Swansea University's Annual Learning and Teaching Conference

Swansea University's 16th annual Learning and Teaching Conference

Programme Outline

Time	Event	Room
08:45-9:15	Registration & Refreshments	The Foyer & The Galleries, Great Hall
09:15-09:30	Welcome Address Professor Deborah Youngs, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Education, Swansea University	The Stanley Clarke Auditorium, Great Hall
09:30-10:30	Keynote Presentation: 'Engaging Our Students, Fostering Growth and Success’ Tom Lowe, Senior Lecturer in Higher Education, University of Portsmouth	The Stanley Clarke Auditorium, Great Hall
10:30-11:30	'Three Talks', followed by Q&A: How do we engage and support students in their learning?'	The Stanley Clarke Auditorium, Great Hall
11:30-12:00	Refreshment Break	The Galleries, Great Hall
12:00-13:20	Parallel Presentations Session 1	Rooms as specified
13:20-14:20	Lunch Break, Networking and Activities	The Galleries & The Stanley Clarke Auditorium, Great Hall
14:20-15:40	Parallel Presentations Session 2	Rooms as specified
15:40 - Close	Join us to reflect and feedback on the day With a message from Simon Gibbon, Head of SALT	The Stanley Clarke Auditorium, Great Hall

Keynote Speaker - Tome Lowe: Engaging Our Students, Fostering Growth and Success

Tom is a Senior Lecturer in Higher Education at the University of Portsmouth, where his research includes student engagement in the development of education, embedding employability into the curriculum and belonging.

Prior to Portsmouth, Tom was the Head of Student Engagement and Employability at the University of Winchester where he led the University’s student development, internationalisation and extra-curricular opportunities, staffing and strategies. Tom was also the programme leader for the MA in Student Engagement in Higher Education at Winchester, and has served on the RAISE Committee in various roles for over eight years.

Tom is experienced in the practicalities surrounding student engagement in quality assurance, learning and teaching, University governance and Students' Unions, as well as student involvement in extracurricular activities and overcoming barriers to student success through inclusive practice.

Tom will be delivering a keynote that will focus on how we continue to sustain belonging-rich university communities despite the changing world of engagement, to support student success. Through drawing on published literature, sector practice and discussions, Tom will focus on empathising with the current student experience and the importance of finding opportunities for student-staff dialogue to find solutions which will help universities to create engaging learning communities of the future.