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Educational Excellence Symposium 2025

A compelling symposium exploring effective teaching excellence frameworks across higher education.

Overview

Are you leading innovative practice that’s transforming student learning, belonging, or outcomes? Have you trialled or scaled something that’s making a measurable difference to students and staff in your institution? 

This year’s symposium will bring together educators, academic leaders, professional services, and students to explore what really works in delivering high-quality, inclusive, and impactful education. Presenters have been asked to draw upon relevant regulatory and pedagogic frameworks to spotlight effective practice and real-world impact in the core areas of teaching, learning, support, and successful outcomes.

This interactive event will feature presentations and facilitated discussions designed to share practice, explore ideas, and co-develop future-facing approaches to educational excellence. Whether the projects are local, large-scale, or still evolving, the insights could inspire others across the sector. Contributions will:

  • Showcase emerging trends and innovations in learning and teaching.
  • Share strategic initiatives and projects that are improving student outcomes.
  • Reflect on challenges, learning, and impact from the work you’ve led.
  • Are co-created with students or developed through cross-institutional collaboration.

Event Information

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Who should attend?

Teaching practitioners including: heads of departments, academic programme leaders and developers, all lecturing staff, learning technologists and staff focused on improving the quality of teaching in HE. 
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Speakers

Keynote speaker

Professor Matt O’Leary

Professor of Education
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Birmingham City University
Professor Matt O’Leary
Professor Dr Matt O’Leary is Professor of Education at Birmingham City University, UK. He is one of the world’s leading experts on classroom observation and is internationally renowned for his extensive body of work on the topic, particularly its use in understanding and improving teaching and learning across colleges, schools and universities.
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Key features of Event Mobi include:

  • Easily accessible: Via their app on the go, or on any web browser
  • Personalised schedule: Create your own itinerary based on your interests and preferences
  • Discussion board: Actively engage prior to and during the event with other attendees on key topics
  • Speaker profiles: Learn more about our amazing speakers and their sessions
  • Session abstracts: Find all the details on each session to support your agenda planning
  • Event map (in-person events only): Navigate the venue with ease using our interactive map
  • Networking opportunities: Connect with other attendees, arrange meet ups and build valuable relationships
  • Access resources: Any relevant supporting links and documents will be provided on the platform
  • Activity feed: The Activity Feed provides attendees with a fun and interactive social media-like experience within the event app, fostering open conversations and sharing of images and text in a secure environment.
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