UCL Education Conference: register today

The overarching theme of the 2019 UCL Education Conference is inclusive education.

Many of the day’s events will focus on innovative teaching practice that removes barriers to learning, and maximises students’ engagement with their education. 

Inclusive education

Staff and students will be joined by guest speakers to give presentations, participate in panel discussions and run interactive workshops about how we’re making our programmes inclusive, accessible and engaging for all our students. There will be many opportunities to discuss how we can continue to remove barriers from the education we provide to ensure fairness and equality.

Themes will include:

• BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) attainment
• inclusive and creative assessments;
• widening participation;
• accessibility for students requiring additional support
• using technology to improve learning.

The broader programme

Many other aspects of teaching and learning at UCL will be explored, such as open-access resources, student support and well-being provision, and personal tutoring.

Sessions include:

• How Moodle is helping international students participate more fully and confidently during lectures
• Using virtual reality to train junior surgeons for abdominal surgical emergencies
• How engaging directly and creatively with disability can disrupt the existing culture of architectural education
• Understanding the voice and experience of Bangladeshi female students
• How BME students experience academic life, and how they see, understand and explain the attainment gap
• What does an ‘inclusive’ curriculum mean? Students views on inclusivity and diversity
• UCL reflect - a blogging platform for personal and academic use aimed at improving students’ educational engagement and performance through technology.

We’re currently putting together the programme for the day. Please look out for the full details, which we’ll be publishing on Wednesday 06 March 2019. 

What else to look forward to

• Meet colleagues and students from many different disciplines
• Find out about and celebrate the great work being done across UCL
• Learn about and share best practice
• Find out about exciting projects and research at UCL
• Learn about tools and techniques to increase student engagement and help support students during their journey at university.
• Hear UCL students describe their experience of, and ideas about, inclusivity and student engagement
• Find out how students are directly involved in developing education at UCL.

Confirmed guest speakers

• Anne-Marie Canning MBE, Director of Social Mobility and Student Success, King’s College London

• Dominique Thompson (private NHS medical doctor, Director, Bristol Students’ Health Service, Hon Sec Student Health Association & NICE Eating Disorders Guidelines committee)

The Education Awards 

We'll also be announcing the shortlisted members of staff for UCL Education Awards and Student Choice Awards.

Winners of both awards will be announced at a celebration on Thursday 30 May 2019 on the Wilkins Terrace.