Association of National Teaching Fellows Symposium 2026
12th-13th May 2026 at the Newcastle University
Roll up! Roll up! It’s that time of year where the most exciting call for papers happens! We are launching the Call for Contributions for our annual ANTF symposium 2026!
The call is open to all National Teaching Fellows and aspiring National Teaching Fellows, CATE and aspiring CATE winners. You are warmly invited to join some of the most inspirational national educators in the UK for our two-day symposium. This year we are venturing north to Newcastle University with the conference dinner at St James’ Park, the home of Newcastle football.
Come and present, showcase your work, join our workshops and sessions and meet others who are focussed on enhancing learning , or find out more about the NTF scheme and how to get involved.
We are continuing with our WISER themes again this year, embracing everything from wellbeing to equity to innovation, find out more about these themes here.
Submissions
Please submit an abstract of no more than 150-words using this form before 17:00 GMT, 15th December.
The form will also ask you to include three keywords and a Bluesky social media message about your session that we can use on our Bluesky channel. Whether you want to contribute an interactive workshop, a 15 minute presentation or showcase a resource, do come along.
We will also ask you whether you would be willing to write a synopsis of your session for our website blog pages, so please don’t forget to indicate this on the form.
We hope to be responding to your submission by the 30th January at the latest.
Preferences
If you have a preference to present (if accepted) on a particular day, then please indicate this when you make your submission. We cannot guarantee to be able to accommodate this but we will make every attempt possible!
We look forward to receiving your contributions and to seeing you all in Newcastle!
