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Festival programme

The Queen Mary Festival of Education will take place from 18-20 April 2023. The Festival will take place in person in the Graduate Centre on our Mile End campus. Most sessions will be available to join online on Zoom Events. Full session and speaker details can be found on Zoom Events on the sessions tab.

Time Session Venue
09:00 - 09:45 Registration, coffee and networking Graduate Centre Café/ Foyer
09:45 - 10:45 Welcome and opening keynote

Professor Edward Peck. Nottingham Trent University, Department for Education (DfE) Student Support Champion:

The future role of student analytics in supporting inclusive education

Peston Lecture Theatre Zoom Events
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Posters Café & Westfield Fund Pecha Kucha Graduate Centre Café/ Foyer
12:05 - 12:50

Parallel session A1: workshop

Creating and supporting scholarship communities at Queen Mary

Graduate Centre: 201 Zoom Events

Parallel session A2: workshop

Collage it! Exploring your research topic with the help of collaging

Graduate Centre: 205 Zoom Events
12:50 - 13:15 Lunch
13:15 - 13:45

Parallel session B1: presentation

Using Mentimeter for inclusive mixed mode education

Graduate Centre: 205 Zoom Events

Parallel session B2: presentation

Building community, inclusion and belonging through exhibiting and sharing art in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Graduate Centre: 201 Zoom Events
13:45 - 14:10

Break

14:10 - 14:55

Parallel session C1: workshop 

Embedding Learner Engagement Analytics (LEA) into your Curriculum Design

Graduate Centre: 205

Parallel session C2: panel 

Co-creating educational scholarship and practice – the Queen Mary Academy Learner Intern Project

Graduate Centre: 201 Zoom Events
14:55 - 15:10

Break

15:10 - 15:40

Parallel session D1: presentation

Co-creating to promote inclusivity, belonging and flourishing: experiences and opportunities for projects and recognition through the SEED award

Graduate Centre: 201 Zoom Events 

Parallel session D2: presentation

Gifted students in class and how to make them go beyond themselves when learning a language

Graduate Centre: 205 Zoom Events 
15:50 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 18:00 Networking and drinks reception  Graduate Centre (7th Floor)
Time Session Venue
09:45 - 11:00

Welcome and Presentation:

Gender and Prestige: Valuing teaching, research and service in higher education

Dr Camille Kandiko Howson, Imperial College London

Graduate Centre: 222 Zoom Events
11:00 - 11:10 Break
11:10 - 11:45

Lightning Talks

  • Using personas as an inclusion tool
  • Enhancing assessment and feedback for inclusive, innovative and supportive practice: the impact of the Queen Mary assessment and feedback toolkits
  • Empowering students to thrive through entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship
Graduate Centre: 222
11:45 - 11:55

Break

11:55 - 12:40

 

Parallel session A1: workshop

Excel through inclusion in TNE: Workshop on practical approaches

Graduate Centre: 205 Zoom Events

Parallel session A2: presentation

A conversation on diversity: Student and teachers experience regarding levels of LGBTQ+ inclusivity in the language classroom

Graduate Centre: 202 Zoom Events
12:30 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 13:30

 

Parallel session B1: presentation

Reducing the burden of overassessment through assessment co-creation across modules

Graduate Centre: 202 Zoom Events 

Parallel session B2: presentation

Highlighting diverse role models in chemistry: Co-creation with Y2 UG and Y12 school/college students

Graduate Centre: 205 Zoom Events 

13:30 - 14:00

Break

14:00 - 15:00

Panel discussion: 

Opening the doors of opportunity

  • Professor Kristin Braun – Queen Mary University of London
  • Professor Gabriella Cagliesi – University of Sussex
  • Dr Ishani Chandrasekara - Queen Mary University of London 
  • Dr Louise Cramer – University College London
  • Mike Hill – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
  • Dr Eranjan Padumadasa - Queen Mary University of London

Chaired by Alex Prestage, Queen Mary University of London

Graduate Centre: 114 Zoom Events
15:00 - 15:10 Break
15:10 - 15:40

Parallel session C1: presentation

Engaging students as co-creators in curriculum enhancement: reflections on student and staff experiences

Graduate Centre: 205 Zoom Events

Parallel session C2: presentation

Inclusive Curriculum in Practice

Graduate Centre: 201 Zoom Events
15:50 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 18:00 Networking and drinks reception Graduate Centre (7th floor) 

 

09:45 - 09:55

Welcome

Graduate Centre: 201 Zoom Events
10:00 - 10:45

Parallel session A1: panel

CAISE: Championing Inclusive Education in Science and Engineering Programmes

Graduate Centre: 201 Zoom Events

Parallel session A2: workshop

Embedding British Values into Degree Apprenticeship provision

Graduate Centre: 205
10:45 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 11:45

Parallel session B1: presentation

Diversifying the curriculum through community-based learning and teaching

Graduate Centre: 201 Zoom Events

Parallel session B2: workshop

Using scratchcards to develop oracy and encourage deeper learning in Higher Education

Graduate Centre: 205 Zoom Events 
11:45 - 12:00

Break

12:00 - 12:40

Presentation

Develop student employability skills through cross-institutional collaborative disciplinary student led-symposium

Followed by 

Closing

Graduate Centre: 201 Zoom Events
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