Professional development activities

2012

  • Research Team Leader's Programme, Learning and Development Centre, University of Warwick (2012)

2011

  • Realise Strengths, Learning and Development Centre, University of Warwick (October 2011)
  • Two day Academic writing camp, Learning and Development Centre, University of Warwick (September 2011)
  • id6 Sitebuilder information session, IT services, University of Warwick (August 2011)
  • Funding Council Priorities, Learning and Development Centre, University of Warwick (June 2011)
  • New media…new problems?, Warwick Research Exchange (June 2011)
  • Advanced approaches to grounded theory (tutor Professor Kathy Charmaz) ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, Cardiff University (June 2011)
  • Academic writing workshops (facilitator Dr Rochelle Sibley) University of Warwick (May 2011)
  • Part of Festival of Social Sciences organising committee (5-26 May 2011), responsible for IER contributions
  • Introduction to research supervision, University of Warwick (May 2011)
  • Ideas Generation, Creativity and Innovation, Learning and Development Centre, University of Warwick (March 2011)
  • Sitebuilder2 – Creating Forms and Quizzes, IT Services, University of Warwick (February 2011)
  • Academic writing skills seminars (tutor Dr Amanda Hopkins) University of Warwick (January 2011)
  • Working with Long documents, IER, University of Warwick (January 2011)

2010

  • Tacit knowledge workshop - NVivo, IER, University of Warwick (December 2010)
  • Sitebuilder 2 - Manage web content, IT Services, University of Warwick (November 2010)
  • Mentor training, LDC University of Warwick (July 2010)
  • Not Very Far Away Day, Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, University of Warwick (May 2010)

2009

  • Jointly organised poster presentation for DWP Research Framework Poster Event, Sheffield (October 2009)
  • Interdisciplinary perspectives on Career and Migration Seminar 5: Migration for Career Opportunity, Growth and Development, University of Warwick (June 2009)
  • Part of Festival of Social Sciences organising committee (15-19 June 2009), responsible for Festival blogs and IER contributions.
  • NVivo 7 – An overview for Complete Beginners and NVivo 7 – Working with data, University of Warwick IT Services (April/May 2009)
  • Not Very Far Away Day, Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, University of Warwick (May 2009)
  • Careers and Learning: High Skills Development in a Life Course Perspective, TLRP symposium (March 2009)
  • Jointly organised, with the Centre for the study of Women and Gender and the Careers Centre, an interactive event, entitled Women and work, exploring women’s experiences of work as part of International Women’s Day (March 2009)

2008

  • Annual review training for reviewers and reviewees, Learning and Development Centre, University of Warwick (October/November, 2008)
  • Diversity in the Workplace and Recruitment and Selection, University of Warwick online modules (November 2008)
  • Cognitive Interviewing for Survey Methods, Sociological Research Association, London (July, 2008)
  • Ten Life Portraits of Career Construction, by Professor Mark Savickas, Loughborough University Business School Research Seminar (February 2008)

2007

  • Parents: Making a Positive Influence to Career Discussions?, CGRN, Centre for Guidance Studies (November, 2007)
  • Career Guidance Week 2007, Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby (June, 2007)

2006

  • Leading Teams, Centre for Academic and Professional Development, University of Warwick (November 2006)
  • Using Qualitative Longitudinal Research in Policy and Practice seminar, Institute of Materials, London (October 2006)
  • Promoting Gender Equality in Local Labour Markets National Conference, Congress House London (July 2006)
  • Skillset Researcher Briefing, Skillset, London (July 2006)
  • Breaking the mould, new concepts and opportunities, Inaugural lectures by Professors Jenny Bimrose and Jim Sampson. Career Guidance week, Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby (June 2006)

2005 and earlier

  • Institute of Career Guidance Annual Conference, Bristol (November 2005)
  • Tracking Graduates: The Influence of Careers Education on Employability, Centre for Guidance Studies (June 2005) as a member of the CeGS Researcher Network (CRN)
  • ESRC TLRP Research Capacity Building Network workshops on Sharing expertise on researching work-based learning, Knowledge labs (London) and University of Warwick (October 2004 – February 2005)
  • NVivo 2 training by CAQDAS (June 2003)
  • SPSS training by IT Services (November 2002)

