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 2025.
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9:30 AM |
PLENARY
Welcome and Introductions
Neil Bangs ; Peter Fitch ; David Grey
9:30 AM- 10:00 AM Room: Logan Hall |
10:00 AM |
SUCCESS AND OUTCOMES
Lessons Learned from Higher Ed Professionals: Innovative Approaches to Managing Change To Support Student Success
Melinda Anderson ; Matthew Markin ; Declan McLaughlin ; Iris Burks ; Ann Bingham ; Ryan Scheckel
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: Drama Studio POSITIVE EMOTION
Learning to work with emotion through personal tutoring interactions
Kate Ippolito
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: Nunn Hall SUCCESS AND OUTCOMES
Advising Outcomes – Drafting the contours of a curriculum
Oscar van den Wijngaard ; David Grey
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: Elvin Hall ENGAGEMENT
Creating Connections: Fostering Belonging and Student Success through Targeted Support
Rachel Studd ; Rachel Parker-Strak
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: Clarke Hall CONNECTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Smooth transitions and the case for PGT Welcome Tutors
Andrew Mearman ; Ruth Payne
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: A5.01 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks 1
Jared Wong ; Mengjie Dong ; Danielle D’Lima ; Elizabeth Dow ; Justyna Bandola-Gill ; Mel Hardy ; Laura Kelly ; Miriam Nicholson ; Michael O'Sullivan ; Frankie Rogan ; Maria Thi Bui
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: A5.03 |
11:00 AM |
Morning Refreshments - Day 1
Room: The Crush |
11:30 AM |
CONNECTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Community of Practice to Support Advisors of Studies: Enhancing Leadership and Academic Success
Declan McLaughlin ; Olivia Hamill
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: Nunn Hall ENGAGEMENT
From Support to Success: Effecting change within your personal tutoring sphere of influence
Rachel Maxwell ; David Gilani
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: Elvin Hall SUCCESS AND OUTCOMES
Can Do' Outcomes and Motivation-Driven Progress: Strategies for Sparking Curiosity, Tracking Growth, and Enhancing Support for Staff, Students, and Clients
Victor Glickman
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: Clarke Hall SUCCESS AND OUTCOMES
'Active Referrals' - a partnership approach between Personal Academic Tutors and the Academic Skills Centre to support student engagement, outcomes and academic skills development
Leanne Campbell ; Han-Na Cha
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: A5.01 MEANING
The role of full cohort, small group and individual meetings in Undergraduate transition to university.
Natalie Paris
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: A5.03 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks 2
Karen Kenny ; Nicola Clarke ; Elizabeth Halstead ; Elisabeth Herbert ; Nienke Alberts ; Rachel George
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: C3.09 |
12:30 PM |
Lunch - Day 1
Room: Jeffrey Hall |
1:30 PM |
PLENARY
The HE Advising and Tutoring Show: Where Past Meets Future
Colum Cronin and UKAT Board of Trustees
1:30 PM- 2:15 PM Room: Logan Hall |
2:30 PM |
MEANING
Outdoor Adventure Coaching for Reflection and Team-Building
Iris Burks
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: Drama Studio ENGAGEMENT
The Role of Personal Tutoring in Student Success: A Mixed-Methods Study
Kim Allan
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: Nunn Hall CONNECTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
How far do new models of intensive and ‘block’ delivery imply new models of personal tutoring? Some reflections and examples.
Dionne Barton ; Roger Dalrymple ; Erick Morataya Gatica
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: Elvin Hall MEANING
'Bartholomew's Taxonomy of Self: The motivated undergraduate student' supports a transformational higher education experience, using personal tutoring to facilitate self-awareness, intrinsic motivation and autonomy.
