http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/news.xml News for law teachers from the UK Centre for Legal Education, the Higher Education Academy subject centre for law. en-GB 2010-08-05 http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/graphics/ukcleacademy.gif http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/news.xml http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/news/detail/2010/CEO_news_May10 Professor Craig Mahoney has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Higher Education Academy. Professor Mahoney is currently Deputy Vice Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) at the University of Northumbria, and will take up his position in the summer. (20/05/2010) 20/05/2010 http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/interact/competition.html Details of the winners of UKCLE's Student Essay Competition 2010, on the theme: How might a legal education enable students to contribute to the improvement of society. (22/04/2010) 22/04/2010 http://www.materials.ac.uk/resources/success-stories.pdf A booklet has been compiled showing the impact of Subject Centres over the last ten years (PDF, 96 pages). (21/04/2010) 21/04/2010 http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/BISCore/corporate/docs/P/8671-BIS-Postgraduate-Education.pdf The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has published a report on postgraduate education in the UK, 'One step beyond: making the most of postgraduate education'. The report was welcomed by the Higher Education Academy. (01/04/2010) 01/04/2010 http://www.lawworks.org.uk/?id=student-awards-2010 The winners of the 2010 LawWorks and Attorney General Student Awards were announced on Tuesday 30 March at the House of Lords. (01/04/2010) 01/04/2010 http://ejlt.org/index The first issue of the European Journal of Law and Technology was launched at the BILETA conference on 29 March 2010. The journal was previously published as the Journal of Law, Information and Technology. (29/03/2010) 29/03/2010 http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2010/ref.htm The four UK higher education funding bodies have announced the outcomes of the recent consultation on the Research Excellence Framework, the new system for assessing research in UK higher education institutions. (26/03/2010) 26/03/2010 http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/teachingandlearning/internationalisation/internationalstudents The Higher Education Academy in association with the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) has launched a two year project focusing on international students. The project website will include resources for teachers looking to improve the learning experience for international students. (17/03/2010) 17/03/2010 http://www.college-of-law.co.uk/international-lawyers/jd-programme.html Students on the new course will be able to undertake a further 22 weeks of full time study after completion of the LLB for the award of Juris Doctor (JD), making them eligible for the New York Bar examination. (15/03/2010) 15/03/2010 http://communications.nottingham.ac.uk/News/Article/Lord-Mandelson-gives-keynote-speech-at-Lord-Dearing-Memorial-Conference.html Lord Mandelson spoke at the conference, entitled 'The future of higher education', held at the University of Nottingham. His speech covered topics including proposed cuts in funding. (23/02/2010) 23/02/2010 http://www.ucas.ac.uk/he_staff/curriculumandquals/ucas_tariff/expertgroups UCAS is looking for experienced HE subject specialists to join their team of experts to assess courses seeking entry to the UCAS Tariff, and to review courses already in the system. (04/02/2010) 04/02/2010 http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/interact/ltoty.html Rebecca Huxley-Binns, Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, has been named Law Teacher of the Year 2010. (01/02/2010) 01/02/2010 http://jorumnews.blogspot.com/2010/01/changing-role-of-jorum-sharing-using.html JorumOpen provides free access to a collection of open educational resources, including over 400 on law. (21/01/2010) 21/01/2010 http://interactive.bis.gov.uk/unleashingaspiration/ The government has published its response to the report of the Panel on Fair Access to the Professions - responses are invited. (21/01/2010) 21/01/2010 http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/research/projects/empirical.html The full report of the UKCLE funded research project into the use of empirical legal research in the undergraduate curriculum is now available, with the project findings due to be presented at LILAC10. (18/01/2010) 18/01/2010