25 Apr 2022 - University Excellence in Teaching Symposium

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9am - 5pm BST

Monday 25 April 2022

University Excellence in Teaching Symposium

Ideas for changing times: Inspiring stories in higher education.

Free

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Guildford
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GU2 7XH

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This symposium will be held both online and on campus.

Overview

The past 18 months have resulted in a number of challenges for educators and students globally. At the same time, there have been opportunities for innovation and inspiration.

Key areas of focus

Three key areas which are at the forefront of current higher education debate and practice are:

Inclusivity

Sustainability

School children with their hands up in classroom

Post-Covid education

Register your place

Colleagues are cordially invited to register for the University Excellence in Teaching Symposium which will be held both on campus and online.

For �ۿ۴�ý staff only

Open to all

Programme

Time	Activity
9am - 9:45am	Registration
Room 03 MS 01
9:45am - 9:50am	Welcome Professor Max Lu Vice-Chancellor, �ۿ۴�ý
9:50am - 10am	Opening and themes for the day Professor Osama Khan Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Education, �ۿ۴�ý
10am - 10:40am	Keynote Katie Winter, Emma Reardon, Thiago Bogossian �ۿ۴�ý
10:40am - 10:50am	Break
Multiple rooms
10:55am - 11:25am	First concurrent sessions
11:30am - 12 noon	Second concurrent sessions
12:05pm - 12:35pm	Third concurrent sessions
12:35pm - 1:05pm	Lunch
1:05pm - 1:35pm	Fourth concurrent sessions
1:40pm - 2:10pm	Fifth concurrent sessions
2:15pm - 2:45pm	Sixth concurrent sessions
2:45pm - 3pm	Break
3pm - 3:30pm	Seventh concurrent sessions
Room 03 MS 01
3:30pm - 3:50pm	Awards ceremony
3:50pm - 4pm	Close Professor Tim Dunne Provost, �ۿ۴�ý
Lobby
4pm - 5pm	Canapes and drinks celebrations

Sessions

Information for each session can be seen in the tabs below. View the titles and abstracts (PDF) for each session.

Talk	Room and speakers
Making the world more sustainable one hackathon at a time	03 MS 01 Shelini Surendran, Nat Bingham, Nick Edwards and Kat Mack
Using a 'think aloud' method to model critical thinking	32 MS 01 Jane Ogden
Evaluating progress towards building a sustainable learning community in restaurant innovation	75 MS 02 Mark Ashton and Chris Cowls
Balancing inclusivity and hybrid model education to foster engagement with medical ethics	80 MS 02 Sarah Bailey
Supporting students to make the most of their degree	81 MS 02 Emma Baker and Janie Angell
Animal aspirations �ۿ۴�ý	32 MS 03 (online) Sian Rosser and Neerja Muncaster

Talk	Room and speakers
Meditation and yoga for (business) students	32 MS 01 Christine Rivers
Towards an inclusive curriculum- a School of Hospitality and Tourism Management case study	75 MS 01 S. Ramakrishnan
Reconceiving the student experience post-Covid	80 MS 02 Harriet Dunbar-Morris, Mary Williams and Catherine Caroll-Meehan
Learning to learn: The need for learning needs	81 MS 02 Sarah Hack and Nayiri Keshishi
Developing a decolonising the curriculum checklist wheel - a reflection	32 MS 03 (online) Musharrat J. Ahmed-Landeryou

Talk	Room and speakers
Business analytics pathway: Practical engagement projects	32 MS 01 Tillal Eldabi
The effects of BINGO on enhancing students learning and attitudes about population biology	75 MS 01 Shelini Surendran, Sam Hopkins and Robert Hatch
Reflections on teaching a clinical skills based course during Covid - Hybrid learning, well-being and inclusivity	80 MS 02 Emma Crouch
Chemistry escape rooms: Improving the tutor-tutee relationship	81 MS 02 Nathaniel Bingham
Ensuring academic integrity during a 24-hour online Excel exam	32 MS 03 (online) Laurie O’Brien

Talk	Room and speakers
The role of groupwork in building a cohesive community and culture: A staff and student perspective	03 MS 01 Nick Edwards and Gerald Dampier
Out of step: pedagogy of care, student ownership and resilience	32 MS 01 Nikolaos Gkotsis Papaioannou
Fostering inclusivity in international higher education: Practical Implications	75 MS 01 Mohammad Makram Mareye
Demystifying decolonising the curriculum and your reading list	80 MS 02 Catherine Batson, Adam Hill and Laura Barnett
Clinical skills in context: Using case-based scenarios to enhance clinical skills teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond	81 MS 02 Alison Harvey and Shona McIntyre
Theatre production students - The agents of change for a more sustainable theatre industry?	32 MS 03 (online) Katy Downton

Talk	Room and speakers
In hybrid and beyond... Using the BibliU eText platform to enhance post-Covid learning engagement	32 MS 01 Katy Peters and Catherine Batson
Calling Madrid: A collaborative online international learning programme in biochemistry	75 MS 01 James Connorton and Sarah Trinder
Being a more knowledgeable other and what education can learn from 12 step programs	80 MS 02 Ben Greg and Katalin Hanniker
Positive pedagogy from the pandemic: Developing student agency and ownership of learning	81 MS 02 Heather Barker and Robert Walsha
Taking the leap: Music students’ transitions into professional placement as a route to career building	32 MS 03 (online) Georgia Volioti

Talk	Room and speakers
The patchwork text as an alternative to the essay assessment	32 MS 01 Chris Wiley and student panellists
Integrating storytelling and photo-elicitation pedagogies to embed sustainability education: The �ۿ۴�ý MBA	75 MS 01 Zeineb Djebali, Chris Mahon, Erivan White and William Lanham-New
Effect of semester long writing practice on student writing skills in a second year physiology module	80 MS 02 Sarah Bailey, Ullrich Bartsch, Jonathan Johnston and Victoria Revell
Co-designing a module with students and staff from different universities, time zones and cultures	81 MS 02 Katalin Hanniker, Irina Niculescu, Alireza Behnejad and student partners
Offline pedagogy in the performing arts: Teaching online by not teaching online	32 MS 03 (online) Andrew Davidson

Talk	Room and speakers
Wanted for crimes against accessibility!	32 MS 01 Helen Ghodbane
Technology enhanced learning and actor training	75 MS 01 Tom Turner
Academic support: Are we listening?	80 MS 02 Nicola Swann
The introduction of a peer assisted learning scheme into the forensic science classroom	81 MS 02 Louise Powell-Cook
Your project as a poem: A competition for doctoral students	32 MS 03 (online) Nadya Yakovchuk and Mike Rose

Get in touch

If you have any questions, please get in touch with Marion Heron at m.heron@surrey.ac.uk.

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