Bridging the Gaps: Supporting Academic Transitions for Student Success
Bridging the Gaps: Supporting Academic Transitions for Student Success:
2025 Teaching and Learning Conference Schedule
Session Title |
Presenter(s) |
Student Spotlight on Transitions |
Victoria Grace-Bland and student partners/panellists (Hattie Jones, Ghanshyam Bhattarai, Aurelien Flatman, Olha Kovalenko, Reiowyn Ferrer, Keerthana Venkatesha, Yashvi Borisagar, Sanket Singh)
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Keynote presentation: Transitions in, through and out of university: Balancing university key performance metrics with an inclusive human centred approach
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Dr Katharine Hubbard, Buckinghamshire New University
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Parallel Workshop 1: Transitions to Postgraduate Taught Study
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Dr Tony Churchill (ADE, CQSD), Dr Jo Anna Reed Johnson (IoE), Simon Floodgate (IoE), Dr Caroline Foulkes (IoE), Dr Vicki Aldmington (Careers), Prof Clare Furneaux (APVC) |
Parallel Workshop 2; Co-creating assessment and feedback support for successful student transitions |
Dr Nina Brooke, Dr Michael Kilmister (ADE, CQSD)
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Parallel Workshop 3: Digital tools and environments to support transitions
Part 1: Emotionally connected online experiences – how can you build a sense of belonging using Blackboard? (additional resources)
Part 2: Study Advice tools to aid the transition to and through university |
Jackie Fairbairn, Lauren McCann (TEL, CQSD)
Alex Wickenden, Dr Ed Powell (Study Advice)
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Parallel Workshop 4: Supporting Foundation year transitions Part 1: Spotting the Gaps Early: Lessons learned from identifyingand addressing absence in Foundation Students
Part 2: Striking the right balance: subject knowledge, study skills and coaching in a foundation year as aids to successful progression and transition
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Dr Mark Peace, Vicky Collins, Rachel Rushton, Brian Turner (ISLI)
Prof Cindy Becker (Hums)
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Lightning talks and Q&A: Transitions through the student journey
‘Make your first semester a success’: a pre-arrival event with Study Advice
Embedding transition support into the Psychology curriculum: An example from a Part One research methods module
Reassurance on Demand: Recorded Sessions and Student Transitions.
From student to professional and back again? Transitions into and out of placements
Supporting Finalist-Alumni Transition
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Dr Georgia Koromila (Study Advice)
Dr Debra Page (Psychology)
Emma Herrod (CQSD, TEL)
Dr Catherine Foley (IoE)
Dr Vicki Aldmington (Careers)
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