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Learning and Teaching Conference
Date & Venue
April 18 2024, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Details
The 2024 Learning and Teaching Conference – Education for Life 2030 – A Vision for Education and Skills at Newcastle, will take place on Thursday 18th April 2024 in the Herschel Building in the heart of the Newcastle campus. You can now view the conference programme.
The conference is all about learning together, sharing effective practice, and exploring Education for Life 2030. Themes for the conference include:
Equity
- To provide a core, universal offer for all students, including tailored provision where needed, to ensure equity of access, experience and in outcomes for all, regardless of background, identity, nationality, location, or mode of study.
Fit for the Future
- Students - Embodied by our Education for Life Framework, provide an educational experience that ensures our students are fit for their future and the world in which they will live and work.
- Teaching, learning and support - To ensure that our approaches are informed by developments in pedagogy and best practice and can meet the University's ambitions for its evolving portfolio, size, shape, and modes of delivery.
- Colleagues - To provide an enabling environment that supports colleagues to have the skills and capacity to embrace the possibilities present in the future world of higher education.
Encounters with the Leading Edge
- To put at the heart of our curriculum and learning experiences encounters with our world leading research and the leading edge of industry and practice.
Yes, you can view the ReCap recordings from most sessions on our Resources page.
Workshops (50 minutes)
A hands-on session to solve a problem, mine the collective experience of the attendees, practice something new or showcase a method. Flat teaching spaces will be available.
Presentations (15 minutes)
An opportunity to discuss an idea in more detail, space to explore questions, challenges and solutions. These will be chaired sessions and grouped into themes where possible. There will be time for questions at the end.
Lightning talks live (5 minutes)
A speedy way to introduce a new idea, share an approach, or pose a question. These will be grouped in themes where possible. There will be time for questions at the end.
Lightning talk video (5 minutes)
If you can’t deliver a session in person you can submit a lightning talk video sharing your idea in less than 5 minutes.
Posters
Posters will be on display throughout the day. Where possible presenters should be available by their poster to answer questions during the lunch break. Prizes for the best posters will be awarded at the conference close.
As always, there will be a fabulous lunch to enjoy, and an opportunity to catch up with colleagues, share opinions and have discussions about the exciting learning and teaching initiatives around student centred education that colleagues presenting at the conference are exploring here at Newcastle University.
Please don't forget to register as we need to provide catering colleagues with the participant numbers. Vegetarian and vegan options will be available. For other dietary requirements, please e-mail nultconf@newcastle.ac.uk by Friday 11th April 4pm.
There are still some places left on the workshops and if you plan on attending any you must sign up for them using elements, so that workshop hosts can plan accordingly.
You do not need to sign up to attend other sessions, e.g., Lightning Talks etc.
On the day of the conference, posters will be displayed in the Foyer. Prizes will be awarded to the winners at the end of the conference. Look out for the QR codes posted around the venue to vote for your favourites!
The posters taking part in the competition will also be available on the Learning and Teaching website from 17th April, when voting opens.
This year we will be expanding the number of stands available in the Foyer. Pop over for a chat between sessions or over lunch to learn about:
- Newcastle Educators
- Student Health and Wellbeing
- NUIT - Digital Adoption Team
- LTDS
- Educational Policy and Governance Service
- NUSU
- Library
- FMS TEL
- British Conference for Undergraduate Research (BCUR)
- Lifelong Learning and Apprenticeships (LLAH)