‘Promoting Inclusive Teaching Practices: a student-staff co-designed toolkit’

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This free online event aims at promoting the use of an Inclusive Practices Toolkit, co-designed through a yearlong collaboration between two students and two members of staff from Nottingham Trent University.  As a result, this toolkit embraces the student voice and offers support to those academics who are interested in promoting Inclusive Practices, but may find it an overwhelming task.  This toolkit aims at making this effort more manageable, including a Guide to Inclusive Practices in Education; a diagnostic tool to reflect on your practice; and an Action Planner, to manage your time and effort accordingly.  This RAISE Special Interest Group online event aims at promoting, inspiring and sharing good practice between academics. Presenters: Dr Ana Souto Associate Professor in Architecture and Inclusive Practices, and Dr Tom Hughes Senior Lecturer in Architecture Nottingham Trent University.

‘Education: Open to all?. the SERA Annual Conference

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This important three-day conference for the educational research community in Scotland, asks and highlights the work of researchers and practitioners working in Scottish and international research contexts to share their insights under the theme of ‘Education: Open to all?’.  The conference will discuss and discover, from practical, conceptual, and empirical perspectives: what are the key barriers – social, economic, political, or systemic – that prevent education from being open to all? how can education systems be reimagined to address issues of exclusion, marginalisation, and inequality? what historical and philosophical perspectives can inform contemporary efforts to make education more inclusive and accessible? how can themes and concepts such as citizenship, community-focused learning, lifelong learning, and sustainability contribute to creating equity? how can shared knowledges, partnerships, and diverse forms of learning – such as vocational and community-based education – support equitable access and challenge traditional hierarchies of knowledge? how can digital learning, technological advancements, and artificial intelligence support or hinder education and assessment within and beyond formal settings? how can research – including innovative methodologies and ethical approaches – contribute to reform and action towards inclusive and equitable educational opportunities? what pedagogical practices best support adaptability, access, resilience, and equitable learning opportunities for diverse learners?  

Establishing evidence and measuring impact, NEON Working Group

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In this meeting, members will hear from HEAT on their latest HE Entry Impact Track report, which includes controls for prior attainment. HEAT will also talk about some of our upcoming aggregate analysis projects, including the Outreach Metric project and research into Service Children, both funded by the OfS Innovation Fund.  The session will then allow time for members to discuss how they have been using their latest HESA tracking data from HEAT.  

Supporting Widening Access and Success Through Effective Partnerships

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NEON Summit The Summit will focus on building effective partnerships and start with the keynote from Jane Robinson, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Engagement & Place, the University of Newcastle, sharing her expertise and extensive knowledge in effective partnership work gained in her current role and through her engagement with North East England (UNEE), who provide a unified voice for higher education, including working with mayoral authorities. Delegates will also have the opportunity to hear engaging institutional case studies from: University of Derby and Chatsworth House University of Exeter University of Sheffield University of Sunderland. By hearing directly from successful partnerships delegates will consider: what potential models for partnership in Access and Success exist how local/regional collaboration in higher education Access and Success programmes better supports the student how collaboration helps drive local growth and help to address regional inequality the difference third sector providers make and how their impact is maximised the impact of partnership/collaboration on the higher education providers the techniques/approaches which are being used to evaluate partnership work and show its impact how partnership working can support the delivery of Access and Participation Plans. the potential for developing new partnerships in access and participation.