A new-look NET Conference
Over the past two years, the NET Conference has changed in its delivery style to remain active throughout the pandemic and adapt to the needs of delegates. We constantly seek to improve the delegate experience and trial new ideas, based upon both delegate feedback and internal evaluation of the conference.
For this purpose the themes for this year’s NETworking & Innovation in Healthcare Education are:
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While the NET Conference name remains as a legacy, and many still associate NET with nurse education, the conference now attracts a broad range of allied healthcare professionals. As such, the conference name has been revised to include the emphasis on the broader healthcare sector while emphasising the two most fundamental areas of the conference ethos – networking and innovation. Henceforth, the conference will be known as the NETworking & Innovation in Healthcare Education Conference.
- The theme for the 2023 conference has been selected as Empowering a successful learning journey.
- The 2023 conference will be delivered as a full in-person, two-day, immersive experience. Every second year the conference will be delivered virtually using Advance HE’s virtual conference suite.
While the conference’s model of longer theme sessions allows themes to be discussed in great depth, delegate feedback highlighted the need for variety and flexibility within the programme, and a greater distinction between the types of session on offer.
The NET conference is an opportunity for those involved in education in healthcare across the world to come together to share good practice and network. I have presented at and attended the conference a number of times and have found it to be a very valuable experience. This conference is particularly welcoming for student presentations. Two of my students have had successful abstract submissions enabling them to present their dissertation findings, which has been a brilliant experience for them."Dr Lisa Taylor, Associate Professor in Occupational Therapy in the School of Health Sciences and Associate Dean for Employability for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. University of East Anglia.
Conference themes
Enabling success through recruitment and admissions, learning design and delivery
This theme will consider how, as educators, we facilitate the journey from the very first engagement with prospective learners. How do we ensure that our recruitment, enrolment and induction processes, and the transition onto a programme of learning, are designed to maximise retention and success for all? Abstracts submitted under this theme could also address enhancements made to the design and delivery of the curriculum, including innovative approaches to teaching and learning in diverse healthcare settings, and how these have impacted on the journey to success.
Enabling success through belonging and learner engagement
This theme will focus on how we build and embed a genuine sense of belonging and identity throughout the journey of every learner. This is crucial not just in the classroom or online, but also while on placements and learning in the workplace. Learner engagement is so much more than just turning up and being present. We must place learners at the centre of our thinking and plans, in order to ensure an excellent experience throughout their learning journey.
Enabling success through learner support
This theme will consider how we ensure the journey to learner success continues throughout the period of study, considering the support provided within and outside of the classroom and/or the online environment.
Innovating to develop the future healthcare workforce
This theme will consider how we prepare pre-registration students for the world of work and ensure they understand the routes to employment available to them, and how we encourage part-time students already in employment to consider their career progression and potential development opportunities.
Conference Programme
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Conference Programme
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Day 1 - Abstracts NET 2023
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Day 2 - Abstracts NET 2023
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“The NET2022 Conference was a wonderful experience. I attended remotely from Australia and was able to engage in networking, discussions that will advance my research and have the opportunity to learn from other professionals, academics, clinicians and most importantly, students. A wonderful conference and experience, thank you NET2022.”Lisa Speedie, Charles Sturt University, Nursing Lecturer
Keynote from Professor Jo Clarke
Day 2
Keynote conversation: In conversation around design delivery
Panel session Student learner support and belonging
Who is the conference for
Originally launched as an annual, UK conference for nursing and midwifery educators in 1990, NET has become a well-established, annual event with increasing numbers of global delegates. Over the decades we’ve continued to innovate, welcoming ever-rising numbers of students as presenters and participants, including keynote presentations. We have also seen a steady growth in the number of delegates from a range of healthcare professions, including counselling, dentistry, dietetics, general practice medicine, occupational therapy, oncology, paramedic medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, psychology, radiography, radiology, speech and language therapy, and veterinary surgery. These developments continue to enrich conference discussions and debates, and stimulate the cross-fertilisation of ideas, adding invaluable insights, understanding, and learning from each other.
Networking is at the heart of every conference, which provides a supportive, friendly, and engaging environment for all delegates, particularly for new presenters, to ensure that this important rite of passage is a positive and rewarding experience. In the words of recent delegates, NET is:
‘such an inclusive, collegial and welcoming conference’;
‘a vibrant event with a good buzz about it’
‘as a new presenter and first-time delegate, I felt supported and inspired’;
‘there was an air of positivity and joy’.
Advance HE's NET Conferences provide opportunities for all those involved in healthcare education; a most inclusive and inspiring networking event."Claire Sutton, University of Bradford, Assistant Professor - Adult Nursing
Delegate fees
Students can receive a 50% discount on their tickets. Please contact events@advance-he.ac.uk to request the discount code.
Delegates have the opportunity to access discounted hotel rooms when booking via this booking link.
| Ticket type | Standard price |
| 1-day ticket | £350 |
| 2-day ticket | £525 |
| Conference dinner | £70 plus VAT |
| Networking dinner | £40 plus VAT |
Sponsor
The Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) supports nurses and midwives to improve care and save lives. As a UK-based charity, established almost 90 years ago, we are now expanding to reach one million nurses and midwives by 2027. Experience shows us the transformation that is possible when FNF enable nurses and midwives to connect, lead, and influence healthcare.
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