Learning and Teaching Conference 2018
Unlocking potential: the key to inspiring life-long and life-wide learning
The 15th annual Learning and Teaching conference took place on 13-14 June 2018. With a theme of ‘Unlocking Potential’, staff and students attended a range of sessions, with keynote presentations from Luke Millard and Eric Stoller, and a panel discussion with Dr Marie Stowell (Director QED), Jade Haley (outgoing SU President), Casey Bailey, Michelle Moore and chaired by Ross Renton (PVC Students).
There were over 200 people registered including colleagues from partner organisations; Walsall College, City of Wolverhampton College, NCT, and Worcester Housing Community Trust.
Feedback to the event has been generally positive, with delegates commenting positively on the range of topics covered and the quality of presentations, particularly from students.
A Twitter hashtag (#UWLT2018) was created for the event to capture feedback and shared practice. A selection of tweets from the conference are included below:
Learning and teaching conference, bringing students into the centre of university thinking with #UWLT2018
Key themes of #UWLT2018 are Challenge & Change prompt us to consider reasons to be cheerful too!
Great sessions at today's #UWLT2018 conference. Shame it's not possible to see them all! A fascinating and useful day, well organised. Thanks to all involved. #teamworc
Really enjoyed presenting for first time in HE at today's UoW Learning & Teaching conference. Great experience. Even inspired to join twitter & brave the digital age Great presentation #UWLT2018
As part of the post-conference feedback process, we are asking for innovative ideas for next year – if you have anything you’d like to suggest then please let us know at ltworcester@worc.ac.uk