Cardiff Agenda

Student Engagement Conference
‘Enhancing the Student Learning Experience’

Park Plaza Hotel, Cardiff

Thursday 22nd April

10:30    - Registration and Stands open for viewing

11:00    - Welcome by Nigel Palastanga (Pro-Vice Chancellor) and Ben Gray (Student Liaison Officer)

11:20    ‘Inducting Students into Higher Education’ Case Studies

            ‘Traditional Student’ induction (Peter Redding, UWIC)

            ‘Overseas Student’ induction (Sion Hughes and Liz Edwards, Glyndwr)

            ‘Overseas Student’ induction (Nina Mitreska, Holborn College)

            ‘Online Student’ induction (Claudia Luca/Joanne Hoey, RDI)

 13:00   - Lunch

 13:45   - ‘Staff Student Liaison Support’ Workshop (Ben Gray)

              How to recruit students to Staff Student Consultative Committees

              How to run a meeting

              What do students need to know?

              Alien meeting simulation

15:45    - Break

16:00    - “Is it the learning or the experience that makes a graduate?” Panel Debate

17:30    - “The role and importance of Student Auditors” Key note Speaker Will Haywood – QAA Student Board Director

19:00    - Conference dinner at Cardiff Castle

Friday 23rd April

09:00    - ‘The global campus a tool for engagement’ Group training session and Q&A (Matthew Armitage, Project Officer, University of Wales)

10:00    - ‘Appeals and Complaints - making the process student focussed’

11:30    - Break

11:45    - ‘Feedback Driven Change’ Workshop (Sion Hughes and Laura Luo,  Student Engagement Moderator Champions)

              What is student feedback?

              Why is student feedback important?

              How is student feedback used?

              What training/support does a student need to engage in feedback?

              How do you embed students in curriculum development?

13:30    - Lunch

14.30    - Reflections and summary of findings

15.00    - Close

15.00    - Meeting with students to discuss the draft student written submission (SWS) for the QAA audit

             - Meeting with staff members from collaborative centres to review and comment on the University’s self evaluation document (SED) for the QAA audit

Venue: 

Park Plaza Hotel, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff CF10 3AL
Tel: +44 (0) 2920 111 111

www.parkplazacardiff.com|