Teaching and Learning Conference 2021: Teaching in the Spotlight: What is the Future for HE Curricula?

Advance HE’s Teaching and Learning Conference 2021 will continue to position the spotlight firmly on teaching in a global context. With particular reference to this year, the conference will explore where we go from here in terms of teaching and learning in HE, and how will we deliver the curricula of the future. 

Teaching in higher education has never been under such scrutiny as during 2020 and this continues into the new academic year. Ongoing debates around teaching excellence, fees, value, the student experience, inclusion, equality impact and more have been further scrutinised and added to by the global pandemic. 

Multi-booking discount

Institutions looking to book multiple places for the Teaching and Learning Conference 2021 can make significant savings. Institutions will receive:

• 10% discount when booking 5 places
• 15% discount when booking 10 places

To receive your single-use discount voucher, e-mail events@advance-he.ac.uk before making your booking.

Keynote speaker: Day 1

Professor Janice Kay

Professor Janice Kay is the Provost and Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Exeter.

She is a Professor of cognitive neuropsychology, first appointed to Exeter through a Wellcome Trust University Lectureship. Her research, which has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council, is concerned with theoretical modelling, assessment and rehabilitation of disorders of perception, speech, language and memory.

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Keynote speaker: Day 3

Professor Charles Egbu

Professor Egbu joined Leeds Trinity University as Vice-Chancellor on 1 November 2020.   He leads the University on all strategic matters; ensuring financial sustainability to allow the delivery of the University's Strategic Plan, including the overall vision and values of the University.  He represents the University externally at various groups including Universities UK (UUK), Million Plus and the Cathedral's Group.   He works closely with industry and professional bodies, especially in the Built Environment sector, and with local communities.

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Melanie Smith - Panel Chair

Melanie joined Advance HE in December 2020 to lead the anti-racist curriculum project. With a background in widening participation, she has thirteen years' experience in leading transformative widening access and student support programmes led by a personal and professional conviction in social inclusion and the life-changing nature of educational opportunity. Having worked in both the College and University sector, Melanie brings extensive experience of the Scottish tertiary sector, stakeholder engagement, partnership working and co-creation.

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Dr Kathy-Ann Fletcher

Kathy-Ann is a lecturer in Marketing at Abertay University, teaching in areas such as Digital Marketing and Customer Relationship Management. She is co-lead of the Lead Voices for Race and Religion at Abertay which addresses matters as it applies across curriculum and professional practice and a member of that institution’s Race Equality Charter Mark Committee. Kathy-Ann’s focus lies in expanding access to an equitable and anti-racist HE environment for people of BAME backgrounds.

Stuart Norton - Panel Chair

Stuart is a Senior Adviser (learning and teaching) at Advance HE.  Stuart joined the legacy agency, the Higher Education Academy, in April 2016 as the Academic Lead for Employability. Prior to this Stuart has worked in academia since 2003, writing and developing a series of criminology and policing programmes, including a direct entry pre-join route into Thames Valley Police.

Stuart’s role is diverse and transitions across the core thematic areas of student success, where he takes a keen role in supporting sector-wide learning and teaching policy.

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Iwi Ugiagbe-Green

Iwi is an Associate Professor (Accounting & Finance division), at Leeds University Business School. She has worked in higher education for over 20 years in range of professional services and academic roles.  Her current research focuses on intersectionality issues relating to gender/race on the racialised experiences of students in the academy, with particular focus on student transition from higher education to the graduate labour market and closing degree awarding gaps.

Aranee Manoharan

Aranee is a committed advocate for equity, inclusion, and social mobility. She specialises in integrating employability through high impact pedagogical approaches and assessment methods to design more inclusive curricula that prepare all students with the knowledge, skills, and significant experiences to achieve their aspirations. A Senior Fellow of the HEA, Aranee has been appointed to a range of EDI advisory boards in the sector, including AGCAS and ISE. She is the forthcoming Head of Careers & Employability at Kings College London, starting in August 2021.