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Schedule

The provisional schedule  for the conference is shown below. Please be aware that this may be subject to change at this stage. The final schedule will be published here before the end of February 2021.

Click a session title to view a detailed description. All times shown are UK time.

9:00 AM
Welcome and Introductions
Dr David Grey ; David Lochtie

9:00 AM- 9:30 AM  Room: Online
9:15 AM
Opening Keynote
Celia Greenway

9:15 AM- 9:45 AM

10:00 AM
The central role of personal tutors in closing the attainment gap between students with disabilities and their peers
Isabel Hallam ; Katrina Perkins

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM  Room: Online

Evolving the student support role in a distance learning environment
Karlie M Wagner ; Ann Bingham

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM  Room: Online
10:45 AM
Break 1 / Advising Hub

10:45 AM- 11:30 AM  Room: Advising Hub
11:30 AM
Using Social Identity Mapping in Personal Tutoring to aid students in transition into and throughout HE
Alison Raby ; Ian Pownall

11:30 AM- 12:15 PM  Room: Online

Supporting Students at Scale
Michelle Craig; Glenda St John

11:30 AM- 12:15 PM  Room: Online
12:30 PM
Poster Sessions

12:30 PM- 1:15 PM  Room: Online
1:30 PM
Graduate Attributes and Learning Outcomes: Unifying and Scaffolding the Intentionality of Personal Tutoring
David J Grey ; George E Steele

1:30 PM- 2:15 PM  Room: Online

The Real "Unsung Heroes" of UKAT: Creating Positive Change for Senior-Level Advisors
Gavin J Farber

1:30 PM- 2:15 PM  Room: Online

Professional Recognition - Applicants Networking Session
Dionne E Barton ; Karin Bottom ; Mark Dransfield

1:30 PM- 2:15 PM  Room: Online
2:15 PM
Break 2 / Advising Hub

2:15 PM- 3:00 PM  Room: Online
3:00 PM
Where are Voices from the Field: Advising Research Underrepresented in Canadian Higher Education
Linda Pardy ; Shea B Ellingham

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM  Room: Online

Advisor/Tutor Mentoring: Engaging and Energizing Practitioners Across Borders
Gavin J Farber

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM  Room: Online

Lightning Talks - Addressing Differential Attainment

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM  Room: Online
4:00 PM
PhD and Early Career Researchers Networking Session
UKAT Research Committee

4:00 PM- 4:45 PM  Room: Online

Student Focus Group
Sam Gudgeon

4:00 PM- 4:45 PM  Room: Online
9:00 AM
Internationalisation at Home: Practices to Support Building Bridges between International and National Students for Intercultural Competence Development
Louisa Hill

9:00 AM- 9:45 AM  Room: Online

A case study of an integrated curriculum academic advising model in a masters of public health course; how academic advising is tapered and shaped to fit alongside a taught masters course curriculum.
Alison McCamley ; jane fearon

9:00 AM- 9:45 AM  Room: Online
10:00 AM
Development of a College wide personal tutor programme designed to aid transition into Higher Education, within a diverse student cohort impacted by the Covid pandemic.
Gillian L Knight

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM  Room: Online

An evaluation of structured personal tutoring sessions from both tutor and tutee perspectives.
Kim Allan

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM  Room: Online

Purpose, outcomes, interventions: towards a visualisation of the advising landscape
David J Grey ; Oscar O. van den Wijngaard

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM  Room: Online
10:45 AM
Break 3 / Advising Hub

10:45 AM- 11:30 AM  Room: Advising Hub
11:30 AM
Embedding Academic Skills in Personal Academic Tutoring
Karin Bottom ; Sarah Hall

11:30 AM- 12:15 PM  Room: Online

Lightning Talks - Study Skills & Coaching

11:30 AM- 12:15 PM  Room: Online
12:30 PM
Student Engagement Special Interest Group

12:30 PM- 1:15 PM  Room: Online
1:30 PM
Looking to the future - how the pandemic has made us better advisors

1:30 PM- 2:30 PM  Room: Online
3:00 PM
Getting Started With Advising and Tutoring Research
UKAT Research Committee

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM  Room: Online

Practice Showcase: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts…. Reviewing a 5-year project to create a cohesive University approach to Personal Tutoring for Undergraduate sports students
Neil Bangs

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM  Room: Online
4:00 PM
UKAT Awards Ceremony

4:00 PM- 5:00 PM  Room: Online
9:00 AM
Building blocks of student engagement
Julie J Warden

9:00 AM- 9:45 AM  Room: Online

It’s the journey not the destination; Personal Academic Coaching and Foundation Year Students
Marie Clifford ; Emma Wheeler

9:00 AM- 9:45 AM  Room: Online

Can you have an institutional-wide approach to personal tutoring yet still enable curriculum level customisation?
Matthew Wheeler ; Sarah Copeland

9:00 AM- 9:45 AM  Room: Online
10:00 AM
The experience of students with learning contracts - a longitudinal study
Karl Baker-Green ; Alison McCamley

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM  Room: Online

Care-experienced and estranged student experiences of personal tutoring
Rosanna Ayton

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM  Room: Online

Playful Learning Team Building Session

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM  Room: Online
10:45 AM
Break 4 / Advising Hub

10:45 AM- 11:30 AM  Room: Advising Hub
11:30 AM
‘They liked it when I talked about Taylor Swift’: An evaluative exploration of the value of the reconfigured group tutorial in a research-intensive education.
Celia Greenway

11:30 AM- 12:15 PM  Room: Online

Serious Play Serious Outcomes: Lego ® Serious Play ® Tutoring Workshop
Karen Kenny ; Caitlin Kight

11:30 AM- 12:15 PM  Room: Online
12:30 PM
Senior Tutor Network Special Interest Group

12:30 PM- 1:15 PM  Room: Online

Postgraduate Students Special Interest Group

12:30 PM- 1:15 PM  Room: Online
1:30 PM
Top 10 Tips for Digital Inclusion - Learn and Share
Dionne E Barton ; Karin Bottom ; Sarah Hall

1:30 PM- 2:15 PM  Room: Online

Developing a Digital Tutoring Hub: using the digital space to empower students
Karen Kenny

1:30 PM- 2:15 PM  Room: Online

Lightning Talks - Peer Learning

1:30 PM- 2:15 PM  Room: Online
2:15 PM
Break 5 / Advising Hub

2:15 PM- 3:00 PM  Room: Advising Hub
3:00 PM
Cultivating Student Self-Belief
Gavin M Jinks

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM  Room: Online

Language and Learning: Breaking Barriers to Success
Sumeya Loonat ; Di Zhang ; Xiaozhe Cai

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM  Room: Online

Technology in Advising SIG: Designing ways to create and provide quality resources to UKAT members
George E Steele ; David Grey ; Karin Bottom ; Vicky Norman ; Joseph Bailey ; Peter Fitch ; Julie Warden

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM  Room: Online
4:00 PM
Closing Keynote - Projects of Hope: approaches to supporting student transitions
Diane Nutt

4:00 PM- 4:30 PM  Room: Online
4:45 PM
Closing Remarks

4:45 PM- 4:55 PM  Room: Online