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Association of National Teaching Fellows (ANTF) Symposium Birmingham City University (BCU)

DAY 1 PROGRAMME: Thursday 28th March 2019

Time	Activity				Notes
8.45-9.45	Committee of the Association of National Teaching Fellows CANTF meeting. For committee members only.
9.15 Registration supported by Advance HE staff & BCU ambassadors 1st floor mezzanine/social learning space, City South Campus Conference office and Ede and Ravenscroft base Room SCT163
10.00-10.40	*Tea, coffee and ‘Plenary in promenade’* * 1^st floor mezzanine / social learning space, City South Campus, Mary Seacole Building
10.40-11.00	*Welcome* to the symposium Sara Houston and Sally Brown *Welcome* from Phillip Plowden Vice Chancellor BCU Supporting the ANTF: Kathryn Harrison-Graves, AdvanceHE * 1^st floor mezzanine / social learning space, City South Campus, Mary Seacole Building
11.05-11.50	*Evaluating Teaching Impact* strand Pilkington, Kneale & Winter Room SCT142	PS1 David Mcilroy and Sue Palmer Conn *Exploring the role of personality in the processes and pathways of learning and achievement.* Room SCT241	PS2 James Derounian Why do Students Skip Class? And is the ‘carrot’ or the ‘stick’ more likely to encourage attendance? Room SCT209		Juliette Gaunt and Mark O’Hara, BCU CATE Presentation *Supporting High Achieving students* Room SCT009
11.55-12.40	*Evaluating Teaching Impact* strand Pilkington, Kneale & Winter Room SCT142	PS3 Sambell, Brown and Graham Subverting the system by enjoying ourselves. Room SCT241	PS4 CATE Spotlight *Researching Assessment Practices: A participatory inclusive approach to making a difference in assessment.* Carol Evans, Xiaotong Zhu, Sharifa Al’ Adawi, and Chris Chiorean Room SCT209		*Unfacilitated networking* Room SCT252
12.45 Lunch
14.00-14.45	*Evaluating Teaching Impact* Pilkington, Kneale & Winter Room SCT142	PS5 Andrew Walsh Enabling playful learning in higher education. Room SCT241	PS6 Andrea Cameron *Building Health Partnerships* Through mental health interventions. Room SCT209		*Unfacilitated networking* Room SCT252
14.50-15.30	*Evaluating Teaching Impact* Pilkington, Kneale & Winter Room SCT142	PS7 Simon Thomson *10 initial reasons for why we should be developing time and space for learning sabbaticals* Room SCT241		PS8 Suzanne Fergus “What are those lecturers doing, who receive top student feedback and ratings?” Room SCT209	*Unfacilitated networking* Room SCT252
15.30 Tea and coffee
16.00 Plenary session Jenny Field Practical ideas to make lectures more creative, engaging and interactive, and in doing so provide opportunities for regular formative assessment as part of the teaching process. Lecture theatre SCT009
16.45 Keynote Theo Gilbert, *THES Innovative Teacher of the Year award 2018 Making a difference through compassionate teaching.* Lecture theatre SCT009
17.30	End of formal business symposium day 1

Guests make their own way to Edgbaston Cricket Club

Celebratory Dinner at Edgbaston Cricket Club: 18.15 drinks reception, dinner at 19.00

DAY 2 PROGRAMME: Friday 29^th March 2019

Time	Activity	Parallel sessions	Parallel sessions	Notes
9.00 Registration for day 2 arrivals and networking activity/posters. Main Entrance foyer, City South Campus
9.30-10.15	*Professors in Preparation group* Debbie Lock, Liz Mossop, Peter Draper Sally Brown. Room SCT204	Keynote Haleh Morajev and Viv Rolfe Making a difference to student learning and engagement through practical activities through the medium of food/nutrition. Lecture theatre SCT009
10.20-11.05	*Professors in Preparation* Debbie Lock, Liz Mossop, Peter Draper Sally Brown. Room SCT204	PS9 Leisa Nichols Drew, Angela O’Sullivan, Annette Crisp, Joanne Bacon and Marie Bassford *CATE spotlight: PuzzlEd Escape rooms.* Room SCT232	PS10 Jackie Leigh Coaching Conversational Techniques for Personal Tutors. Room SCT217	Unfacilitated networking Room SCT303
11.05-11.20 Tea and Coffee
11.20-12.20	*Professors in Preparation* Debbie Lock, Liz Mossop, Peter Draper Sally Brown. Room SCT204	Plenary 2 Tina Overton That won’t work with my students – the role of evidence in changing practice. Lecture theatre SCT009
12. 20 Lunch 12.30 AGM in lecture theatre SCT 209. Plus posters/networking in foyer

14.00-14.45

PS11

Peter Hartley

Learning from ten years of PASS.

Room SCT232

PS12

Rafe Hallett, Julie Hulme and Debbie Lock. Great Expectations? The Contested Language of Scholarship. Room SCT217

PS13

Nicki Martin Professional services staff and academics working together to embed inclusive practice. Room SCT303

14.50- 15.20 in Lecture theatre SCT009

Andrew Kulman Night School, Morning conversations, Magical mystery tours: three innovative interventions to improve student retention, achievement and engagement.

Candice Satchwell My two words? ‘Creative Energy.’ Engaging students in a participatory story-making; research project with disadvantaged young people.

15.20 Making a difference to our communities, our colleagues and ourselves: a session facilitated by NTF Chair, Becky Huxley-Binns with support from ANTF committee members; designed to draw from the symposium community key ways in which we as individuals and groups can change the higher education setting through recognition, research, role-modelling, renewal and radiance!

16.00 Close of symposium