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 March 2026.
Click a session title to view a detailed description. All times shown are UK time.
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| 10:00 AM |
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ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
Here for You - The Right Support at the right time!
Amy Chappell; Jeremy Larner
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: 1.64 STUDENT VOICES
Practical Strategies for Bridging Gaps Between Tutors and Tutees’ Expectations of Personal Academic Tutoring
Ruth Windscheffel; Ann-Marie Mafura; Laura Key et al
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: 2.10 BELONGING AND MATTERING
Supporting advising practice: A framework for student advising interactions
Mairi Harkness; Scott Anderson
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: 2.12 STUDENT VOICES
Embedding Intercultural Education in Academic Advising and Tutoring: Intercultural Insights from International Postgraduate Learners
Samin Qasabian
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: 2.15 MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Wellbeing A–Z: Empowering Students Through Practical, Skills-Based Resources
Nic Streatfield; Rob Heyes
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: 2.16 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks
Tina Marolt-Cebasek; Rachel George et al; Viji Jayasundara London
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: 2.18 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks
Hengyi Wang; Caroline Jones; Patricia Perlman-Dee
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: 2.19 |
| 11:00 AM |
| 11:30 AM |
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MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Supporting the Supporters: Designing Mental Health Training for Tutors and Advisors
Suriyah Rashid
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: 1.64 STUDENT SUCCESS AND GRADUATE OUTCOMES
Hearts, Minds and Metrics: designing human centred advising that turns data into belonging, agency and outcomes
Helen Mccormick; Siobhan Barry
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: 2.15 BELONGING AND MATTERING
Seeing Ourselves, Supporting Others: A Creative Framework for Tutor Reflection
Melanie Welaratne; Jelena Matic
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: 2.16 BELONGING AND MATTERING
Inside Our Personal Tutoring / Academic Advising Systems: Supporting Belonging and Mattering
Rabeya Khatoon
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: 2.17 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks
Sonia Tandon et al; Ruth Windscheffel; Lindsey Munro
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: 2.18 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks
Aleksey Kozikov et al; Muhammad Wajid; Mihaela Dariescu
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: 2.19 ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
AI is Here for Academic Advising: Are You Ready?
George Steele
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: G.89 |
| 12:30 PM |
| 1:30 PM |
| 2:30 PM |
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MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Building personal tutor confidence to support students with mental health issues
Vicky Martin
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: 1.64 ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
Supporting Student Futures: Responding to Changing Demographics in Higher Education
Elena Etheridge; Laura Costin; Sara Barron
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: 2.10 STUDENT SUCCESS AND GRADUATE OUTCOMES
‘Bartholomew’s Taxonomy: Futureproofing Students!’ - A focus on personal growth
Jane Bartholomew
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: 2.12 BELONGING AND MATTERING
The Dynamic Duo: How peer mentoring extends the reach of personal tutoring
Laura Becerra; Kris Deng
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: 2.15 BELONGING AND MATTERING
Building Belonging Through Cognitive Compassionate Communication: An Interactive Workshop for Academic Tutors and Advisors
Viji Jayasundara London
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: 2.16 ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
From Pilot to Practice: Embedding an Integrated, Future-Facing Advising & Student Support Model
Joanna Goodey
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: 2.17 STUDENT SUCCESS AND GRADUATE OUTCOMES
Beyond the Dashboard: a practical workshop for ethical, human-centred data-informed advising
Helen Mccormick; Siobhan Barry
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: 2.18 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks
Alexandra Hay; Clair Zawada; Lisa Appleyard-Keeling
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: 2.19 |
| 3:30 PM |
| 4:00 PM |
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ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
Targeted, Student-Centred Pastoral Care in Higher Education: Evolution, Practice, and Impact in the School of History, Politics and Philosophy at MMU
Jo Smith; Rebecca Ball; Marcus Morris et al
4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Room: 1.64 BELONGING AND MATTERING
Guided Reflection and its place in Personal Tutor Conversations; Empowering Students to Learn from Experience and Matter to Themselves
Nicola Clarke
4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Room: 2.10 MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Listening to Students, Leading Change: Peer-Led Approaches to Gambling Harm Prevention in Higher Education
Janine Maddison; Claire Patel
4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Room: 2.15 STUDENT SUCCESS AND GRADUATE OUTCOMES
Coaching Approaches for Student Success Amongst Underrepresented Groups in Higher Education: An Interactive Workshop
Jack Hogan; Elisabeth Davies
4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Room: 2.16 STUDENT SUCCESS AND GRADUATE OUTCOMES
Beyond the Check-In: A Goal-Oriented Model to Empower Tutees for Long-Term Success
Saeed Nayeri
4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Room: 2.17 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks
Claudia Panuta; Isabelle Brent et al; Lei Zeng et al
4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Room: 2.18 ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
Senior Tutors in Action: Sharing Good Practice and Creating Supportive Communities
Elena Etheridge; Larissa Nelson
4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Room: 2.19 |
| 5:00 PM |
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ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
Academic Advising for a Changing Student Demographic
Ann Bingham
5:00 PM- 5:45 PM Room: 1.64 STUDENT SUCCESS AND GRADUATE OUTCOMES
Graduation futures: applying employability within pastoral activity.
