Conference programme
Oxford Brookes University International Teaching and Learning Conference 2025
09.30 - 15.30: Networking and knowledge sharing
We welcome Oxford Brookes colleagues to a day of in-person networking and knowledge sharing.
Programme
- 09.30 Arrival and social networking.
- 09.45 Oxford Brookes community welcome.
- 10.00 Presentation from the Academic Advising Strategic Team.
- 10.20 Stories of effective advising from Senior Faculty Academic Advisors.
- 11.00 Break
- 11.20 Brookes Students' Union emotions of feedback project
- 11.50 In-person Educational Leaders Forum (ELF)
- 12.15 Lunch
- 13.00 The Disabled Students’ Commitment and the EHRC Advice Note.
- 13.40 Academic advising ‘’Carousel of learning”.
- 14.40 Fellowship celebration.
- 15.10 Plenary
- 15.30 Close
Online, everyone welcome.
09.30 - 9.45: Welcome and introductions
- Dr Adrian Wallbank, SFHEA, and Dr Ben W. Walker, SFHEA, Conference Co-chairs, Oxford Centre for Academic Enhancement and Development.
- Professor Jenny Lawrence, PFHEA, Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Oxford Centre for Academic Enhancement and Development.
09.45 - 10.30: Keynote address
Reaffirming the core purpose(s) of academic advising: international perspectives in disruptive times
- Professor Peter Felten, Executive Director of the Center for Engaged Learning, Professor of History, and Assistant Provost for Teaching and Learning at Elon University, North Carolina, USA.
- Professor Sally Kift, Higher Education Consultant, President, Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows (ALTF), Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fellow, Victoria University, and Honorary Professor, University of Southern Queensland.
Key to Strands
- Strand A: Effective practice in Academic Advising.
- Strand B: (i) Leading Academic Advising and (ii) Setting boundaries and working with Professional Services.
- Strand C: Training, professional confidence, and roles.
- Strand D: Content for Advising tutorials.
10.35 - 10.55 - Papers
- Strand B: Leadership in personal tutoring and advising practices across the higher education sector, Dr Gary Jones, SFHEA, University of Winchester, Associate Professor Helen Tidy, SFHEA, and Dr Joanne Irving-Walton, PFHEA, Teesside University.
- Strand C: Strengthening academic advising through professional development: lessons from a global south context, Dr Jessica Versfeld, HPCSA, University of Pretoria, and Associate Professor Curwyn Mapaling, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Strand D: What students want from higher education teaching interactions, and why - relationship with the academic advisor, Kate Maguire, FHEA, Oxford Brookes University.
11.00 - 11.10 - Break
11.10 - 12.00 - Workshops
- Strand B: The PASS tutorial framework as an exemplar for standardising academic advising and improving academic advisor engagement, Dr Saad Arif, FHEA, and Dr Deborah Pearce, SFHEA, Oxford Brookes University.
- Strand C: Mental Health First Aid for academic advisors: what role does/can MHFA play in academic advising? Dr Dan Butcher, SFHEA, Sue Jennings, FHEA, Helen Foord-Warren, FHEA, Gerry Sheppard, and Mary Lacy FHEA, Oxford Brookes University.
- Strand D: BEE timeline: integrating academic advising with employability skills, Dr Laura Novo de Azevedo, FHEA, Lindsey Harrison, Dr Blanca Rodriguez Beltran, and Dr Mary Kitchener, SFHEA, Oxford Brookes University.
Academic Advising in 2025: practice, research, and theory
- Andrew Stork, Programme Director for the Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, University of Sheffield.
- Dr Ben W. Walker, SFHEA, Senior Lecturer in Educational Development, Oxford Brookes University.
- Dave Lochtie, Operations Manager, Ann Craft Trust.
- Dr Nienke Alberts, Senior Research Associate, University of Bristol.
- Dr Alison Raby, Senior Lecturer and Senior Tutor, University of Lincoln.
13.10 - 14.00 - Round tables
- Strand A: Transforming advising practices: relational tutoring for employability beyond the classroom, Dr Diana (Dee) Clayton, SFHEA, and Dr Anna Klenert, FHEA, Oxford Brookes University.
- Strand B: Signposting is only the start: effective referrals for successful student outcomes, Dr Michelle Reid, SFHEA, Oxford Brookes University.
- Strand C: Fostering effective academic advising relationships with adults: bridging the relational space with colleague learners, Dr Mary Kitchener, SFHEA, and Gillian Kelly, Oxford Brookes University.
14.05 - 14.55 - Free Form and time for Networking (Strands A, C and D)
- Strand A: Integrating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into academic advising for purposeful career development (20 minutes), Associate Professor Margaret Mbindyo, Millersville University, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Strand B: Working with inclusive support to support students with Dyslexia/Neurodiversity (50 minutes), Catherine Black, Oxford Brookes University.
- Strand C: How might the academic advising (AA)/personal tutor role purposefully help student nurses develop the required professional values and associated behaviours in preparation for future employment? (20 minutes), Sue Chilton, SFHEA, Oxford Brookes University.
- Strand D: Artificial intelligence and academic advising (20 minutes), Dr Charlie Simpson, SFHEA, Oxford Brookes University.
14.55 - 15.05 - Break
15.05 - 15.25 - Papers and PechaKucha
- Strand A: Purposeful academic advising practices: a student developmental offering (Paper), Dr Shelley Beck, FHEA, and Deborah Carpenter, FHEA, Oxford Brookes University.
- Strand B: Bridging the awarding gaps: effective academic advising practices to address persistent awarding disparities (Paper), Dr Satomi Kimino, SFHEA, University of Hull.
- Strand C: Teaching tutors: incorporating a module on academic advising within an MA Learning and Teaching in Higher Education programme (Paper), Dr Elizabeth Munro, SFHEA, University of Winchester.
- Strand D: What, where, and when is academic advising? (PechaKucha, 10 minutes), Dr Matt Lawson, FHEA, Oxford Brookes University.
15.30 - 16.00 - Plenary and closing address
Integrated and developmental approaches in global advising
- Dr Catherine Mann, Associate Director, Academic Mentoring, University of Melbourne, Australia.
- Dr Cat Picton, Student Success and Development Coordinator, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.