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Higher Education Advisers’ and Teachers’ Conference

Thursday 11 October 2012, 9.15am – 4.30pm

The Higher Education Advisers’ and Teachers’ Conference is run by Newcastle, Northumbria and Sunderland Universities, in collaboration with the Raising Aspirations Partnership (RAP).

The conference aims to inform delegates about topical issues relating to Higher Education (HE).  The programme has been designed for teachers, advisers, tutors and other professionals involved in the provision of information, advice and guidance to students.

Delegates will be able to tailor their own conference programme by selecting from a range of information sessions covering a variety of HE topics. 

This year the conference will take place at Newcastle University.

2012 Conference Programme:

Time

Session

9.15am

Registration and Refreshments

9.45am

Welcome and Introduction

10.00am

Plenary Address, Miss Lil Collingham, Manager, Aspirations Raising Partnership

10.15am

Plausible Pedagogy and Payment Protection, Professor Craig Mahoney, Chief Executive, The Higher Education Academy

11.00am

Refreshments

11.15am

Information Session 1

Choose from:

12 noon

Information Session 2

12.45pm

Lunch

1.30pm

The Future of IAG, Mr Andy Frampton, UK Vice Chair (Training), Higher Education Liaison Officers Association

2.00pm

Speed Updating

Recruitment, Admissions and Academic staff from the three universities talk informally about their subject areas, entrance requirements, the personal statement, tutor reference and career destinations for their graduates.

Group A

Business / Education / English / Geography and Geomatics / Media and Communications / Medicine and Dentistry / Pharmacy / Science (Biology, Chemistry and Physics)

Group B

Computing / Engineering / History / Languages / Law / Nursing and Midwifery / Politics and Sociology / Sport

3.00pm

Refreshments

3.15pm

Speed Updating (continued)

4.15pm

Closing Comments

4.30pm

Conference Close

Book a Place

Information about the 2013 Conference will be available from May 2013. If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact 0191 222 6094 or supportforteachers@ncl.ac.uk.