There is one month to go until the submission deadline for this year’s Teaching and Learning conference.

We are delighted to announce our keynote speaker for the Teaching and Learning Conference is Professor Ruth Healey. Ruth is a Professor of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at the University of Chester, UK.

She has actively researched into learning and teaching since 2004 and has developed a particular expertise in student engagement and partnership. Ruth was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship (NTF) in 2017, and in 2019 was awarded one of nine inaugural fellowships of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSoTL).

Staff and students are warmly invited to register for and contribute to the university’s annual Teaching and Learning Conference, entitled Beyond Satisfaction, Student Engagement and Partnership in Teaching and Learning, Wednesday 26 April 2023, Monica Partridge Building, University Park Campus (UK), with in-person, hybrid, and online only options available across campuses (UNUK, UNNC & UNM).

All interested colleagues and students, please register to attend the conference.

A wide range of contributions are welcome from staff and students across campuses, disciplines, and job families, and we particularly encourage collaboration and co-creation between staff and students.

• UNUK colleagues and/ or students, click for full guidance and to submit an abstract  
• UNNC and UNM colleagues and/ or students click for full guidance and to submit an abstract

The deadline for submissions is Friday 24 February 2023 and the final programme will be confirmed in April 2023. Please find full details on the conference webpage.

The Student Engagement and Partnership theme central to this year’s conference also underpins a series of SoTL Talks (online) launching early 2023, and threads through both 2022/23 UoN TeachFest’s (in-person only UK campus).

Key Dates

Deadline for contributions (abstracts):   Friday 24 February 2023
Reviews completed:   Friday 17 March 2023
Notification of review outcome:   Wednesday 29 March 2023
All revisions (if appropriate) submitted:  Wednesday 13 April 2023