Our symposium events offer staff a useful forum to encourage the exchange and dissemination of different ways of thinking about key teaching and learning challenges and new approaches. Practitioners are invited to participate in each symposium through submitting an abstract on their work as a fifteen-minute stimulus presentation and case study to support the discussions.
Structure
Each symposium is facilitated by a Senior Advisor from Advance HE with specific expertise in the area being discussed. The day will feature a keynote presentation from a leading practitioner in each area, followed by themed sessions showcasing case studies from across the sector. Delegates will have the opportunity to learn from leading practitioners in the sector, debate priority issues and learn from cutting-edge initiatives.
Benefits
The symposia provide teaching practitioners with access to an open and supportive environment and valuable peer network to share and discuss contemporary practice and initiatives. They enable participants to develop a principled, evidence-informed approach to devising subsequent support and guidance for change in enhancing student success in HE.
Who: Teaching practitioners including: heads of departments, academic programme leaders and developers, lecturers, academic and support staff, and learning technologists.
View the dates of the events below or in the calendar.
Employability Symposium
Date: 25 April 2024, Face-to-face
Location: Horizon Leeds
We know that, regardless of discipline, developing graduates for successful trajectories beyond university is of critical importance. Enabling our graduates to have a positive impact, whether that be through creating value that is economic, social, cultural, or environmental – or indeed a mixture of each, is the embodiment of this success.
This event, by way of oral presentations and workshops, will provide a space to discuss and share latest practices in embedding employability among a network of peers.
Student Retention and Success Symposium
Date: 14 May 2024
Location: theStudio, Birmingham
This symposium will provide an open and supportive environment within which to share and discuss contemporary practice and initiatives in student retention and success; providing evidence-informed examples and ideas for university staff and students to address the challenges of attrition, retention and student success in higher education.
By way of a call for papers, we will invite participants to consider how practices can be enhanced to reduce attrition, assist with transition stages and ensure students achieve their objectives.
The event will include a keynote speaker alongside participant-led workshops and presentations.
Flexible Learning Symposium 2024
Date: 5 June 2024
Venue: Virtual
The symposium, via keynotes, oral presentations and workshops, will bring together experts in Flexible Learning, alongside practitioners from the sector, to share the latest ideas, initiatives and best practice.
Artificial Intelligence Symposium 2024: AI For All: Embracing AI in Higher Education Across the MENA Region
Date: 20 June 2024
Venue: Virtual
The symposium aims to bring colleagues together from across the MENA region to share and discuss how AI is being incorporated into practice and will focus on building ethical and sustainable student learning journeys.
Artificial Intelligence Symposium 2024: AI Journeys - Being Human
Date: 10 July 2024, In-person
Venue: TBC
The symposium will provide insights into aligning AI with the context's core values, objectives, and higher education standards.
Research Symposium 2024: Innovate, Inspire, Lead: Transforming research culture
Date: 16 July 2024, In-person
Venue: Horizon, Leeds
This symposium aims to advance this conversation and discuss practical tools to develop a thriving and sustainable research culture.
Research Symposium 2024: Navigating The AI frontier: Shaping research culture
Date: 17 July 2024, In-person
Venue: Horizon, Leeds
The symposium aims to foster a forward-thinking discussion on how AI can be leveraged to support, enrich, and potentially revolutionise research culture across disciplines.