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Annual Teachers' and Advisers' Conference 2024

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Annual Teachers' and Advisers' Conference 

27 June 2024

Teachers, advisers, counsellors and colleagues from schools and colleges across the UK are invited to join us on our Colchester Campus for our annual conference on 27 June 2024.

The day will include a choice of sessions for Continuing Professional Development (CPD), updates from the Higher Education sector and the opportunity to explore the university.

The event programme can be found below and additional sessions will be announced shortly – please keep checking this page! 

Event Programme

 Time Activity  Department and presenter
 9.15am  Welcome talk and registration  
 09.45am to 10.30am   CPD session 1 Strategies for effective feedback – Amanda Morris, Essex Pathways

Learning: The Art of Letting Go and Holding On – Dr Chris Nicholson, Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytical Studies

UCAS Higher Education update – Ross Sanger, UCAS
 
 10.35am to 11.20am  CPD session 2 Building Resilience in students – Dr Raynee Gutting, Essex Pathways

New Technologies for Differentiation – Dr Antonio Da Silva, Department of Language and Linguistics
 11.45am to 12.30pm  CPD session 3

Pathways to Economics - Roy Bailey & Professor Melvyn Coles, Department of Economics

Seeing the LGBTQIA wood for the trees - EJ-Francis Caris-Hamer, Department of Sociology and Criminology

Teaching Philosophy as a Public Policy Tool: Case Study Assisted Dying – Professor Wayne Martin, School of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies 

Creative Writing - The Outdoor Classroom - Dr James Canton, Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
 12.30pm to 1.30pm  Networking lunch with academic departments  
 1.30pm to 2.15pm  CPD session 4

Languages for Employability Skills - Claudia Alsdorf, Department of Language and Linguistics

Studying Business, what’s in it for my students? - Emily Dale, Essex Business School 

Updates from Student Finance

Is the world more conflictual? - Professor Natasha Lindstaedt, Department of Government

Film Studies: Industry focussed practice – Dr Tasos Giapoutzis, Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies  
 2.20pm to 3pm  Evaluation & optional tours of campus  

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Resources for Schools and Colleges

We are pleased to offer a range of online resources including self-directed and live study skills workshops, a suite of resources for those studying the EPQ and recorded school and college talks, including student finance, personal statements and more.  

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