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Flexible Learning Symposium: Co-creating a flexible learning model

To exchange ideas and disseminate new approaches to flexible learning.

Overview

Flexible learning leverages the benefits of pedagogy and technology to provide an engaging, personalised learning experience that supports all students to achieve their potential. However, an effective flexible learning model requires consideration of the differing needs of academic and professional staff and students. This symposium aims to explore the issue holistically from all perspectives to inform whole-university approaches to overcoming challenges and enhancing the student experience.

To stimulate creative, responsive solutions and insightful dialogue, we welcome exploratory workshops and sharing of planned initiatives and work in progress as well as case studies of established and evaluated good practice. We are also interested in examples of where there were significant barriers and challenges to flexible learning and how they were overcome. 

Booking information

14 June 2023, The Studio, Leeds

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Who should attend?

Teaching practitioners including: heads of departments, academic programme leaders and developers, all lecturing staff, professional services staff supporting learning and teaching activities, and learning technologists.

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Who is delivering the symposium?

Assistant Director, Knowledge & Innovation
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Advance HE
Charles Knight
Charles is an academic leader with a proven track record of delivery in the areas of learning and teaching and enterprise. Prior to joining Advance HE, he was Associate Dean (Student Experience) at Salford Business School where he worked with colleagues to introduce a series of innovative practices including short technical qualifications, block teaching and an increased emphasis on the use of simulations and experimental learning. He was also involved in setting up a North-West Attainment Gap group bring together business schools.

Senior Consultant in Education
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Advance HE
John Sumpter
As a senior consultant, he has an impressive track record of driving positive change at the international, national, and government levels. With an extensive work experience that includes tenure at three universities and two national sector organizations, Jisc and Advance HE.

Keynote speaker

Associate Professor (Teaching and Scholarship), Leeds University Business School
Stacey Mottershaw
Stacey Mottershaw is an Associate Professor (Teaching and Scholarship) and Faculty Director of Taught Student Social Mobility at Leeds University Business School. Alongside teaching business ethics, CSR and sustainability, she has a keen interest in supporting students (and staff) who are typically under-represented in the higher education sector.
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