Conference programme

9.30am - 1.30pm: Networking and knowledge sharing

We welcome Oxford Brookes University colleagues to an extended morning of in-person networking and knowledge sharing.

Celebrate educational transformation with Fellows, Programme Leaders and Principal Lecturers of Education and Student Experience (PLESE) and Professors. Connect with like-minded colleagues around Academic Enhancement and Development through posters and pecha kucha (bring your devices for QR code access), and lightning talks from colleagues leading and supporting educational change.

Programme:

• 9.30am Arrival and social networking 
• 9.45am Oxford Brookes community welcome
• 10.00am Stories of Programme Leadership
• 10.20am The road to PLESE & Professor of Education and Student Experience
• 10.40am Break
• 11.00am Open space: What are the priorities for meaningful change in Higher Education?
• 12.00pm Fellowship celebration 
• 12.15pm Lunch and activities
• 12.40pm Poster speed dating and pre-recorded pecha kucha
• 1.00pm Plenary

• Paper 11.00 - 11.20: Hearing maps: sharing the experience of understanding speech in HE. Carmel Capewell SFHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Paper 11.25 - 11.45: Flexible Learning in Higher Education – An example of an entirely online part time programme. Ye Xu FHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Paper 11.50 - 12.10: Can we balance students' learner and consumer identities? Evaluating a psychologically-informed teaching intervention. Louise Taylor PFHEA, NTF, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• 12.10 - 12.30: Discussion

• Paper 11.00 - 11.20: Becoming an HE learner – ongoing lessons from the redesign of UG induction and transition at Oxford Brookes Business School. Jonathan Louw SFHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK, Helen Liddar FHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Paper 11.25 - 11.45: Inclusive teaching innovations from the third space: the Learning for Every Body project. Christopher Sutton SFHEA, University of Manchester, UK
• Paper 11.50 - 12.10: Navigating the Awarding Gap: Insights from Edinburgh Napier University. Sofia Shan FHEA, Edinburgh Napier University, UK, Opeyemi Akindehin, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
• 12.10 - 12.30: Discussion

• Paper 11.00 - 11.20: An examination of dyslexic students’ responses to feedback on their written summative assignments. Hossein Sadeghi-Movahed FHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Paper 11.25 - 11.45: Gender Based Violence: Survivor Experiences to Elicit Institutional Change. Rachel Payne SFHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK, Rachel Hobin, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Paper 11.50 - 12.10: Oxford Brookes feedback systems soft-wear: a speculative approach to developing systems literacy and empathy. Sarah Britten-Jones, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• 12.10 - 12.30 Discussion

• Paper 11.00 - 11.20: Connecting the dots: from tracking student engagement to coordinating intervention. Matthias Rolf FHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Paper 11.25 - 11.45: Speech, agency and change: what teacher values of low-income female teachers in India can tell us about the classroom as a space of empowerment. Ruth Samuel SFHEA, Cranfield University, UK
• Paper 11.50 - 12.10: Caregiving and the Curriculum: Strategic Change to Support Student Parents. Alex Banister (Pre-recorded), Oxford Brookes University, UK
• 12.10 - 12.30: Discussion

• Round Table 11.00 - 11.50: Community Legal Outreach Collaboration – student, staff, local legal and charitable groups collaborating to redress social injustice caused by limited access to justice.
• Gayle McKemey AFHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Achas Burin, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Rosanna Savoury, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Sherinah Craig and Scarlett Curl, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Jonathan Sisokin, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Caroline Wright, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Lucy Pullinger, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Mini Round Table 12.00 - 12.30: Student partner reflections on a year of working with staff as Curriculum Consultants.
• Chaired by Nik Beer, SFHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Ella Matthews, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Hazel Taintor, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Miranda Peredo, Oxford Brookes University, UK

• Paper 11.00 - 11.20: Using Generative AI Effectively in HE. Teaching, learning and assessment: ethical and sustainable pedagogic practice. 
• Jenny Lawrence PFHEA, NTF, SFSEDA, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Sue Beckingham SFHEA, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
• Peter Hartley PFHEA, NTF, HE Consultant, UK
• Stephen Powell SFHEA, HE Consultant, New Zealand
• OER Launch 11.20 - 11.30: Using GenAI in teaching, learning and assessment: Inclusive, ethical and sustainable innovation. 
• Jenny Lawrence, SFSEDA, NTF, PFHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Mary Davis PFHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Adrian J. Wallbank, SFHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Letizia Gramaglia, PFHEA, NTF, University of Warwick, UK
• Isabel Fischer, PFHEA, University of Warwick, UK
• Lesley Morrell, NTF, PFHEA, University of Hull, UK
• Lee Fallin, SFHEA, University of Hull, UK
• Mike Ewen, SFHEA, University of Hull, UK

