Between Resilience & Vulnerability: Experiences of the Neoliberal Academy
Tuesday 15th May 2018. Park Campus, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham
| Time | Activity | Venue | Chair |
| 08.30 – 9.00 | Registration and Refreshments | FW015AB | |
| 9.00 – 10.00 | Keynote and Questions
o Dr. Maria do Mar Pereira (University of Warwick/Centre for the Study of Women and Gender) “Destroying Yourself to Protect Yourself?: Paradoxes of Vulnerability in the Hyper-Productive University” |
TC014 | Dave Webster |
| 10.00 – 11.30
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Panel 1
o Dr. Daniela Mangione (Anglia Ruskin University) & Professor Emerita Lin Norton (Liverpool Hope University) “Vulnerability as a pedagogical strength” (30-minute paper) o Dr. Keith Crome and Dr. Patrick O’Connor (Nottingham Trent) “Character over Resilience: Foucault, Aristotle and the Renewal of the Virtues” o Dr. Rachel Sykes (University of Birmingham) “‘Our Excessive Selves’: Confession and the survival of selfhood in the neoliberal university” (10-minute paper) |
TC014 | Nikki Rivers |
| 11.30 – 11.45 | Refreshment Break | Foyer | |
| 11.45 – 13.15 | Panel 2
o Kieran Cutting (Newcastle University) “’To me, to you’: The Destruction of self and community in the neoliberal University” o Sandra Hopkins (University of Chester) “A Story from the Dark Side of Education” o Sinead D’Silva (University of Leeds) “On Making ones’ way through British HE as a PhD Researcher” |
TC014 | Ros O’Leary |
| 13.15 – 14.00 | Lunch | FW015AB | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Panel 3
o Dr. James Derounian (University of Gloucestershire) “Curse of the DIY Academic” (Lightening Presentation) o Dr. Liz Morrish (York St. John University) “Dragged from the Plane: Public Humiliation in UK Universities” o Dr. Yaz Osho (GSM London) “Wearing Too Many Hats: Black Academics in UK Higher Education” |
TC014 | Hannah Grist |
| 15.30 – 15.45 | Refreshment Break | Foyer | |
| 15.45 – 16.45
16.45 – 17.00 |
Panel 4
o Dr. Martin Randall (University of Gloucestershire) “You Are Not Special: The Snowflake Generation” o Dr. Louise Livesey (University of Gloucestershire) “Why Resilience is the Wrong Question”
Comfort Break |
TC014 | Dave Webster |
| 17.00 – 17.30 | Plenary | TC014 | Dave Webster |
| 17.30 | Conference Closes
Continue the Discussion on Twitter #resvuln18 |
TC014 |
