[Commlist] Building the Post-Pandemic University Conference

  Building the Post-Pandemic University Conference

*September 18th, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
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*Organising committee*: Mark Carrigan, Michele Martini, Hannah 
Moscovitz, Susan Robertson, Milan Stürmer
(Photo by Daniele Levis Pelusi 
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Social distancing could, perhaps, better be described as ‘physical 
distancing’, given that we are finding new ways to enjoy social 
interactions digitally whether or not we are in the same room. Whatever 
we choose to call it, however, it is just one of the ways in which the 
COVID-19 pandemic is likely to pose challenges for universities as the 
new academic year looms large on the horizon. How exactly will higher 
education be transformed by these events? What sort of university can we 
expect – or hope – to emerge from the crisis? And how can we begin to 
shape that university now?

These are the questions we’ll be addressing in the first Post-Pandemic 
University conference on September 18th. The conference will take place 
using Zoom, as we feel this is the most stable option and one which we 
have institutional support for. Each panel will have 4 or 5 participants 
and last /1 hour/ (four participants) or /1 hour twenty mins /(five 
participants) respectively. Participants have prepared blog posts which 
will be released in advance of the conference on this website and 
indexed on the conference page 
<https://postpandemicuniversity.net/building-the-post-pandemic-university/>. 
The panels will be a facilitated discussion between the participants, 
informed by both pre-submitted and spontaneous questions from attendees.

We hope you’ll engage with the contributions before, during and after 
the conference by sharing them on social media, leaving comments or 
writing responses. In this sense, we’re trying to /decentre/ the 
conference, making it a focal point for the intellectual exchange we’re 
having but facilitating a much wider network of engagement than those 
who attend on the day. We’re also trying to /disaggregate/ the 
conference, not least of all because we don’t want to pressure 
participants or attendees to spend ten hours on Zoom in one day.

Therefore we’re asking you to register individually for each of the 
sessions you wish to attend. Please see the conference page 
<https://postpandemicuniversity.net/building-the-post-pandemic-university/> for 
the updated list of speakers and links to the blog posts they’ve 
prepared. Here are registration links for each of the sessions:


*9:00-10:15 BST: Rethinking the University* 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSshAuLbghCPWl1CzKcFTRFdN5ZDZmlgPIJgoaO4QddtiFIw/viewform?usp=sf_link>

*10:30-11:45 BST: University and Society* 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8litQ-JCREHeeudH68LXDBcbFR7Y-R85PtlaLRYq8OJHLvg/viewform?usp=sf_link>

*11:45-13:00 BST: Reassembling the University* 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyQKiW2zbc3-2nYunaDsjjrzchCUWecObguwehAABqxJoPTw/viewform?usp=sf_link>

*13:30-14:45 BST: Pandemic Pedagogy* 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7NFbuIYBahL8EPpI82a85oq2DlcNoXbCPjjSbONosNHQrNA/viewform?usp=sf_link>

*15:00-16:15 BST: The Post-Pandemic Student* 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfw98H2CF_py4XFy06uqBnXL_vn1TyEYZxtdGEM4t-1AxjVkw/viewform?usp=sf_link>

*16:30-17:45 BST: Precarity, Casualisation and Labour* 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCPVQ2Wv5w9Z6Ssj3sREdIahDyvbwIqLgw9Me-d-qTzT66QQ/viewform?usp=sf_link>

*18:00-19:15 BST: Inequality and Injustice 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXL5Lcu4pCl49rpaczyBrEQ4UTkUJ1gm1No9HFFhcJZwUolg/viewform?usp=sf_link>
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You’ll receive an e-mail before the conference with a link to a Zoom 
room, as well as links to the final selection of blog posts for the 
panel. We strongly encourage you to read these in advance of the 
session, as we hope speakers will be able to assume knowledge of their 
approach in order to focus on discussion between participants and 
attendees. If you have any questions then please get in touch 
<https://postpandemicuniversity.net/contact/>.




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