• Series of Pecha Kuchas 11.30 - 12.10

• 11.30 - 11.35: Enhancing design thinking in eduction with GenAI: a case study at Flinders Innovation and Enterprise. Vishal Rana, Flinders University, Australia, Bert Verhoeven, Newcastle University/Flinders University Australia, Jamil Locker, Flinders University, Australia
• 11.36 - 11.41: Empowering AI literacy in Higher Education: co-creating an online learning resource with medical and dental students. Paula Funnel, Queen Mary University, UK
• 11.42 - 11.47: Opening using AI in a French hotel management school: learning about sustainability, including all students and challenging the narrative. Loykie Lomine, Ecole de Savignac, France, Raphael Taillandier, Ecole de Savignac, France and Alexis Bontems, Ecole de Savignac, France
• 11.48 - 11.53: Developing counselling skills through AI client simulation. Beverley Pickard Jones, Bangor University, UK
• 11.54 - 11.59: Above board: results of the explicit use of ChatGPT and other online tools in foreign language translation coursework. Enza Siciliano Verruccio, University of Reading, UK and Cam Powell, University of Reading UK
• 12.00 - 12.05: Integrating ChatGPT in authentic peer making assessment for process synthesis and design in chemical engineering. Salman Shahid. University of Manchester, UK
• 12.06 - 12.11: The AI Assessment Scale: Ethical use of GenAI in assessment. Mike Perkins, British University of Vietnam and Jason MacVaugh, British University of Vietnam
• 12.12 - 12.30: Panel Discussion - What have we learned about using GenAI in HE teaching and learning? Where are we with GenAI in HE? And what next? The session will close with what we hope will be a lively discussion with contributing authors, editors and educational leaders from across the globe.
• Jenny Lawrence PFHEA, NTF, SFSEDA, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Sue Beckingham SFHEA, NTF, Sheffield Hallham, UK
• Peter Hartley PFHEA, NTF, HE Consultant, UK,
• Stephen Powell SFHEA, HE Consultant, New Zealand
• Letizia Gramaglia PFHEA, NTF, University of Warwick, UK
• Isobel Fischer, University of Warwick, UK
• Lesley Morrell PFHEA, NTF, University of Hull, UK
• Lee Fallin, University of Hull, UK
• Mike Ewen SFHEA, University of Hull, UK
• Mary Davis PFHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Adrian Wallbank SFHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK

• Pecha Kucha 14.15 - 14.25 (Pre-recorded): Providing an inclusive learning environment by using Serious Lego Play: catering towards neurodivergent students in Higher Education. Rebecca Beech FHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK WITHDRAWN
• Pecha Kucha 14.26 - 14.36: Professional identities: Exploring perceptions of entrepreneurship in undergraduate mathematics students. Eleni Elia FHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK, Jo Skelton, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Pecha Kucha 14.37 - 14.47: Enhancing Student Learning through Innovative Module Design. Hashem Dehghanniri FHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• 15.00 - 15.15: Discussion

• Paper 14.15 - 14.35: Achieving marking consistency: reviewing the literature and considering ways forward. Berry O’Donovan PFHEA, NTF, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• Paper 14.40 - 15.00: The Hope Wheel: a model to enable hope-based pedagogy in climate change education. Cathy D’Abreu SFHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK. Dr William Finnegan, University of Oxford, UK
• 15.00 - 15.15: Discussion

• Paper 14.15 - 14.35: Coaching as universal critical pedagogy: the transformative impact of treating students as 'thinking equals' in tutorials. Melanie Pope PFHEA, University of Derby, UK
• Paper 14.40 - 15.00: Bringing everyone in: How an inclusive approach to academic literacies was embedded to address the hidden curriculum. Martha O’Curry SFHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK. Mary Deane SFHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK. Kevin Watson SFHEA, Oxford Brookes University, UK
• 15.00 - 15.15: Discussion

• Workshop 14.15 - 15.05: A 'roots-to-shoots' approach to more inclusive learning design - opportunities and challenges.
• Virna Rossi, PFHEA, NTF, Ravensbourne University, UK 
• Edward Misawa, Aga Khan University, UK
• Nokuthula Vilakati, University of Eswatini, Eswatini 
• Charles Wachira, John Hopkins Carey Business School, USA
• 15.05 - 15.15: Discussion

• Workshop 14.15 - 15.05: Understanding Genetics to Counter Racial Discrimination. 
• Emanuela Volpi SFHEA, University of Westminster, UK
• Khalid Akram, University of Westminster, UK
• Moonisah Usman FHEA, University of Westminster, UK
• Lorna Tinworth SFHEA, University of Westminster, UK
• Khadijat Dako, University of Westminster, UK
• 15.05 - 15.15: Discussion

• Round Table 14.15 - 15.05: Inspiring inclusive teaching across the disciplines. 
• Lucy Panesar SFHEA, University of Kent, UK
• Claire Boucher, University of Kent, UK, 
• Jo Phillips, University of Kent, UK
• Mark Cornell, University of Kent, UK
• 15.05 - 15.15: Discussion