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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 2022.

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- 9:15 AM  Room: Online
9:15 AM
Opening Keynote
Ed Foster

9:15 AM- 9:45 AM

10:00 AM
The Value Vortex, or: whose side are we on?
Oscar O. van den Wijngaard

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM  Room: Online

Blended advising: How can we foster student engagement in a digital environment?
Anna Nyland ; Iris M Burks ; Greta Petkauskaite ; Erik Kikas

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM  Room: Online

Building a sense of belonging for international students: Insights from International Student Lecturers
Sumeya Loonat ; Di Zhang ; Xiaozhe Cai

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM  Room: Online
11:00 AM
Student-Centred Transformation: Empowerment and Agency? A student-led discussion

11:00 AM- 12:20 PM  Room: Online
11:30 AM
My Passport To Success - Empowering Students to Thrive in Higher Education through Critical Self-Reflection
Reimala Sivalingam ; Jennifer Rose

11:30 AM- 12:15 PM  Room: Online

Lightning Talks 1
Elaine Brown ; Pamela J Calabrese ; Peter Tormey ; Sharron Vass ; Thomas Dalli ; Tom Evans ; Iris M Burks ; Dominique Waterval

11:30 AM- 12:15 PM  Room: Online
12:30 PM
Special Interest Group - Equality and Inclusion

12:30 PM- 1:20 PM  Room: Online

Special Interest Group - International Students

12:30 PM- 1:20 PM  Room: Online

Special Interest Group - Personal Tutor Training Network

12:30 PM- 1:20 PM  Room: Online
1:30 PM
“It’s not about what it is. It’s about what it can become!”
Mark O'Hara ; Rachel L Curzon

1:30 PM- 2:15 PM  Room: Online

Developing inclusive practice at the start of academic advising relationships
Mary Davis

1:30 PM- 2:15 PM  Room: Online

Exploring the links between ‘Belonging’ and ‘Mattering’ and the impact on student achievement
Clair Zawada

1:30 PM- 2:15 PM  Room: Online
3:00 PM
A Phenomenology of Student Success: Compassionate approaches for building confidence and supporting transitions
Katherine Kruger ; Emily Baker

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM  Room: Online

Is there such a thing as a Covid-19 Cohort?
Ruth Whittle ; Lloyd Jenkins

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM  Room: Online

The importance of academic advisors in supporting a sense of belonging for Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) students
Neil Currant

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM  Room: Online
4:00 PM
SIG Town Hall Meeting

4:00 PM- 5:20 PM  Room: Online
9:00 AM
The power of future planning: embedding future-focused discussions into advising & tutoring practice in your institution
Rosanna Ayton ; Morag Walling

9:00 AM- 9:45 AM  Room: Online

Providing specialist advising support to target awarding gaps and inequalities.
Dave J Lochtie ; Olivia Purcell

9:00 AM- 9:45 AM  Room: Online

Design and facilitation of an online community cohort for personal tutor CPD - Lessons learned
Eve Rapley ; Rachel George

9:00 AM- 9:45 AM  Room: Online
10:00 AM
Building a robust personal tutoring infrastructure- what shall we consider
Rabeya Khatoon ; Claire Spencer

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM  Room: Online

Lightning Talks 2 (Digital Technology)
Nicola Watchman Smith ; Stacey L Mottershaw ; Anna Viragos ; Hannah Emery

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM  Room: Online

The role of tutoring in fostering community belonging to support students’ persistence with their studies during Covid campus closures
Isabel Hallam

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM  Room: Online
11:00 AM
Advising for a Decade: Celebrating 10 Years (or More) in the Field
Gavin J Farber ; Wiona Altic Porath ; Bingham Ann ; Niamh Nestor ; Susan Corner ; Oscar van den Wijngaard ; Iris Burke ; Yves Houben ; Colleen Doyle

11:00 AM- 12:30 PM  Room: Online
11:30 AM
Empowering Education: Supporting Students with Challenging Life Experiences
Kathryn Woods ; Emma Davies