H List; Vicki Markham
5:00 PM- 5:45 PM Room: 2.10 BELONGING AND MATTERING
From Parallel Paths to Shared Dialogues: Multicultural Work-Life Coaching for Domestic and International Students
Lotta Metsärinne
5:00 PM- 5:45 PM Room: 2.12 STUDENT SUCCESS AND GRADUATE OUTCOMES
Beyond the Classroom: Co-creating Student Success through Collaborative Support Pathways
Ibiyemi Olubowale
5:00 PM- 5:45 PM Room: 2.15 BELONGING AND MATTERING
What I Wish You Knew: a student/advisor listening lab under Chatham House Rule
Siobhan Barry; Helen Mccormick
5:00 PM- 5:45 PM Room: 2.16 STUDENT SUCCESS AND GRADUATE OUTCOMES
Voices of Success: Public Speaking as a Pathway to Graduate Outcomes
Erika Keizere
5:00 PM- 5:45 PM Room: 2.17 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks
Frank Alparslan; Jennifer Stockdale; Jen Jen
5:00 PM- 5:45 PM Room: 2.18 ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
What’s in a Name? Personal Tutoring, Developmental Advising and Coaching in UK University Policy
Isabelle Brent
5:00 PM- 5:45 PM Room: 2.19 |
| 7:30 PM |
| 9:00 AM |
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MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Enhancing Student Wellbeing and Learning Through Personal Tutoring
Rebecca Upsher; Helena Zavos; Krisna Capoor
9:00 AM- 9:45 AM Room: 2.10 BELONGING AND MATTERING
Exploring the affordances of group tutorials to promote programme coherence and student belonging in a ‘block’ learning context.
Dionne Barton; Roger Dalrymple; Erick Morataya Gatica
9:00 AM- 9:45 AM Room: 2.12 STUDENT VOICES
The Role of Personal Tutoring in Student Success: A Mixed-Methods Study
Kim Allan
9:00 AM- 9:45 AM Room: 2.15 ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
Advising Through Adversities: An Interactive Workshop
Tracy Agnew; Sophie Little
9:00 AM- 9:45 AM Room: 2.17 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks
Aisha Shah; Manju Pallam et al; Holly Mccallum et al
9:00 AM- 9:45 AM Room: 2.18 BELONGING AND MATTERING
Supporting Students Through Their First Academic Identity Shock
Matt Rattley
9:00 AM- 9:45 AM Room: 2.19 ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
Towards a holistic personal tutoring system: learning from our institutional review
David Lees; Gavin Schwartz-Leeper; Mark Pulsford et al
9:00 AM- 9:45 AM Room: 2.19 STUDENT SUCCESS AND GRADUATE OUTCOMES
Seeing Through the Student’s Eyes: (Re-)imagining Personal Tutoring through Immersive Praxis
Josie Gabi; Melissa Jacobi; Charlotte Seager et al
9:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: G.89 |
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STUDENT VOICES
Beyond Assumptions: What International Students Really Need from Personal Tutors and Academics
Araida Hidalgo; Jac Fossett
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: 1.64 ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
The Elephant in the Advising Room: Tackling Academic Engagement
Alexandra Moores
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: 2.10 STUDENT SUCCESS AND GRADUATE OUTCOMES
Supporting Success: Evaluating APT Impact on Student Outcomes & Sense of Belonging Across Three Business Programmes
Charlie Seager
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: 2.12 MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Real Situations, Real Skills: Scenario-Based Training for Tutors
To'neill Bala
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: 2.15 ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
‘Student advising is like onions’: Exploring a data-people-theory approach to student success at Teesside University
Nicola Watchman Smith; Rachel Maxwell
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: 2.16 ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
Navigating Structural Change: Centralised, Decentralised, and Hybrid Models of Pastoral Support
Megha Krishnakumar; Serena James; Monika Walker
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: 2.17 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks
Gary Jones et al; Genevieve Breau et al; Aleksey Kozikov et al
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: 2.18 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks
Elisabeth Herbert et al; Janine Dixon et al; Jingyi Mao
10:00 AM- 10:45 AM Room: 2.19 |
| 11:00 AM |
| 11:30 AM |
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STUDENT SUCCESS AND GRADUATE OUTCOMES
Academic Advising Continuum – the Abertay Strategy
Luke Millard
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: 1.64 BELONGING AND MATTERING
What is good advising? Ethical principles for guidance in Finnish universities