Jane Bartholomew
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: Clarke Hall ENGAGEMENT
The Elephant in the Room – Attendance: The Empty space
Helen McCormick ; Elena Etheridge
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: A5.01 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks 3
Nicola Clarke ; Mark Hetherington ; Kat Sethi ; Mohammad Saki ;
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: A5.03 MEANING
We're Doing What Now?: How Historical Understandings Inform Today's Planning for the Future
Ryan Scheckel
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: C3.09 |
3:30 PM |
Afternoon Refreshments - Day 1
Room: The Crush |
4:00 PM |
POSITIVE EMOTION
Cultivating Meaning Through Great Conversations: Empowering Students in Academic and Life Goals
Kellie Mowll
4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Room: Drama Studio ENGAGEMENT
Co-leading a review of personal tutoring: lessons learnt from joint student-staff engagement on personal tutoring
David Lees ; Naomi Carter
4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Room: Nunn Hall CONNECTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Student Success across the Transition
Luke Millard
4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Room: Elvin Hall POSITIVE EMOTION
Personalising support for Nursing & Midwifery students by implementing a new Faculty Student Support Manager role
Emily Coutts ; Lynne Wainwright
4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Room: Clarke Hall ENGAGEMENT
Perspectives on the purpose of personal tutoring
Nienke Alberts
4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Room: A5.01 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks 4
Genevieve Breau ; Mamodesan Okumagba ; Sally Bashford-Squires ; Kat Sethi ; Carly Jacobs
4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Room: A5.03 |
6:00 PM |
Student Theatre Showcase - Pre-show Buffet Reception
Room: Jeffrey Hall |
7:00 PM |
9:00 AM |
CONNECTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Creative approaches that foster connectedness in personal tutoring
Pamela Calabrese ; Alex McIntyre
9:00 AM- 9:45 AM Room: Drama Studio CONNECTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
The First Impression: Cultivating Connections and Community Building
Jelena Matic ; Anna Barradell ; Ellie Garraway
9:00 AM- 9:45 AM Room: Nunn Hall ENGAGEMENT
Charting the Path: Exploring the Professional Model of Academic Advising – Pros, Cons, and Best Practices
Wayne Ramwell ; Francis Joash
9:00 AM- 9:45 AM Room: Elvin Hall POSITIVE EMOTION
Two years later: a personal tutor’s and tutee’s dialogue on life during and after the university
Giovanna Comerio
9:00 AM- 9:45 AM Room: Clarke Hall MEANING
Cultivating Advising Leaders: Exploring Professional Identity Development in Academic Advising
Craig McGill ; Maja Stojanovic ; Kerry Priest
9:00 AM- 9:45 AM Room: A5.01 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks 5
Josie Gabi ; Araida Hidalgo ; Josie Leydon ; Grace Johnson ; Genevieve Breau ; Nevin Mehmet ; Katie Wardle ; Katie Lewiston ; Scarlett Shepherd
9:00 AM- 9:45 AM Room: A5.03 |
10:00 AM |
CONNECTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Best Practices in Senior Personal Tutoring: Sharing and Collaborating for Student Success
Elena Etheridge ; Larissa Nelson ; Siobhán Barry ; Helen List
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: Drama Studio SUCCESS AND OUTCOMES
An Academic Personal Tutoring Team - Two Years On
Charlie Seager
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: Nunn Hall CONNECTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Pastoral Support Training for Academic Advisors; sharing our journey in delivering mandated staff training that aims to support both the staff and student experience of advising, at University of Bath
Jessica Hayball ; Jo Stewart-Cox
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: Elvin Hall MEANING
Use of university support for study process to improve nursing and midwifery students' mental health and well being and academic and clinical success
Lynne Wainwright ; Emily Coutts
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: Clarke Hall LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks 6
Caroline Jones ; Nick Hood ; Eva Krumhuber ; Katy Coyte
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: A5.01 MEANING
Self-determination theory and advising - from theory to practice
Oscar van den Wijngaard
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: A5.03 |
11:00 AM |
Morning Refreshments - Day 2
Room: The Crush |
11:30 AM |
12:30 PM |
Lunch - Day 2
Room: Jeffrey Hall |
1:30 PM |
CONNECTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Boundary setting within staff student relationships; how to be successful and overcome challenges.
Elizabeth Halstead ; Elisabeth Herbert
1:30 PM- 2:15 PM Room: Drama Studio CONNECTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Community of Practice: Collaborative approaches to academic mentoring
Daniela Perez Aguilar
1:30 PM- 2:15 PM Room: Nunn Hall POSITIVE EMOTION
A 10-year experiential journey in developing a multi-pronged approach to tutoring, advising and mentoring.
Nigel Page
1:30 PM- 2:15 PM Room: Elvin Hall ENGAGEMENT
Findings from a Case Study: Public-Facing Scholarship through an Academic Advising Themed Podcast
Matthew Markin ; Craig McGill
1:30 PM- 2:15 PM Room: Clarke Hall ENGAGEMENT
PSS and Faculty Collaboration: How Working Together on Large Scale Mentoring Has Transformed Academic Support for Undergraduates at a Russell Group University
Stephanie Lambert ; Paulette Annon
1:30 PM- 2:15 PM Room: A5.01 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks 7
Hayley Goulbourne ; Miriam Stikkelorum ; Serena James
1:30 PM- 2:15 PM Room: A5.03 |
2:30 PM |
ENGAGEMENT
Teaching across the Lifespan for students with ADHD in Higher Education – A Multi-Systemic Pedagogical Approach
Rachel Worthington
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: Drama Studio ENGAGEMENT
Beyond the Bubble: Exploring External Perceptions of Academic Advising in Higher Education
Ryan Scheckel ; Craig McGill ; Matthew Markin ; Tyler Rund
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: Nunn Hall MEANING
Fostering Resilience and Pragmatism: The Pivotal Role of Personal Tutors
Nafisa Baba-Ahmed
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: Elvin Hall ENGAGEMENT
Students’ experience and perception of skills development – are we helping or hindering or just misplacing our efforts to engage students?
Julian Kendell
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: Clarke Hall ENGAGEMENT
What are the (dis)advantages of students who identify as having a disability or a special educational need, in having the support of a SENCo in Higher Education?
Tanya Cotier ; Debbie Kilbride ; Joy Donaldson
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: A5.01 POSITIVE EMOTION
Reflections on training, personal development and support for staff that work in student advising
Serena James
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: A5.03 |
4:00 PM |