Keynote Speakers

The Drapers' Lecture 2022

We are sorry to announce that this year’s Drapers’ Lecture, which was due to take place on Tuesday 8 March 2022, has been postponed. We are very much hoping that we will be able to welcome Professor Kemp to Queen Mary later this academic year, and will provide an update on a new date as soon as possible.

Wednesday 9 March 16:00-17:00, online

Peer-Led Team Learning: Promoting Student Engagement and Success - Jose Luis Alberte-Dueñas and Alberto Cruz, Florida International University

Chair - Professor Tony Michael, Dean for Education, Professor in Reproductive Biology and Deputy Vice-Principal for Education (Strategic Projects)

About our speakers

Jose Alberte

JOSE ALBERTE has been the PLTL Program Director at Florida International University (FIU) since 2006 and first volunteered as a Peer Leader in 2005. Mr. Alberte led the expansion of PLTL at FIU from mentoring 250 students and a handful of Peer Leaders to approximately 4200 students and approximately 200 PLTL mentors per term, in multiple courses. As a STEM curriculum specialist, he leads a team of faculty and staff in the development of curriculum for both lecture and lab and has a broad range of knowledge and practice implementing active learning techniques in the classroom. His research focuses on understanding the Peer Leader experience using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

Alberto Cruz

ALBERTO CRUZ has been the Associate Director of the PLTL Program at Florida International University (FIU) since 2010, and first volunteered as a Peer Leader in 2008. Mr. Cruz is also a founding board member of the PLTL International Society. He graduated with his BS in Biology and MPH in Biostatistics from FIU. His research interests focus on multivariate analyses of Peer Leader and Supervisor/Mentor benefits. 

To find out more about Jose and Alberto's work, please visit the Florida International University Peer Led Team Learning website.

Thursday 10 March 13:30 - 14:30, online

Challenge Based Learning - transforming adult lifelong learning in higher education - Dr Cecilia Christersson, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement and Challenge Based Learning at Malmö University

Chair - Professor Stephanie Marshall, Vice-Principal (Education)

About our speaker

Cecilia Christersson is the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement and Challenge Based Learning at Malmö University, following six years´ assignment as Deputy Vice-Chancellor, with education, internationalisation and quality development in her portfolio.  A dentist by profession, specialised and holding a PhD in prosthetic dentistry, Cecilia is an associate professor in Prosthetic Dentistry and Dental Material Science and has prior to the appointment as DVC served as the Head of the department of Dental Technology and Dental Material Science at the Faculty of Odontology at Malmö University. After completing her research education in the US (State University of New York at Buffalo, NY) she returned to the Dental Faculty in Malmö and was part of the team developing a successful problem based learning dental curriculum. Through 2001 to 2010 Cecilia was the Director of Admission to Dental Education at the Faculty and developed an alternative admission procedure to widen access to dental education. In January of 2012 through 2013 Cecilia held the position as the second female president for the Association of Dental Education in Europe (ADEE).

Cecilia has led Malmö University to adhere to an overall integrated Quality Framework for all educational levels.  She is frequently contracted as an international expert in quality accreditations of universities. In 2018 she was assigned by the Swedish Government to investigate how collaboration between teacher education and schools on practice based research can improve quality enhanced learning and development of education.

Overseeing the Malmö University´s Agenda for Global Engagement 2021-2026 Cecilia also serves as the chair of the national committee for refugee related issues in the Association of Higher Education Institutions in Sweden (SUHF) since 2016. Specifically, her focus is to promote changes of policies and regulations to improve access to HE for academic refugees.

Since 2014, Cecilia is leading a scholar team to advance the concept of challenge based learning throughout Malmö University, across faculties. She is dedicated building international partnerships for transformative learning and research in collaboration with local and global societal stake holders. To value students as change agents and students as partners Cecilia believes is paramount in advancing adult lifelong learning in higher education.

Cecilia is the recipient of the Value Based Leadership Award of the International Beliefs and Values Institute (USA) and the Janne Carlsson Award for Academic Leadership of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (Sweden). She embraces a wide international academic network with focus on value based leadership and equity education for sustainable development.