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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Students as leaders in personal tutoring: a community-centred model for transformation
Thursday 21 May 2026, 14:00 - Thursday 21 May 2026, 15:30
OnlineRachael O'Connor, University of Leeds
This webinar will introduce and explore the new Student Academic Personal Tutor (APT) Lead roles at the University of Leeds. This session will be co-delivered by Rachael O'Connor (Associate Professor in Legal Education and University Lead for APT at Leeds) and some of the current Student APT Leads. We will discuss why we have adopted this approach to community, student-centred leadership for APT at Leeds, how we got to this point and what we have achieved and planned so far, including some of the challenges and hurdles we have had to overcome. As this is a brand new role, we have had to adapt, be flexible and collaborate to get this work off the ground. Through this webinar, we hope to inspire and motivate other staff, leaders and university teams to consider how they might more meaningfully embed student voices into their own personal tutoring development work, through funded leadership roles.
Events in italic typeface are not provided by UKAT but are 3rd party events which may be of interest to UKAT members