All these filmed seminars contribute a perspective to the idea of 'learning to be professional through a higher education'. Ultimately the intention is to create better designs for education that seeks to develop professional capability alongside academic capability and that encourage learners to combine and integrate learning and experiences from a wide variety of contexts. We welcome additional perspectives and if you would like to contribute to the seminar series please contact Professor Norman Jackson at SCEPTrE Norman.Jackson@surrey.ac.uk

SEMINARS IN 2009

‘Values Exchange’ a unique web-based tool for social debate and ethics education

Professor David Seedhouse, Professor of Health and Social Ethics at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand and CEO of VIDe Ltd – creators of the Values Exchange

Capability in the 'Lifespace’ in the 21^st Century

Professor Len Cairns, Monash University Australia

Improving the quality of learning in work placements

Professor Michael Eraut, University of Sussex and SCEPTrE Senior Research Fellow 

Defining Professionalism

Dr Jenny Willis, University of Surrey, SCEPTrE Fellow   

The will to be a professional: how a life-wide curriculum might encourage important features of will

Professor Ron Barnett, Institute of Education, University of London

Learning to be an agentic professional: Conceptions, curriculum, pedagogy and personal epistemologies

Professor Stephen Billett,  Griffith University, Queensland, Australia

Reflection: a key personal agency for learning to be a professional?

Professor Ursula Lucas, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England

Career development learning through a life-wide curriculum

Phillip McCash, School of Continuing Education, University of Reading

'Associated thought’: social software, professional relationships and democratic professionalism

Professor Paul Maharg, LawSchool,  University of Strathclyde

Improving the quality of work placements

Michael Eraut, University of Sussex and SCEPTrE Senior Research Fellow