Conference presentation formats

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There are three formats for the conference sessions.

 

Paper sessions: This will typically be 30 minutes long and paired. We encourage papers to include research, evaluation, policy or practice. Colleagues are expected to give 10 minutes of the time to discussion or question and answer. Papers should be clearly evidence-based and any research presented should have results that can be reported.

 

Show and tell: This type of session is popular with delegates as it provides the opportunity to hear about a range of initiatives and to ask specific questions of presenters.

Presenters are normally grouped within a 60-minute slot. Each presenter has 8 minutes and a maximum of 2 slides to introduce their initiative/project. They will also be provided with a display area in the room, where they can have a poster, hand-outs or other material. They could, for example, bring a laptop to show a short film, a poster summarising their initiative and/or examples of hand-outs that they use etc.

We also encourage students to take up the opportunity to participate within the conference. This year we are offering one free student place per university, for the two day attendance for the conference, this is along side the opportunity to present your ideas as a student and show our values towards student and staff partnerships. 

After the presenters have each had their 8 minutes presentation time, session participants can talk in detail with presenters about their work and share perspectives and ideas (for up to 20 minutes). The final 5 minutes of the session will be a short facilitated discussion about all the presentations, identifying, where possible, any common themes.

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Session structure:

· 35 minutes (4 presenters x 8-minute presentations)

· 20 minutes of discussions

· 5 minutes whole group discussion

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Sessions will be facilitated by an experienced facilitator to ensure timekeeping.

The length of time available means participants can talk individually with presenters and can review several interesting projects. The advantage for presenters is that more people will be able to find out about their work and they can use a variety of display materials.

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Posters will be on display for at least one hour during a special poster session. The session will be informal, and the organisation will facilitate and stimulate the participants to engage with the poster creators

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Theme

The theme for this conference is 'Civic and Cultural Intelligence: Partnerships for Student Success'

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Within the main theme students, staff and community representatives are invited to submit proposals that address the following sub-themes:

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· Learning beyond the classroom

· Enabling underserved student success

· Sustainability through partnerships

· Citizenship and engagement

· Wellbeing

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We would particularly welcome proposals that demonstrate how technology can be used to support the activities you propose. Some examples of what you may wish to consider are:

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Learning beyond the classroom: how and through what mechanisms do students, staff and courses engage with their local communities to support student learning and the integration of local communities?

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Enabling underserved student success: Tell us about the efforts you are making to embrace the diversity of your student populations and recognise the needs of underserved students. Show us how you engage with your students and their local communities.

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Sustainability through partnerships: how might issues around the environment impact on partnership approaches, between the university and its communities, to enhance learning?

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Citizenship and engagement: are students and staff citizens of the university or the region? How might citizenship learning be developed to enhance learning opportunities?

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Wellbeing: How can partnership activities address issues around the mental and physical health of our students, staff and the community?