The Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS), College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University invites applications for CLASS postdoctoral/research fellowships for the Academic Year 2017. Successful candidates will be affiliated with one or more than one of the constituent schools of the College—namely, School of Art, Design, and Media (ADM), School of Humanities (SoH), School…

Position Vacant – Ref 1535/16 Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Modelling of Language Learning/Processing, MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development The Speech and Language Program in the MARCS Institute in association with the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language is seeking a postdoctoral researcher with high level skills and expertise in the area of computational modelling of…

  Speaker: Professor Johanna Ruusuvuori, University of Tampere, Finland Date: 18 November 2016 (Friday) Time: 12:45-2:00 pm Venue: Room 205, Runme Shaw Building, HKU  Chair: Dr. Susan Bridges, Faculty of Education/Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, HKU  Register   About the Talk The talk will introduce observations from two research projects within health care where participation in decision making is in…

Deadline: October 21st, 2016 (Links to application materials below) The VL2 Student Leadership Team is ready to take applications to join the VL2 Student Network. VL2 students gain formidable research, grant writing, ethics, training, data analysis, and networking skills that position them well for outstanding academic and educational careers! Both undergraduate and graduate students can apply. Membership lasts until you graduate! This year…

Funding bodies: National Multiple Sclerosis Society This scheme supports research into issues of health care access and quality to improve care for people with MS and aims to provide results that can improve government and private sector policies, service and benefit programs across the USA. Funder closing date: Friday 7 October 2016. External information: http://www.nationalmssociety.org/For-Professionals/Researchers/Society-Funding/Health-Care-Delivery-and-Policy-Research-Contracts?utm_source=HCDPR+2017+Funding+Priorities&utm_campaign=HCDPR+RFP+2017&utm_medium=email Application form at: https://nmss.fluxx.io/user_sessions/new Eligibility:…

Funding bodies: St Vincent’s Foundation The Thomas Trauer Grant aims to encourage professional development activities in the area of mental health and partnerships with potential to access further resources in Australia to support sustainability and strategic capacity building. Field(s) of research funded: Activities which support mental health priorities in low resource settings. Funder closing date: Friday 30 September 2016. Funding…

The Melbourne Neuroscience Institute (MNI) is seeking expressions of interest from eligible candidates for three 2017 Strategic Australian Postgraduate Awards (STRAPAs). Field(s) of research funded: Neurosciences and related disciplines. Funder closing date: EOI due 5:00 pm Friday 28 October 2016. Funding available: Recipients of a MNI STRAPA will receive a support package of $5,000 per annum from the MNI for…

  POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE!! We’re looking for a post-doc fluent in ASL to work at UChicago starting this Fall!!! Deaf PhDs (psych/linguistics/education) strongly encouraged to apply! The Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago seeks a postdoctoral researcher to design and implement research projects to identify teaching methods that enhance math learning in young hearing and deaf children from…

  Speaker: Dr. Michael Botelho, Faculty of Dentistry, HKU Date: 20 July 2016 (Wednesday) Time: 9:00-13:00 Venue: Room 802, Meng Wah Complex 8/F, HKU Abstract Video based learning has grown significantly in recent years due to the ease of access and popularity of internet based resources for both learning and entertainment. Their use has largely been focused on knowledge transfer in the…

  Speaker: Dr. Johan Mårtensson, Department of Psychology, University of Lund, Sweden Date: 22 July 2016, Friday  Time: 10:30-12:30 Venue: Room 802, Meng Wah Complex, HKU Register Abstract: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can be used to measure brain structure and function in numerous ways. This talk will present some of the software packages that served as a basis for my talk…

  Speaker: Professor Jason B. Mattingley, Queensland Brain Institute and School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Australia Date: 21 July 2016, Thursday Time: 17:00-18:00 Venue: Lecture Theater 1, Meng Wah Complex, HKU Chair: Professor William Hayward, School of Psychology, The University of Auckland Abstract Despite the enormous information processing capacity of the human brain, there are surprisingly tight constraints on the amount of incoming…

Meeting Information: New Fields for Morphology aims to bring together linguists working on the morphology of less widely studied languages who are also interested in morphological theory. The main purpose of the workshop is to engage morphological theory with exciting new empirical data, especially from the Australia + Pacific region. We hope to foster a community of morphologists concerned with…

Everyday consumer technologies, including mobile and wearable devices, are shaping the ways Australians access information, communicate and perform daily tasks. However, the application of these technologies for improving health and wellbeing has been slow. We are seeking to initiate new collaborations that span computing, health, education, engineering, and other disciplines. Of particular interest is the experience of immigrant and indigenous…

The newly established Innovation and Technology Bureau aims to facilitate the development of knowledge-based economy and technological innovations in Hong Kong. What it takes to successfully transform Hong Kong into an innovation hub in the region? What are the major hurdles and the possible strategic solutions? Please join this forum and share your views with the Secretary for Innovation and…

Associate Professorship of Experimental Psychology DEPARTMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY in association with Brasenose College Salary: £45,066 – £60,513 p.a. (plus £9,314 p.a. taxable and pensionable college housing allowance and other benefits) Applications are invited for an Associate Professorship in Experimental Psychology. This position will be held within the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, leading to a permanent academic…

Organization Overview The Learning Policy Institute (LPI) is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that focuses on public pre-K through high school education. LPI conducts, commissions, and communicates independent high-quality research to shape policies that improve learning for each and every child. Working with policymakers, researchers, educators, community groups and others who care about improving public schools, the Institute advances evidence-based…

Call for Submissions Embodied cognition and STEM learning A Special Issue/Article Collection for Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications (CRPI) Co-organizers Nora Newcombe, Temple University Steven Weisberg, University of Pennsylvania Theorists in embodied cognition postulate that the brain must be understood to function in the context of its physical body and that, reciprocally, engaging the body alters the function of the…

Register Pre-public lecture Symposium: Education and Neuroscience  (conducted through video broadcasting) Date: Friday 15 January 2016 Time: 16:00-17:45 Venue: Room 201 K K Leung Building  [Refreshments will be served] Chair: Professor Brendan Weekes Talk 1: Observation, Description and Explanation in Primary School Science  By Professor Andy Tolmie (Centre for Educational Neuroscience, Department of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University…

  Register   Date: 15 January 2016 (Friday) Time: 09:00-13:00 Venue: Room 202 K. K. Leung Building   [Refreshments will be served at the meeting]  Chair: Dr. Jingyan Lu Discussants: Professor Kevin Dunbar Visiting Research Professor of the University of Hong Kong; Director of the Laboratory for Complex Thinking, Creativity and Educational Neuroscience; Professor of the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, College of Education,…

Following the successes of the Science of Learning Winter Institute 2014, 2015 and Summerfest 2014, 2015, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Winter Institute 2016. This…

  About the book This evidence-packed guide explores the growing importance of new technologies and situated learning in the vanguard of medical and health sciences education, backed by real-world clinical applications. Its dual emphasis on problem-based learning (PBL) and applied learning is reflected in the range of author perspectives, from understanding how technologies engage learners to implications for program design. Innovations…