COURSE LEADERS’ CONFERENCE: lead your course into
the future.
Thursday, 19 September 2013. Book through the Online Store
Please note when registering on the Online Store you will be asked to enter your preferred
choice of workshops. This is merely for the information of staff organising the event and it will
be perfectly acceptable for you to change your mind on the day.
The schedule below provides details of the activities. Further details can be accessed by
clicking onto the key words within the table. Please be aware that whilst we are confident that
all of the workshops will take place we cannot guarantee this or that you will be able to access
your preferred choice of event.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
TIMING
09.00
09.20
09.20
09.45
10.00
10.30
ACTIVITY
Coffee, registration – stalls set up or setting up Market place – breakout area
Introduction to the day (LT2)
Facilitating Course Representatives
Changing the Learning Landscape
Libby Farrier-Williams, NTSU
Elaine Swift
10.30
11.00
11.00
11.30
11.30
12.00
12.00
12.30
Equality & Diversity: Internationalisation
Susanna Dermody
Refreshment and Market Place Activities – Q&A Board ideas, suggestions and question matching
Quality and
quantity: the
use of
evidence in
review
Susannah
Lamb and
Jane McNeil
Facilitated
Structured:
Sharing Practices
– roles and
responsibilities ®
Ann Meredith
Considering a
whole course
approach to
developing Eassessment
Carmen Tomas
and Barry
Gregory
Widening
Participation and
Outreach at NTU
Luke Parmeter
Sponsored
degrees
Polly Pick
Supporting
Student
Engagement and
progression
Student Support
Services
Regulations:
Academic
Irregularities and
UKBA Tier 4
The NTU Course
Tutorial System
®
Ellie Kennedy
Using student
data to inform
change ®
Susannah Lamb
Jo Spanswick
12.30
13.30
13.30
14.30
14.30
14.45
14.45
15.15
15.15
15.45
15.45
16.15
Buffet Lunch in the Market Place Activities
Buzz groups: providing fast moving opportunities to catch up with specific information.
Details of topics and groupings will be made available at the event
Refreshment and Market Place Activities – Q&A Board ideas, suggestions and question matching
Influencing
without
authority
Karen
Litchfield and
Rebecca Peat
Facilitated
Structured:
Sharing Practices
– roles and
responsibilities ®
Ann Meredith
Using student
data to inform
change ®
Susannah Lamb
Libraries and
Learning
Resources
Ruth Stubbings
The NTU Course
Tutorial System
®
Ellie Kennedy
Approaches to
Assessment and
Feedback
Andy Grayson
16.15
onwards
Key: ® = repeated.
Wine in the Market Place: access to stalls
Working with
Partners
Tee Dymond
Working with
small cohorts
Tony Harris
Feedback at NTU
Helen Puntha and
Carmen Tomas
10.00 – 10.30
Facilitating Course Representatives (Libby Farrier-Williams)
Libby Farrier-Williams will be providing feedback to course teams on the good practice and suggestions from Course Representatives on what they have
found useful or what they would find useful in their role. Back
10.00 – 10.30
Changing the learning landscape (Elaine Swift)
This session will highlight the work that has been happening around the institution with the Changing the Learning Landscape programme. The programme
has been helping the university explore what digital literacy means as a core competence for staff and students, providing NTU with a distinctive
opportunity to consolidate our focus on on-line learning and teaching with a strong underpinning in broader digital literacy skills. The session will provide an
opportunity for participants to reflect on their own digital literacy skills and within to explore this within their curricula. Back
10.00 – 10.30
Equality and Diversity: Internationalisation (Susanna Dermody)
NTU’s internationalisation strategy – what it means for you and your students and how NTU can support you’. Back
11.00 – 12.30 (Repeated at 14.45)
Facilitated Structured: Sharing Practices – roles and responsibilities
(Ann Meredith)
This is an opportunity for you to bring issues, challenges and successes to share with colleagues in a facilitated workshop. The session will be facilitated by
Ann Meredith and Course Leaders are invited to bring along their ‘hot topics’ for discussion. It may be that you have a particular success to share with
colleagues or a concern about an area of responsibility that you would like to ask advice of other Course Leaders. The agenda will be set by the participants,
with opportunities to identify where to find support for your work and identify opportunities for collaboration. Back
11.00 – 12.30
Considering a whole course approach to developing E-assessment
(Carmen Tomas and Barry Gregory)
This workshop considers CBA, CAA and whole course approach to planning assessment. Course Leaders will be consulted on approaches to integrating eassessment. Back
11.00 – 12.30 (Repeated at 14.45)
Using student data to inform change (Susannah Lamb)
With the provision of new data sets at course level Course Leaders are in a better position to ensure that plans for the future of their course are based on
evidence. Susannah Lamb will support Course Leaders to make the most effective use of the data available. Back
11.00 – 12.00
Quality and quantity: the use of evidence in review
(Jane McNeil)
This workshop will consider the nature of the evidence that is used to inform decisions made by review panels and course teams when considering issues of
