Registration open for Learning and Teaching Conference

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Registration is now open for the Learning and Teaching Conference 2022, Shaping our Futures.

To view the conference schedule in depth, register and book individual sessions, please visit the University of Edinburgh’s Learning and Teaching conference website: Learning and Teaching Conference 2022 | The University Of Edinburgh

Day one (Tuesday 14 June) will be an in-person event in McEwan Hall. The day will include keynote presentations from Dr Catherine Bovill, Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement (University of Edinburgh), Tara Gold (EUSA Vice President Education 21/22) and Ellen MacRae (EUSA President 20-22). The day will also include panel discussions, workshops, poster presentations, exhibitor stands, and a drinks reception. Keynote talks and panel sessions hosted in McEwan Hall will be live-streamed for online delegates.

Days two and three (Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 June) will be online events, and will begin with a keynote talk by Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). These shorter days will include paper presentations, panel discussions, workshops, short talks and storytelling based on the following nine key conference themes:

  • Building community
  • Teaching data skills, data ethics and AI
  • Sustainability
  • Interdisciplinary teaching
  • Hybridity reimagined: Teaching experientially in outdoor, indoor and
    online places
  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
  • Challenging accepted ways of thinking
  • Student-Staff co-creation curriculum work
  • Engaging employers, community, and alumni

 

To attend the conference, there are two registration options:

  1. An in-person ticket: Delegates attend McEwan Hall in-person on Day one, and attend Day two and three online (500 spaces).
  2. An online ticket: Delegates attend Day one, two and three online. Keynote talks and panel sessions hosted in McEwan Hall on Day one will be live-streamed for delegates who register for this option (1000 spaces).

Any questions, please contact the Learning and Teaching Conference organising team: lt.conference@ed.ac.uk

Illustration: Adelaide Grosse