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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

  • Aiding Transition and Retention: Embedding personal tutoring in a first year core module

    Thursday 19 June 2025, 14:00 - Thursday 19 June 2025, 15:30
    Online

    Nicola Bishop, De Montfort University

    This session presents a case study from the English Department at Manchester Metropolitan University where a first year core module was redesigned around the principle of students being taught by their personal tutors. It focuses on the way that the new module supported transition and retention, helped students develop key degree skills, and encouraged greater engagement and community building.

    The module content focused on Manchester as a city, facilitating students’ extra-curricular experiences and confidence building as they settled into university life and introduced project-based learning to develop independence and foster an active and inclusive classroom. Project supervision allowed a space for scaffolded conversations about students’ academic progress as well as opening a pathway to signpost into other student services.

    The module data-mapping demonstrated a positive impact for engagement and the closing of continuation gaps.

  • RAISE Conference 2025

    Thursday 4 September 2025 - Friday 5 September 2025
    Glasgow

    The RAISE (Researching, Advancing and Inspiring Student Engagement) Annual Conference 2025 offers the opportunity for all students, staff, and anyone interested in university and college higher education, to showcase their practice and research. We particularly welcome student-led and collaborative submissions between students and staff. The RAISE annual conference is a friendly and welcoming conference and provides a supportive environment for first-time presenters.

Events in italic typeface are not provided by UKAT but are 3rd party events which may be of interest to UKAT members