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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

  • 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.

  • Times Higher Education Student Success UK & Ireland 2025

    Wednesday 12 November 2025 - Thursday 13 November 2025
    ICC, Edinburgh

    We 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

  • UKAT Annual Conference 2026

    Monday 13 April 2026, 08:00 - Tuesday 14 April 2026, 15:00
    Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

    Spotlight on Student Futures

    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 challenges HE institutions are grappling with, share insights, exchange visions, 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 collaboratively develop actionable strategies and solutions.
    • 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