11:30 AM- 12:15 PM  Room: Online

Can we talk about this?
Karen Kenny ; Amy Mellows ; Sonia Thakurdesai

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

12:30 PM- 1:20 PM  Room: Online

Special Interest Group - Technology in Advising

12:30 PM- 1:20 PM  Room: Online

On-Demand Session - Meet the Presenters
Gavin J Farber ; Karen Sullivan-Vance ; Katherine Schmidt ; Margaret Mbindyo ; Ian Wilson

12:30 PM- 1:20 PM

1:30 PM
UKAT Awards Ceremony

1:30 PM- 2:00 PM  Room: Online
2:00 PM
Evidencing the Value of Academic Advising Through Quality Enhancement
UKAT/LVSA

2:00 PM- 3:20 PM  Room: Online
3:30 PM
The Personal Tutoring Project – using research to reimagine personal tutoring
Nienke Alberts

3:30 PM- 4:15 PM  Room: Online

Supporting student employability through integrated research exposure and a curriculum embedded professional and academic skills module
Jean Assender ; Wendy Leadbeater

3:30 PM- 4:15 PM  Room: Online

Strengthening the support networks for all: Building Belonging @ Bradford
Julie J Warden ; Thomas Robshaw

3:30 PM- 4:15 PM  Room: Online

Embedding reflection and support: how we are using PebblePad to augment student experience at the University of Leeds
Ruth Payne

3:30 PM- 4:15 PM  Room: Online
9:00 AM
Integrating authentic scenarios into personal tutor development & training through student partnership
Peter Fitch ; Maria Camila Cepeda Gnecco ; Remina Aleksieva

9:00 AM- 9:45 AM  Room: Online

Personal tutoring and development: a framework for student success
Harriet Dunbar-Morris ; Gavin Knight ; Dave J Lochtie ; Charlotte Harrison

9:00 AM- 9:45 AM  Room: Online

Evaluating Academic Advising using the Listening Rooms methodology
Helen J Parkin ; Emma Heron ; Melissa Jacobi

9:00 AM- 9:45 AM  Room: Online
10:00 AM
Enabling postgraduate students to thrive at university via a swift and effective transition
Claire Spencer

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM  Room: Online

Lightning Talk 3 (Community)
Patricia Perlman-Dee ; Jean Assender ; Wendy Leadbeater ; Eve Whitehurst ; Nienke Alberts

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM  Room: Online

Keeping students engaged, connected, and motivated in a time of change
Matthew Wheeler

10:00 AM- 10:45 AM

11:00 AM
Global Panel: Purpose and quality - effective advocacy for advising

11:00 AM- 12:30 PM

11:30 AM
Closing the attainment gap between BAME students and their peers: what could academic advisors do?
Thuy L Thai ; Thuy Thai

11:30 AM- 12:15 PM  Room: Online
12:30 PM
Special Interest Group - Early Career Researcher Network

12:30 PM- 1:20 PM  Room: Online

Special Interest Group - Postgraduate Students

12:30 PM- 1:20 PM  Room: Online
1:30 PM
Student centred transformation: Personal academic tutoring at the University of Derby , exploring the role of the ‘non’ deficit’ coaching approach in developing agency and empowerment.
Julie de Witt ; Melanie Pope

1:30 PM- 2:15 PM  Room: Online

‘Everyone is welcome in our tutorials’: An evaluative exploration of the explicit use of the Equality Act (2010) within the group tutorial
Celia Greenway

1:30 PM- 2:15 PM  Room: Online

Introducing the UKAT Professional Curriculum
Sarah Churchill

1:30 PM- 2:15 PM  Room: Online
2:30 PM
Coaching approach in personal tutoring development
Jelena Matic

2:30 PM- 3:15 PM  Room: Online

A comparison between personal tutoring in the UK and China
Alison Raby

2:30 PM- 3:15 PM  Room: Online

Personal tutoring: exploring the gap between policy, practice and the experiences of students
Gwenda Mynott ; Jack OFarrell

2:30 PM- 3:15 PM  Room: Online
3:30 PM
Closing Keynote - The NSF ASPIRE Alliance Inclusive Faculty Framework
NSF Aspire Alliance

3:30 PM- 4:20 PM  Room: Online
4:20 PM
Closing Remarks

4:20 PM- 4:30 PM  Room: Online