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The United Kingdom Advising and Tutoring (UKAT) Associations’ Conference: Learning well

We will be hosting the UKAT 2025 tenth annual conference on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 April 2025.

UKAT is a learned society of professional practitioners and researchers interested in advancing the scholarship and practice of student advising and personal tutoring in Higher Education in the UK.  

The UKAT annual Conference builds connections between these audiences and broader networks of colleagues with expertise in psychology, mental health, education theory, wellbeing, learning community and community engagement, student partnership and student life. 

This year the theme of the conference is Learning well, and it will celebrate the power of positivity, the joy of learning and university life.  

Contribute to the UKAT 2025 conference 

UCL and UKAT invite contributions that explore how personal tutoring and advising support students to succeed and thrive by fostering positive emotion, encouraging engagement, building partnerships and connections, making meaning of their education and celebrating outcomes and success.  

Call for proposals 

Deadline: Friday 20 December 2024 

We encourage UCL colleagues and students to make the most of us hosting the conference to share and disseminate your own practice in personal tutoring and advising (including professional services colleagues). 

Proposals (abstracts) in the form of 50-minute presentations, interactive workshops, lightning talks (15 minutes), and discussion panels can be submitted under the following themes:   

  1. Positive emotion – positive psychology; celebrating success; student-mental health and wellbeing; 

  1. Engagement – theories and practices of promoting positive engagement through personal tutoring, learning spaces, digital, and learner analytics; co-creating personal tutoring; student voice; personalising experience; breaking down engagement barriers; 

  1. Connections and Partnerships – between tutors and tutees, students and support staff; student life; intercultural engagement; 

  1. Meaning – helping students make meaning of their education; self-discovery and transformation; educational gain; learning beyond the taught curriculum; life beyond and transition out of university: ’world and life readiness’; 

  1. Success and outcomes – personal tutoring support for educational gain; evaluating progress; celebrating success; success for all. 

See the UKAT ‘call for proposals’ page for more information and the submission form

Registration

We are currently exploring options for discounted rates and will update this page as soon as we have confirmed the price for UCL staff and student. 

Can UCL staff become a UKAT member?

Yes! All UCL staff can join UKAT as an Affiliate Member for free. Find registration here and enter your organisation as UCL. 

UKAT offers a range of events, resources and Special Interest Groups to support staff in their tutoring and advising roles.  

As an Affiliate member of UKAT you can gain direct access to all the member-only resources and information on their website. You can also register as a member of any of the UKAT Special Interest Groups. 

UKAT offers professional recognition for Personal Academic Tutors, academic advisors and other staff involved in Personal Academic Tutoring in Higher Education. The UKAT Professional Recognition Scheme is referenced against the UKAT Professional Framework for Advising and Tutoring. It provides independent recognition of effective practice and a measurable way to evidence the valuable work of tutors and advisors’ in supporting student success and makes them feel valued and recognised for performing this role effectively.  

 

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