Susanna Ahteensuu; Tuuli Asunmaa
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: 2.10 STUDENT VOICES
The Effect of Personal Tutoring in STEM Subjects
Mohammad Saki; Anastasia Sofroniou; Hooriya Tahir et al
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: 2.12 BELONGING AND MATTERING
Empowering Student Futures: An Alumni Ambassador Network for South Asian Muslim Women in Education
Uzma Asif
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: 2.15 STUDENT SUCCESS AND GRADUATE OUTCOMES
Underemployment, Race, and Personal Tutoring - Graduate outcomes perspectives and insights on BAME STEM Graduates
Sterling Rauseo; Myrtle Emmanuel; Andrew Hansen-Addy et al
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: 2.16 ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
Harnessing Data for Change: Turning Insights into Action for Student Success
Elena Etheridge; Helen Mccormick; Josephine Gabi et al
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: 2.17 BELONGING AND MATTERING
Seeing, Hearing, Valuing: Trauma-Informed Tutoring to Strengthen Student Belonging and Mattering
Sarah Donkin
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: 2.18 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks
Elisabeth Herbert; Daniela Perez Aguilar; Edet Okon et al
11:30 AM- 12:15 PM Room: 2.19 |
| 12:30 PM |
| 1:30 PM |
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BELONGING AND MATTERING
Belonging by Design: Turning Early Touchpoints into Meaningful Connections
Colum Cronin
1:30 PM- 2:15 PM Room: 1.64 STUDENT VOICES
Empowering Students through Personalised Study Plans: A Collaborative Approach to Inclusive Learning Practices
Kathleen Normandin
1:30 PM- 2:15 PM Room: 2.10 ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
Belonging Isn’t Optional: Listening to International Students, Changing Higher Education Practice
Helen Nichokson; Sarah Maclachlan; Rachel Kelly
1:30 PM- 2:15 PM Room: 2.12 ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
Enhancing Belonging and Success for International Nursing Students: A Transition Support Toolkit Informed by Lived Experiences
Manju Pallam; Rincy Sajith; Shiji Thomas et al
1:30 PM- 2:15 PM Room: 2.15 BELONGING AND MATTERING
Building Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Taster of the Intercultural Communication Course for Enhancing Tutor-Tutee Relationships in Diverse UK Contexts
Giovanna Comerio; Hengy Wang; Sandra Turner et al
1:30 PM- 2:15 PM Room: 2.16 STUDENT SUCCESS AND GRADUATE OUTCOMES
Connecting Advising Outcomes and Graduate Attributes: An Interactive Workshop on Constructive Alignment in Academic Advising
Oscar van den Wijngaard; David Grey
1:30 PM- 2:15 PM Room: 2.17 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks
Debra Whitehead; James Fenton; Corinne Woodfine
1:30 PM- 2:15 PM Room: 2.18 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks
Sarah Chapman et al; Neil Morrison et al; Annette Hargreaves
1:30 PM- 2:15 PM Room: 2.19 |
| 2:30 PM |
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BELONGING AND MATTERING
A Contemplative Approach to Academic Advising
Elizabeth Munro
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: 1.64 STUDENT VOICES
A community model of leadership in personal tutoring: Student Academic Personal Tutoring Leads
Rachael O'Connor; Hunniya Akram; Hamza Shariq et al
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: 2.10 BELONGING AND MATTERING
Imagined futures of postgraduate students and the role of tutoring
Andrew Mearman
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: 2.12 ADVISING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
Embedding policy, enhancing practice: Building coherence and confidence in Advising at Oxford Brookes University
Ben Walker
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: 2.15 STUDENT SUCCESS AND GRADUATE OUTCOMES
Empowering Student Success Through Coaching: Lessons from Student Development Coaching
Elina Stylianou
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: 2.16 MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Applying Aviation Psychology to Student Support: Stress, Workload and Safer Conversations in Tutoring
Frank Alparslan
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: 2.17 STUDENT SUCCESS AND GRADUATE OUTCOMES
Embedding inclusive learning in real-world challenges
Priti Chopra
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: 2.18 LIGHTNING TALKS
Lightning Talks
Isabelle Mayhew; Lelina Subedi; Andrew Flynn
2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Room: 2.19 |
| 3:30 PM |
| 4:00 PM |