-time first year PhD student at the Institute of Education, where she also works part-time as a Research Assistant.
“I’m absolutely delighted that my poem ‘I am the love for you’ was chosen as the winning entry,” says Heike. “Thank you so much to Raymond Wilson and his family for donating this prize!”
Raymond Wilson was an exceptional educationalist, as well as an inspired editor who introduced new editions of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poetry and Jane Austen’s novels. Wilson was also well-known as an intuitive, sensitive critic and a prolific anthologist.
I am the love for you
When you are feeling sad I hold you tight
You may not see me but I’m always true
When life feels as if no one’s on your side
My darling child I am the love for you
When things get tough and effort seems in vain
I know that you can do it come what may
When you don’t ever want to try again
I pick you up and set you on your way
When down your face stream waterfalls of tears
I softly dry them with a gentle kiss
When something stops you conquering your fears
I guide you by the hand from the abyss
I’m all around you, I will keep you strong
For now, tomorrow, and for everlong.
By Heike Bruton
Staff in the Institute of Education are delighted that the University of Reading have today signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Vietnam National University, International Education Institute for the delivery of a new Educational Doctorate programme in Ho Chi Minh City, hopefully beginning later this year. The new doctoral programme, designed in collaboration with VNU-IEI, will hopefully begin recruiting later this year. “This is an exciting new development” said Professor Andy Goodwyn, Head of the Institute of Education “not just for the Institute of Education but, for the University of Reading as a whole.” IEI Executive Director Truong Quang Duoc also said “with this partnership, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City / International Education Institute and the University of Reading share a deep commitment to the internationalization of higher education. We hope that the collaborative activities, once implemented, will contribute to the betterment of society and the friendship between the two countries”.
Photo: Vice Chancellor Sir David Bell (middle) and programme directors, Dr Carol Fuller and Dr Alan Floyd
WHEN – Friday 6 June, 9.00am – 5.00pm | Saturday 7 June, 12.00pm – 3.00pm
WHERE – Art Building, London Road campus
The Institute of Education is delighted to present this exhibition, showcasing the most recent studio work of trainee teachers in their final year of studying BA (Ed) Art.
For more information, visit the Institute of Education website or contact Gill Hopper: g.w.hopper@reading.ac.uk
Sunday 27 April | 1.00pm – 5.00pm
University of Reading, London Road campus | £3 entry | students and under 18s free
Come and Join us for a special event, hosted by The Friends of the University, marking the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War and its impact on Reading and the University.
Book tickets in advance online, visit: www.reading.ac.uk/events
For more information about the event, please contact: thefriends@reading.ac.uk or 0118 378 8006
The Raymond Wilson Poetry Competition 2014
The annual poetry competition in memory of Raymond Wilson (1925-1995), former Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Reading, will be held again this year. There will be a prize of £200 for the best poem for children.
The closing date for entries is 26th September 2014 and the competition is open to all members of the university.
Conditions of entry are as follows:
The winner will be announced in the Autumn Term
Entries should be sent to the competition administrator: Chris Tibbenham, Institute of Education, University of Reading, London Road Campus, RG1 5EX.
If you have any queries about any aspect of the competition, please contact the organiser Stephanie Sharp. s.sharp@reading.ac.uk Ext 2675