standards and quality. Questions of appropriateness, quality and integrity will be explored with respect to our expectations about what review can, and
should, achieve. Back
11.00 – 12.00
Supporting Student Engagement and progression
Student Support Services FURTHER INFORMATION TO FOLLOW Back
11.00 – 11.30
Widening Participation and Outreach at NTU (Luke Parmeter)
Covering the areas of schools, colleges and community outreach and widening participation and community engagement at NTU. NTU is committed to
support the progression of disadvantaged learners through our OFFA agreement. As a significant member of the community ourselves, we also have moral
duty to share our expertise and knowledge for the good of area we work and live in. Come and discover the huge range of activities NTU deliver in schools,
colleges and the wider community and find out how you and your students and staff can get involved in supporting critical important agenda. Back
11.00 – 11.30
Sponsored degrees (Polly Pick)
In the changing market of HE, there is an increased emphasis on degrees sponsored by employers. Polly Pick will share her experiences and good practice if
you are considering or likely to find yourself involved in this area. Back
12.00 – 12.30
Regulations: Academic Irregularities and UKBA Tier 4 (Jo Spanswick)
Jo Spanswick, Academic Office will provide an update on the impact of the UKBA regulations and an update on the Academic Irregularities policy. Back
12.00 – 12.30 (Repeated at 14.45)
The NTU Course Tutorial System (Ellie Kennedy)
Putting tutorials at the heart of your course - this workshop will recap the NTU Tutorial principles as they apply at course level, consider how tutorials can
add value to your particular course, and look at ways of making cross-course connections within the tutorial sessions. Back
14.45 – 16.15
Influencing without authority (Karen Litchfield and Rebecca Peat)
Leading your course into the future requires leading colleagues who are peers and sometimes senior staff. Rebecca Peat and Karen Lichfield will support
you in developing ways of influencing and taking your course team with you when enhancing your course. Back
14.45 – 16.15 (Repeat of morning event)
Facilitated Structured: Sharing Practices – roles and responsibilities (Ann Meredith)
This is an opportunity for you to bring issues, challenges and successes to share with colleagues in a facilitated workshop. The session will be facilitated by
Ann Meredith and Course Leaders are invited to bring along their ‘hot topics’ for discussion. It may be that you have a particular success to share with
colleagues or a concern about an area of responsibility that you would like to ask advice of other Course Leaders. The agenda will be set by the participants,
with opportunities to identify where to find support for your work and identify opportunities for collaboration. Back
14.45 – 16.15 (Repeat of morning event)
Using student data to inform change (Susannah Lamb)
With the provision of new data sets at course level Course Leaders are in a better position to ensure that plans for the future of their course are based on
evidence. Susannah Lamb will support Course Leaders to make the most effective use of the data available. Back
14.45 – 16.15
Libraries and Learning Resources (Ruth Stubbings)
This session will include information and support on the following topics:
Study Support; Research into improving retention & success for BME students; Learning Analytics – improving retention, engagement; Library support for
new courses / modules. Back
14.45 – 15.45
Feedback at NTU (Helen Puntha and Carmen Tomas)
Discussion on strategies to facilitate student engagement with feedback. The session will make reference to multiple evaluations conducted with NTU
students over the last three years. Back
14.45 – 15.15 (Repeat of morning event)
The NTU Course Tutorial System (Ellie Kennedy)
Putting tutorials at the heart of your course - this workshop will recap the NTU Tutorial principles as they apply at course level, consider how tutorials can
add value to your particular course, and look at ways of making cross-course connections within the tutorial sessions. Back
14.45 – 15.15
Working with Partners (Teresa Dymond)
Teresa Dymond, Collaborative Partnerships Office will discuss key points of procedure and answer queries and concerns about franchise and school based
collaborations. Back
15.45 – 16.15
Approaches to Assessment and Feedback (Andy Grayson)
Assessment has been a main focus of the University in several recent initiatives. Andy Grayson will share his experience as a Course Leader of implementing
initiatives for the benefit of the course and the students. Back
15.45 – 16.15
Working with small cohorts (Tony Harris)
Tony Harris, winner of the VC’s award for teaching, will share his experiences. Back
Market Place
Market Place Activities
HEA Professional Recognition Framework
Schools Colleges and Outreach team
Student Engagement and Evaluation
How can NOW support your course
Working with Partners
Academic Irregularities and UKBA Tier 4
Support for Course Development learning room
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E-assessment
CADQ Website
Research funding database
Annual Learning and Teaching
Conference
Whole course assessment
SPUR
SCALE UP
Mobular Caff
Back
Stall Holder
Alison Stewart
Luke Parmeter
Rebecca Futers / Ann Ord
Dave Morris
CPLD
Tee Dymond
Jo Spanswick
Lesley Warren
CADQ E&D team
Marek Oledzki