“Students and Teachers of Economics in Scotland Annual Conference 2009"

Students and Teachers of Economics in Scotland Annual Conference
 

IMAX Theatre
Glasgow Science Centre
50 Pacific Quay
Glasgow, G51 1EA

Monday, November 9, 2009
10:15 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.

 With support from:

THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY ECONOMICS NETWORK

Conference Organising Committee

Mr. Mike Carrington
Prof. Ron McQuaid, Edinburgh Napier University
Prof. John Sloman, Economics Network

The Scottish Economic Society (SES) dates back to 1897. It is a registered-in-Scotland charity. Its sole purpose is to promote economics in the widest possible sense in accordance with the tradition of political economy inspired by Adam Smith. For example, the Society provides a forum for the discussion of Scottish economic problems and their relationship to the political and social life of Scotland. It organises an annual conference which attracts participants from around the world. The Society provides PhD Scholarships to students studying on the Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics. It sponsors, jointly with the Royal Bank of Scotland, an Annual Lecture aimed at bridging the gap between the academic and business worlds. It funds research projects in a wide range of topics. It is the copyright holder of the Scottish Journal of Political Economy, one of the leading journals in economics.

PROGRAMME

9.45-10.15: ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION


10:15-10:25: “Welcome and What’s in Today’s Papers?”, Robert Wright
 

10:25-11.00: “Inequality and Economics”, John Sloman
 

11.00-11:20: COFFEE BREAK
 

11:20-12:15: “ExaminationTips”, Bill MacFarlane

“Who Pays for the Banking Crisis?”, Klaus Beckmann

12.15-1.00: LUNCH

1.00-1.45: Tim Harford,

1.45-3.15: Students: “Playing the World Trade Game”

2.00-3.10: Teachers: “Updating Session-Making Best Use of the Web for Economics Teaching”, John Sloman

3:15: TEA AND DEPARTURE

Speakers

Tim Harford
Klaus Beckmann
Bill MacFarlane

 John Sloman is the Director of the UK government-funded Economics Network, which is based at University of Bristol. The Economics Network supports teaching and learning in Economics across UK universities. John was formerly Head of School of Economics at the University of the West of England, where, until recently, he has taught on a fractional basis. He has led many of the departmental and national workshops offered by the Economics Network and has contributed a number of resources to its website (www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk). He has presented at several international conferences. He also co-authored the Economics subject overview report of the QAA in 2002 and co-authored the Economics subject benchmarking statement, which provides a guide to university economics curricula. He has also acted as an advisor to the committees redesigning A-level Economics and Economics on the International Baccalaureate. His interests in teaching and learning in Economics are wide ranging and focus on ways of encouraging deeper and more active learning by students. He is also interested in practical applications of C&IT in Economics and the creative use of virtual learning environments. He is the author of three economics textbooks and co-author of two more, including the widely used introductory textbook: Economics, which has sold over a quarter of a million copies in English and has been translated into nine languages. He has also produced a range of supplementary teaching and learning materials.

Robert E. Wright joined the University of Strathclyde in September 2005 as Professor of Economics in the Strathclyde Business School. From 1995 to 2005, he was Professor and University Chair in Economics in the Department of Economics at the University Stirling and Vice-Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Management. His research interests are in the areas of population economics, labour economics, inequality and poverty, financial economics, applied econometrics/statistics and environmental economics. His publications include over 100 articles in refereed journals, 4 books and 18 book chapters. He is President-elect of the Scottish Economics Society and Past-president of the European Society for Population Economics.