14-15 November 2018
Barbican Silk Street London
Wednesday 14 November 2018
13.45 Arrival and refreshments
14.15 Welcome followed by
14.20-15.15 Value for Money in UK HE
Professor Nick Petford Vice-Chancellor University of Northampton
Rhiannon Birch Head of Planning and Insight University of Sheffield
Chair: Professor Gavin Brooks Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor University of Reading
15.15-15.45 Coffee break
15.45-17.00 Grade Inflation/Improvement
Professor Gavin Brown Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education University of Liverpool Dr Geoff Stoakes Special Adviser (Degree Standards) Advance HE and Dr Erica Morris (Academic Associate): “Tackling ‘Grade Inflation’: the contribution of the Degree Standards project”
William Hammonds Programme manager Policy Group Universities UK ‘Tackling Grade Inflation: Clarifying degree classifications’
Chair: Professor Gavin Brooks Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor University of Reading
18.00 Drinks reception and networking
19.15 Dinner with welcome from Alison Johns Chief Executive Advance HE.
Thursday 15 November 2018
09:00 Arrival and refreshments
09:15–09:20 Welcome
09:20–10:30 “Managing tensions between teaching and research in active institutions”?
In discussion with:
Sir David Bell Vice-Chancellor of University of Sunderland Professor Janice Kay Provost and Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor University of Exeter Professor Jacqueline Labbe Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic) De Montfort University and Professor Katie Normington Deputy Principal (Academic) Royal Holloway University of London.
Chair: Professor Gavin Brooks Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor University of Reading
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-11.45 Tackling attainment gaps
Amatey Doku (NUS VP – Higher Education): ‘Teaching and Learning Practices in the context of Widening Participation and increased data (and pressure) on differential outcomes in attainment’.
Osama Khan PVC Students and Teaching Solent University on “Mind the gap: interventionist approach vs sociological approach”.
Chair: Professor Eunice Simmons Deputy Vice-Chancellor Nottingham Trent University
11.45-12.00 Comfort break
12.00-13.00 Subject-level TEF pilots
Sam Meakin Subject Level TEF Department for Education.
Josh Gulrajani – Deputy Student Chair of the Business and Law TEF Panel
Professor Paul Hayes Deputy Vice-Chancellor University of Portsmouth.
Chair: Professor Eunice Simmons Deputy Vice-Chancellor Nottingham Trent University
13.00-14.00 Lunch and networking
Costs
Wednesday 14 November:
- Pre-event panel discussion: £50
- PVC Network dinner: £80 (inc. VAT)
Thursday 15 November:
- Network meeting and lunch: £170