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03/11/2011
University of East Anglia to close School of Music?
NAMHE has written to the Vice Chancellor and the Chairman of the Council of the University of East Anglia to protest about plans t...
31/10/2011
Employability of Music Teachers Survey
NAMHE is conducting some research into what contributes to the employability of music teachers. If you work in and around music ed...
17/10/2011
NAMHE Committee Nominations 2012
Nominations for election to the NAMHE Committee for the calendar year 2012 have been mailed to all departmental representatives. ...
17/09/2011
Omission of Music from the English Baccalaureate
Thomas Schmidt-Beste, Chair of NAMHE, sent a letter to the Secretary of State for Education and ministers on the omission of Music...
10/07/2011
Minutes from the Annual General Meeting and a Conference Report are available following the NAMHE 2011 Conference....
10/05/2011
NAMHE Responds to HEFCE Consultation
NAMHE provided its response to the consultation by HEFCE on the draft of the REF main guidelines and panel guidelines....
01/04/2011
Thomas Schmidt-Beste, Chair of NAMHE, was recently interviewed as part of a PALATINE study on international academics working in U...
14/02/2011
REF, AHRC and Henley Review details
The following may be of interest to NAMHE members: The REF Impact Pilot Exercise; AHRC Delivery Plan 2011-2015; The Henley Re...
14/12/2010
NAMHE Committee Election Results
The following have been elected to serve for the next three years on the NAMHE Committee (alphabetical order): Dr Martin Blain,...
17/11/2010
NAMHE Committee Elections 2011
The ballot to elect four NAMHE committee members (for the period 2011–2013) has now opened. The nominees have each provided ...
24/01/2010
The latest edition of the NAMHE Newsletter is now available within the publications section....
10/01/2010
NAMHE Committee Election Results
The following have been elected to serve on the NAMHE Committee for a period of three years from January 2010: Prof. Michael Cl...
19/10/2009
Renewal requests for the 2009/2010 period have now been sent out to all existing members, with a cover letter from Prof. Thomas Sc...
19/03/2009
We are delighted to announce that Dr Helena Gaunt (Guildhall) has agreed to be co-opted to the Committee for 2009 in order to cove...
02/03/2009
Professor Thomas Schmidt-Beste, currently Acting Chair of NAMHE following the resignation of Celia Duffy last autumn, has been una...
09/12/2008
NAMHE Committee Election Result
The following have been elected to serve on the NAMHE Committee for a period of three years from January 2009: Dr Paul Archbold...
15/10/2008
Thomas Schmidt-Beste becomes Acting Chair of NAMHE
Following Celia Duffy's resignation, the Committee has elected Professor Thomas Schmidt-Beste as Acting Chair of NAMHE until the A...
27/03/2008
Celia Duffy elected as next Chair of NAMHE
Celia Duffy (Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama) has been elected as the next Chair of NAMHE, subject to ratification by ...
03/03/2008
Results of Survey on Transferable Skills
The project run last year by Prof. Allan Moore in association with PALATINE has now published its results. Thanks are extended to ...
24/01/2008
New committee members elected!
Following recent elections, four colleagues will serve on the NAMHE committee for three years: Thomas Schmidt-Beste (University of...
15/06/2007
Take the 20-minute survey on Transferable Skills!
One of the best selling-points we have in encouraging students to read for a music degree or other qualification is the value it h...
23/02/2007
2007 NAMHE Conference: now open for bookings...
We are now taking bookings for our annual conference - this year hosted by Queens University, Belfast. Visit our 'Events' section:...
08/01/2007
Result of elections to the 2007 committee
Professors Jan Smaczny, Katharine Ellis and Geoff Smith have all been re-elected to the committee. Professor Allan Moore (Universi...
07/12/2006
Elections to 2007 NAMHE committee
Seven nominations have been received for the four vacancies on the NAMHE Committee. Statements from each of the candidates, as wel...
28/09/2006
Consultation on a replacement for the RAE post-2008
The NAMHE committee urgently needs members' views on what might replace the Research Assessment Exercise after 2008. To help us c...
16/03/2006
Database of External Examiners updated
NAMHE's database of external examiners has been updated. If you would like to be included in this list or want to check the accura...
15/02/2006
The RAE criteria have been finalised and are on the RAE 2008 website. NAMHE meets with the chairs of Panel O and UoA 67 on 2 Marc...
22/12/2005
The results of NAMHE's elections to the national committee are now published. The successful candidates are Mark Everist Linda Me...
07/11/2005
NAMHE is pleased to announce the publication of the Autumn 2005 Newsletter. This is vol 1/1 of the serial that now carries the IS...
11/09/2005
Employment law and the instrumental teacher
The Federation of British Convservatoires has added a report to its 'Good Management Practice' website on changes to employment la...
11/09/2005
NAMHE members can now download conference summaries and previous newsletters, get information on forthcoming events, exchange view...
