Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre

The 2010 SRHE Annual Research Conference will be held on 14, 15 and 16 December 2010 and, by popular demand, is returning to the Celtic Manor Resort near Newport in South Wales. Celtic Manor, set in 1400 acres of parkland in the stunning Welsh USK Valley, is one of the finest conference venues in Europe offering state of the art conference facilities, accommodation for all conference delegates and extensive and exclusive spaces for delegates to network.

We anticipate a start time on Tuesday 14 December of 11.00am (registration from 9.30am) and a finish time of around 4.30pm on Thursday 16 December 2010.

The Welcome Reception will be on the first evening, Tuesday 14 December and the Conference dinner on Wednesday 15 December.

The SRHE Annual Research Conference is planned as a participative event at which delegates presenting their own work will also participate in the discussions in plenary sessions and the presentations of the work of others. The Conference programme is planned on the basis that delegates will attend the whole event over the three days.

Key elements of the Conference programme will include:

• Keynote speakers followed by small group discussions
• Presentations of papers in individual sessions, group workshops, symposia and poster sessions
• A Welcome Lunch for International delegates and also for First time attendees on Tuesday 14 December
• A Welcome Reception on the evening of Tuesday 14 December followed by a series of pre dinner research seminars offering the opportunity for researchers to meet and discuss issues with colleagues working in similar or related research areas
• Dinner in one of the resorts 5 highly rated restaurants
• Conference dinner on Wednesday 15 December followed by entertainment