[SSC] Anyone have the curriculum paper to hand?

Wed Feb 15 10:11:26 UTC 2012

Hello all,

I'm wondering whether anyone has the initial paper from the SSC
curriculum working group to hand? Thanks!

Best,
Sarah

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Thanks for this, Richard and David. 

I also think either of the lettered symbols are fine.

I've made some comments on the press release below, which also
incorporate thoughts on the open day as David has invited.

** Also, a reminder that our next meeting is on Wednesday, February 15th
from 7:30-9:30 p.m. - I think at the Mint Lane place, but has anyone
checked and confirmed this is still the location? We will be dedicating
the meeting to the curriculum, which is hugely important, so please come
if you can or send your thoughts if you can't make it! ** 

As we have agreed to use the word 'scholar' rather than 'academic', and
I wonder whether we should avoid the word 'venture', shall we change the
wording of the paragraph to '...managed on democratic principles with
all students and scholars having equal involvement in how the Centre is
organised' or 'in the Centre's work'?

The statement as yet says nothing about the social science element of
the Social Science Centre - what it means or why it matters. Is it just
a cooperative experience of higher education, or is it a project to
organise higher learning and research in social science cooperatively in
order to do other things that cannot easily be done in other contexts
(whether this be for issues of intellectual substance, pedagogical
relationships, access, etc.)? We might include the line from the
website: 'the subjects taught at the Centre are the core subjects in
social science: Sociology, Politics and Philosophy' - although at
previous meetings it's clear that our sense of what constitutes social
science is actually much broader.

We are still having, or have yet to have, conversations about the
practices of assessment and evaluation, and about what the work in the
centre will actually look like (maybe coherent long courses organised in
semesters, maybe not, or not entirely). As far as I understand, whilst
wanting to understand and be understood, we are also not hoping to
replicate what happens in 'mainstream universities'. I think this term
does make sense on the website, where the spirit of the SSC is clear,
but the meaning may be lost in a very brief press release. Could we
consider saying: 'All SSC courses are taught by experienced educators
[again allowing space for those who are not professional academics to
teach and review work, as I believe we've discussed already] who have an
interest in...' and then say something about why people are teaching? We
could in this way get away from reasserting the status of 'national and
international reputations' and start to articulate something more
meaningful that does not give people with 'reputation' an already higher
status in the cooperative.

We might want to make the open day a bit more open, in so far as the
whole Centre is meant to be open and does not necessarily need an 'open
day' in the way universities do. I think using that language could be
misleading, unless we say what is actually open about or opening on that
day. Rather than saying people can come if they are interested in
courses, could we invite people to a day to find out about plans for the
SSC, and to come and talk about membership in the centre, studying,
doing research, and getting involved in designing curricula and etc.?
Part of the open day could be about explaining and introducing some of
the major ideas in the model that is being proposed itself (what are the
current problems of higher education, what a cooperative is, crash
courses in pressing debates in the fields of study or etc. etc.) as well
as public talks and workshops that relate to what people plan to do.
What would be 'launched' would then be us being in public, doing things
in public, and the concept and project of the SSC, rather than a
fully-formed institution (which is what it sounds like has been being
talked about for the past month or so). 

Another idea for an open day is to think about how we might open up
more, finding out what is going on in Lincoln that we might tap into, or
opening spaces for public discussions about social science. If 'open'
then perhaps we should consider being in open spaces, or opening spaces
that aren't so open, in addition to working in The Collection on the
day? There aren't that many of us at the moment -- and it would be
useful to know how many people are actually going to be involved on the
day -- so we need to think about what is actually possible.

Best,

Sarah

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I like this. I don't think it's necessary to say 'the centre is managed
on democratic, non-hierarchical principles with all students'. I'd drop
'non-hirearchical' for the Press Release and make it 'the centre is
managed on democratic principles with all students...' for simplicity
and clarity. We can talk about the non-hirearchical nature of the SSC at
the Open Day.