Conference paper contributions:

  • Kaschig, A., Maier, R., Sandow, A., Lazoi, M., Barnes, S-A., Bimrose, J., Bradley, B., Brown, A., Kunzmann, C., Mazarakis, A. and Schmidt, A. (2010) Knowledge Maturing Activities and Practices Fostering Organisational Learning: Results of an Empirical Study, Paper to be presented at Sustaining TEL: From Innovation to Learning and Practice EC-TEL10 Fifth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, Barcelona, Spain. 28 September-1 October. (this paper won the STELLAR Stakeholder Distinct Award at the conference).
  • Weber, N., Schoefegger, K., Bimrose, J., Ley, T., Lindstaedt,S., Barnes, S-A. (2009) Knowledge Maturing in the Semantic MediaWiki: A design study in career guidance. Paper to be presented at the Learning in the Synergy of Multiple Disciplines EC-TEL09 Fourth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, Nice, France. 29 September-2 October.
  • Brown, A., Bimrose, J. & Barnes, S-A.(2008) ‘The relationship between work attachment and possible career change: anchors or chains?’, Paper presented at the 4th EARLI SIG 14 Learning and Professional Development Conference, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. 27-29 August 2008.
  • Bimrose, J., Barnes, S-A. & Brown, A. (2008) ‘Supervisory and reflective practice: the role of e-guidance’. Paper presented at the Australian Association of Career Counsellors 17th National Careers Conference, Hobart, Tasmania. 25-28 March.
  • Barnes, S-A. & Bimrose, J. (2008) ‘Decision-making styles, career competencies and barriers to career progression’. Paper presented at the Australian Association of Career Counsellors 17th National Careers Conference, Hobart, Tasmania. 25-28 March.
  • Bimrose, J., Barnes, S-A., Brown, A. & Dent, G. (2007) ‘Reflective e-portfolios for continuing professional development and organisational change’. Paper presented at the 5th International ePortfolio Conference Employability and lifelong learning in the knowledge society, Maastricht, 16-19 October 2007.
  • Brown, A., Bimrose, J. & Barnes, S-A.(2007) ‘Personalised learning environments, portfolios and formative assessment in the workplace’. Paper presented at the Third Cambridge Assessment Conference: A critical look at the impact of e-assessment on education, Robinson College, University of Cambridge. 15 October.
  • Bimrose, J. & Barnes, S-A.(2007) ‘Styles of career decision-making’. Paper presented at the Australian Association of Career Counsellors 16th Annual International Careers Conference, Perth, Australia. March 2007.
  • Bimrose, J., Barnes, S-A. & Brown A. (2007) ‘Attachment to work and continuing learning as influences on individual’s career stability and career transitions’. Paper presented at the Earli 2007: 12th Biennial Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, Budapest, Hungary. 28 August – 1 September.
  • Bimrose, J., Barnes, S-A., Brown, A.J. & Dent, G. (2007) ‘Reflective e-portfolios for continuing professional development and organisational change’. Paper present at Employability and lifelong learning in the knowledge society 5th International ePortfolio Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands. 16-19 October.
  • Bimrose, J., Barnes, S-A. & Brown, A.J. (2007) ‘Workplace transitions: learning to manage change’. Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Researching Work and Learning (RWL5), Cape Town, South Africa. 2-5 December.
  • Bimrose, J., Barnes, S-A. & Hughes, D. (2005) ‘Does vocational guidance change lives? Evidence from a longitudinal case study in England’. Paper presented at the New Methods for Research and Practice in Vocational Psychology Society for Vocational Psychology Seventh Biennial Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2-4 June.
  • Brown, A., Bimrose, J. & Barnes, S-A. (2005) ‘Knowledge development and combination process in action: the example of the UK National Guidance Research Forum website’. Paper presented at the CEDEFOP Virtual Communities Animators’ Workshop, Thessaloniki, Greece. 18-19 April.