Conferences
ATSS Annual Conference
Continuing Professional Development 10th - 12th September 2010 "The Annual ATSS Conference is a must event for any teacher of the Social Sciences. It allows a teacher to hear eminent lecturers speaking (years gone by have included Eileen Barker, Anthony Giddens, Paul Gilroy, Dick Hobbs, David Gillborn) and have workshop sessions on teaching and learning in the Social Science classroom. You can attend exam training sessions from the top examiners for all the major exam boards and pick up all the details of recent resources for use in the classroom. There's also a great social side to the conference with good food, quiz night and plenty of chances to meet colleagues from around the country". The 2010 event will feature: All accommodation is en-suite, this year we are pleased to offer a range of prices and more savings Early Bird Discount for any booking received and paid before March 31st, 2010 Plus £ 7.50 (Early Bird Only) discount per booking for two or more bookings received from the same institution (£ 5.00 after March 31st, 2010) Full Weekend including B&B en-suite accommodation 2 or more bookings per institution If you are not a member why not join and gain all the benefits of membership?
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Dick Hobbs, London School of Economics on Crime
Claire Alexander, London School of Economics on Bengali Stories
Anthony Heath, Professor of Sociology at Oxford on Inequality
Barry Smart, Professor of Sociology at the University of Portsmouth on Consumer Society
Jean Duncombe, University of Chichester on Personal Relations
++++ Early Bird Discount End on the 31st March 2010 ++++
Booking Form click here
£ 300.00 Members £ 350.00 Non-Members
Before 31st March 2010
Early Bird Discount £ 277.50 Members £ 323.75 Non-Members
Price per ticket £ 270.00 Members £ 316.25 Non-Members
Friday & Saturday including Saturday Lunch & Dinner but no accommodation
£ 160.00 Members £ 210.00 Non-Members
Before 31st March 2010
Early Bird Discount £ 148.00 Members £ 194.25 Non-Members
2 or more bookings per institution
Price per ticket £ 141.50 Members £ 186.75 Non-Members
Saturday Only with Lunch Only
£ 105.00 Members £ 155.00 Non-Members
Before 31st March 2010
2 or more bookings per institution
Price per ticket £ 97.50 Members £ 147.50 Non-Members
Saturday Only with Lunch & Dinner
£ 125.00 Members £ 175.00 Non-Members
Before 31st March 2010
2 or more bookings per institution
Price per ticket £ 117.50 Members £ 167.50 Non-Members
Another Great National ATSS CPD Conference 2009
The National ATSS Continuing Professional Development Conference for 2009 was held at the University of Northampton from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 September. The Keynote speakers this year were David Gillborn, Dick Hobbs, Lucinda Platt and Stephen Fuller. The speakers were, as always, excellent and kept delegates informed (and amused) with recent developments in sociology. In addition, there was the usual excellent mix of workshops and social events, with this year's challenging quiz taking us into the early hours of the morning.
Coffee break in the sunshine
Workshop
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Cara Sharrocks sent me some positive comments from the feedback/evaluation forms from the conference last year as follows:
ATSS Evaluation – Sound bites
Venue and Accommodation:
· Loved the accommodation at Sunley
· Fantastic accommodation
Food:
· Food was great
· Breakfast was fab
· Exceptional
Speakers
· Nice to meet textbook authors and exam board representatives
· All worthwhile
· Really enjoyed them all
· Excellent presentation by David Gillborn, as well as interesting
· Dick Hobbs – fascinating
· Good to see speakers refer to lessons
· Quality of speakers outstanding
· Gillborn, Fuller and Hobbs were outstanding
· Gillborn was fantastic – one of the best lectures I’ve ever attended
· David Gillborn again please
Workshops
· Good practical workshops
· Good balance
Overall:
· I had a great time and have gone away buzzing with ideas
· Great conference