I think The Collection is an excellent venue. The Angle coffee house is
too small, if we're hoping to attract 20+ students, although I wasn't at
the last meeting when this was discussed, so you probably have good
reason for proposing it.

Thanks for moving this forward, David.

Joss

On 9 Feb 2012, at 18:01, David McAleavey wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> Press Release
> 
> Richard has prepared a press release, the details about the day/venues
will change - this is a work in progress. Comments welcome.
> 
> 
> The Lincoln-based Social Science Centre (SSC) provides an opportunity
for students and academics to have a special co-operative experience of
higher education. Run as a 'not-for-profit' co-operative, the centre is
managed on democratic, non-hierarchical principles with all students and
staff having an equal involvement in how the venture operates All SSC
courses are taught and assessed at the same level as similar courses in
mainstream universities in the UK and are taught by experienced
academics, including professors and lecturers with national and
international reputations.
> An open day for all those interested in the courses (at the equivalent
of BA, MA and PhD levels) to be launched by the SSC in September 2012 is
to be held at the Collection, Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP starting at
2 pm on April 21. A social will be held in the evening (starting 8 pm)
at the Angel Coffee Caf?, Free School Lane, Lincoln LN2 1. For more
information contact:
> 
> 
> Open Day - Venue
> 
> The picture attached is of the studio at The Collection.
> 
> Please give some thought to how you think we should organize our first
Open Day. The spaces we choose, and how we choose to use them, will need
to be carefully considered.
> 
> Logo Design
> 
> Please let me have your stuff (photographs, songs, drawings,
objects...) by 25th Feb.
> 
> Apologies in advance (15.02.2012).
> 
> Respectfully yours,
> 
> David McAleavey
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Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:42:15 +0000
From: Joss Winn <joss at josswinn.org>
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Subject: Re: [SSC] Fwd: Logo and venue.
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They're good. If no-one objects to them in the next week, I'll create a
header image for the website from one of them.
Thanks again, David.

Joss

On 11 Feb 2012, at 14:41, David McAleavey wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> Comments welcome.
> 
> David
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jamie Dobison <jamie.dobison at breakyoursocks.com>
> Date: 11 February 2012 11:50
> Subject: Re: Logo and venue.
> To: David McAleavey <davidmcaleavey at virginmedia.com>
>
>
> Hiya mate, apologies for lateness once again.
> Regards
> Jamie
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:14 AM, David McAleavey
<davidmcaleavey at virginmedia.com> wrote:
> Morning Jamie,
> 
> Positive noises but no consensus,,, could you create a 'simple logo'
(see below), until we get a chance to run a proper studio session?
> We need something for our wordpress site, possibly a facebook site,
flyers and other stationery... you know the score.
> 
> Respectfully yours,
> 
> David
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David McAleavey <davidmcaleavey at virginmedia.com>
> Date: 5 February 2012 10:33
> Subject: Logo and venue.
> To: ssc <ssc at lists.aktivix.org>
>
>
> Dear All,
> 
> The Logo Project
> 
> Thank you for your feedback. Opinions are generally positive, but
there is no consensus about which of the design routes we should follow.
It was decided at the meeting yesterday that we should ask Jamie to
generate a simple logo (the letters SSC in white within a black circle),
until we have an opportunity, as a group, to revisit the logo project.
> 
> Please forward to me any images, photographs, objects? that you
associate with the SSC project. I will collate and deliver to Jamie, as
well as distribute for discussion among our members; I will also make
sure they?re available for our future design studio (date to be
decided).
> 
> I have attached the list of ideas that was generated at one of our
previous meeting.
> 
> Open Day Venue - The Collection, Lincoln
> 
> Photographs of the venue to follow.
> 
> Please give some thought to how you think we should organize our first
Open Day. The spaces we chose, and how we chose to use them, will need
to be carefully considered.
> 
> Respectfully yours,
> 
> David
>
>
>
>
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