Date(s) - 02/11/2017 - 03/11/2017
All Day
Location
South Pod, Edinburgh Business School
2017 ACED Conference – November 2nd to 3rd, Edinburgh
Each year one of the ACED member departments hosts a 2-day conference open to all, whether academic or industrial, involved in developing and delivering JBM accredited degree programmes. This year, the conference will be hosted by Heriot-Watt University, with the Conference dinner being held under the shadow of Edinburgh Castle.
Topics this year include sketching, student retention, student engagement, ethics and overseas exchange programmes. There will also be as typically happens, an update from the JBM. The full schedule is attached here: Final Programme ACED Edinburgh 2017
The presentations from the speakers are attached here: ACED Conference Nov 2017 Heriot-Watt University presentations
Tickets are available online for only £174.95 at:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aced-annual-conference-tickets-38585400973?aff=es2
Accommodation
The official Conference Hotel is the Courtyard Edinburgh West. This is a brand-new hotel opening shortly, and it is not yet possible to book rooms for before 13th November although they are expected to become available in the near future. Furthermore, there are a wealth of hotels in Edinburgh, with the nearest to Heriot-Watt (1.4 miles) being the Novotel Edinburgh Park Hotel and Premier Inn Edinburgh Park. Both of these are accessible directly from Edinburgh Airport and the city centre using the Edinburgh Tram – the stop is at the hotels is “Edinburgh Park Station” (next to the railway station).
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