UKAT offers conferences, webinars and other events throughout the year, both online and in various locations around the UK. These events provide professional development opportunities for personal tutors and academic advisors who are invested in helping students achieve academic success.
The UKAT Annual Conference is the major event of the year and provides an opportunity to learn in general sessions from experts in the field, gain knowledge and review best practices with colleagues in concurrent sessions, and participate in interactive workshops. The variety of learning formats also may include poster sessions, exhibitor presentations, and formal and informal networking opportunities.
Upcoming Events
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Times Higher Education Student Success UK & Ireland 2025
Wednesday 12 November 2025 - Thursday 13 November 2025
ICC, EdinburghWe are delighted to be a partner of Times Higher Education’s Student Success UK&IE 2025, taking place on 12-13 November at the ICC, Edinburgh.
Designed for higher education professionals across student engagement, academic success, careers services, teaching, learning, well-being and student analytics, the event unites leading voices from universities and industry to showcase impactful examples of collaboration as well as innovative approaches to promoting success at every stage of the student journey.
You can now discover the agenda and take a look at what’s on across this two-day event, including keynotes, panel discussions, workshops and case studies across three content tracks focusing on:
- Teaching and learning
- Student support
- Retention, engagement and impact
Super early bird tickets are available until 25 July, where you can save an additional 30% on tickets with code UKAT-30: https://www.timeshighered-events.com/live-ukie-2025/page/4422227/book-tickets?promo=UKAT-30&utm_source=ukat&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ss-ukie-25&utm_content=promo
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Academic personal tutoring: Intersectionally inclusive personal tutoring’
Wednesday 19 November 2025, 13:00 - Wednesday 19 November 2025, 16:00
LeedsThis University of Leeds Student Success Centre session is aimed at personal tutors or tutee, and those involved in student education leadership. It will explore how we can develop more inclusive practice as personal tutors, through an intersectional lens.
The session will start with lunch and networking. Speakers from across the HE sector in the UK will explore the theme of intersectionally inclusive personal tutoring through a range of diverse lenses. A panel discussion will follow with opportunity for audience participation and questions, before moving into a facilitated workshop where there will be collaborative space and time with like-minded others to critically consider their own personal tutoring practice/experience/leadership in light of the discussions during the session.
At a time when there is increasing pressure on HE staff and leaders in the space of student support and personal tutoring, this event will be informative, eye-opening, inspiring and practically useful in your own practice, leaving you full of ideas and tips to implement in your own future work and in your own institutions and areas.Please contact studentsuccess@leeds.ac.uk if you have any questions about the event.
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Transforming Tutoring: Rebalancing the pedagogic and the pastoral in a new Academic Tutoring model
Thursday 20 November 2025, 14:00 - Thursday 20 November 2025, 15:30
OnlineDionne Barton, Roger Dalrymple, Erick Morataya & Leanne Herbert, De Montfort University
The importance of effective tutorial systems for student belonging, progression, and success is acknowledged across the sector. As patterns of student engagement with their studies change and evolve, so must our approach to supporting students through agile and responsive tutorial systems.
Join us for an insightful webinar exploring the strategic shift from ‘personal’ tutoring to ‘academic’ tutoring within De Montfort University. Discover the drivers behind this change, the benefits for both students and staff, and practical strategies for successful implementation.
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UKAT Annual Conference 2026
Monday 13 April 2026, 09:00 - Tuesday 14 April 2026, 16:00
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UKSpotlight on Student Futures
Higher education institutions today face tremendous complexity and uncertainty. Within such a time of immense and interconnected challenges locally, nationally and globally, universities have opportunities for systemic transformation addressing current challenges in higher education, such as funding, competition for students, the decline in student engagement on campus, increasing mental health concerns, the rise of artificial intelligence and the role of personal tutoring and academic advising to meet student needs and improve student outcomes in a changing world.
This conference offers a timely opportunity for invaluable dialogue on the role that personal tutoring and academic advising can play in creating possible liberated and empowering futures for students in higher education. The theme of this year’s conference, ‘Spotlight on Student Futures’, reflects our commitment to empowering students to achieve their full potential through dedicated personal tutoring and advising, broadening their horizons, fostering a sense of belonging and feelings of mattering, supporting mental health and wellbeing, and continuation and graduate outcomes.
This conference aims to bring together students, professional services, educators, personal tutors and advisors, researchers and scholars, those in senior strategic leadership positions, and policymakers to explore the challenges HE institutions are grappling with, share insights, exchange visions, and identify action-oriented solutions.
Join us for an inspiring co-learning and thinking sessions that foster engagement and collaboration through thought-provoking:
- Keynotes: Leading higher education experts will share their knowledge and insights into the role of advising and tutoring in shaping Student Futures.
- Presentations: Experts will share in-depth insights and practical strategies based on their extensive experience, with dedicated time for audience thoughts and questions.
- Interactive Workshops: Participatory sessions will encourage participants to explore new approaches, reflect on shared experiences, and develop actionable strategies and solutions collaboratively.
- Discussion Panels: Facilitated by leading scholars, will offer authentic dialogic discussions of key challenges and opportunities in advising and tutoring with interactive Q&A.
- Immersive Interactive Simulation using CAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment): Participants will immerse and respond to students’ real-life situations/lived experiences in a safe simulated learning environment.
Events in italic typeface are not provided by UKAT but are 3rd party events which may be of interest to UKAT members