Student Experience Conference 2023

12th and 13th June 2023

Feedback welcomed

The Conference has now closed and we welcome feedback from colleagues and students via the online form by Friday 30 June 2023. 

The theme for the University of Worcester Student Experience Conference 2023 was:  

Promoting positive student experiences 

This theme was explored through presentations, posters and workshops related to the UW Graduate Attributes: 

  • Social responsibility: Graduates who are globally and socially responsible, culturally aware and understand the ethical impact of decisions. 
  • Reflective and resilient lifelong learning: Graduates who are resilient and aspirational, intellectually curious and critically reflective lifelong learners. 
  • Problem solving: Graduates who can employ analytical, creative and evaluative skills to investigate problems and propose viable solutions. 
  • Teamwork and effective communication: Graduates who can work in teams and communicate effectively to a range of audiences. 
  • Digital citizenship: Graduates who have high degrees of digital capability to actively and responsibly create, communicate and collaborate online. 

Keynote speaker

The keynote speaker was Dr Diana Beech, Vice-Chair of the University’s Board of Governors and Chief Executive of London Higher, who delivered a session on ‘Thinking about the student experience in an age of hyper-diversity’. As demand for higher education grows, so too do the different types of students entering higher education, and universities across the country will be wanting to provide a first-rate student experience for the whole student community. Drawing on her experiences as CEO of London Higher, Diana used this session to take a deep dive into the hyper-diverse student body of the future and look in detail at what universities need to be doing to meet their needs and expectations.

As Chief Executive, Dr Beech is responsible for leading London Higher’s aims and objectives and being a voice for London’s universities and higher education colleges. She has previously worked in government as a policy adviser to three Ministers of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation. Prior to this she was the first Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI). You can find her on Twitter at @dianajbeech.

Programme and abstracts

The programme remains available to download at this link.

The abstracts booklet remains available to download at this link. 

For queries, please contact ltconference@worc.ac.uk.