The Royal Holloway Education Conference 2024

Wednesday 26th June, Queen's Lecture Theatre, Egham Campus

All are welcome to join, discuss, and learn more about the following topics:

• This year’s Teaching Prize award-winning inclusive education initiatives
• Royal Holloway’s Education Plan
• Generative Artificial Intelligence at Royal Holloway.

The agenda can be found below:

Welcome

9:20     Julie Sanders, Vice-Chancellor and Principal

Teaching Prize 2024 awards on the theme of Wellbeing

9:30     Dr Liz Gloyn, Dr. Zena Kamash and Dr. Emilio Zucchetti (Classics):

The MINOTAUR (Mental Illness and NeurOdiversiTy Academic sUppoRt) Project: Stage One

9:50     Beatrice Hayes & Adnan Levent, Department of Psychology:

Co-Created and Co-Produced Student Initiatives to Support Students' Learning and Wellbeing

Teaching Prize 2024 awards on the theme of Engagement

10:10   Dr. Lucy Gill-Simmen & Professor Sukanya Sen Gupta, School of Business & Management:

Empowering Marginalised Business and Management Students through the Art of Self-Portraiture

10:30   Don Thompson, Elliot Coggins, Mike Dolton, Gwilym Eades, Katy Flowers, David Gilbert, Katherine Griffiths, Malcolm Kelsey, Alice Milner, Adrian Palmer, Chris Satow, Danielle Schreve, Rachael Squire, Jen Thornton, Iñaki Valcarcel, Amy Walsh (Geography):

Dispositional diversity: cultivating confidence, community, and an emotion centred pedagogy for learning in the field

10:50   Brandon Wade, Media Arts:

Netflix&Skill (Student-Led Film Screenings, Podcasts and Networking Events)

11:10   Tea

11:40   Dr Joe Reddington, Information Security Group:

Creating a high-engagement culture for low-engagement students

Teaching Prize 2024 awards on the theme of Skills

12:00   Dr Yoav Galai, Politics and International Relations:

The Interactive textbook: co-designing pedagogy and skills

12:20   Dan Rebellato (Drama):

High-level, hands-on collaborative module in making an original radio drama serial with a real-world output

12:40   Gerard Clough, Centre for the Development of Academic Skills, Seb Gardiner, Department of English, Carmen Andersen, Departments of Drama and Media Arts, Mieke Nel, Departments of English and Classics, Isobel John, Departments of Music and English, Rusty Thorne, Departments of English and Drama:

First Ink: An online magazine of exemplary academic writing - by students, for students

13:00   Lunch

14:00   Jana Checkley (RHUL SEPnet Employer Engagement Officer), Claire Hepwood (SEPnet Director of Employer Liaison at RHUL), Dr James Nicholls (Industrial Liaison Board chair), Prof Stephen Gibson (Head of Department, Physics / SEPnet Collaboration Board) and all academics in Physics who support SEPnet and run internal placements: Giovanni Sordi, Tracey Berry, Richard Howl, Alexey Lyapin, Alessio Mancini, Jon Goff, Andrew Casey, Pavel Karataev, Lev Levitin, William Shields, Asher Kaboth, Greg Ashton, Xavier Rojas, Stephen Gibson, James Nicholls, Ian Murray, Veronique Boisvert, Siobhan Alden, Andrew Ho, Philipp Niklowitz, Claire Porter, Phil Meeson, John Saunders, Stephen West. All applicants are based in the Physics Department:

Promoting inclusivity and employability through the South East Physics Network (SEPnet)

14:20   Maeve O’Connell, Media Arts Department, School of Performing and Digital Arts:

Responsible Media Production

The Royal Holloway Education Plan

14:40   Wyn Morgan, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education and Student Experience

15:00   Tea

Generative Artificial Intelligence                                             

15:30    Royal Holloway and Generative AI: opportunities in education; guidance; platforms. Details TBC.

16:30    Close

Please contact Mark Crompton (m.crompton@rhul.ac.uk) for more information.