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Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference 2021
July 6, 2021 - July 8, 2021
Teaching in the Spotlight: What is the Future for HE Curricula?
Date: 6-8 July 2021 Venue: Virtual Who: All higher education professionals Book now
Advance HE’s Teaching and Learning Conference 2021 will continue to position the spotlight firmly on teaching in a global context. With particular reference to this year, the conference will explore where we go from here in terms of teaching and learning in HE, and how will we deliver the curricula of the future.
Teaching in higher education has never been under such scrutiny as during 2020 and this continues into the new academic year. Ongoing debates around teaching excellence, fees, value, the student experience, inclusion, equality impact and more have been further scrutinised and added to by the global pandemic.
Some of the consequences have been:
- A rapid move to fully virtual teaching in March 2020, meaning as a result everyone having a view on the ‘new’ student experience
- the value now for students compared to the ‘traditional’ HE model
- the impact on physical elements of courses such as field work or laboratory sessions
- the rapid change in assessment methods and engagement strategies
- how the curriculum supports equality, inclusion and diversity in a virtual world.
So what is the future for HE curricula? Has the urgency for digital learning caused a seismic shift in HE delivery that will change the future of the sector? Have inequalities in higher education been narrowed or have new ones emerged? Do we have a workforce with the skills required to deliver this new model of HE? Do the curricula we have deliver the skills and knowledge graduates need for the post-pandemic world? And where do we go from here as we move through the 2020-21 academic year and into 2021-22 and beyond?
The focus on enhancing all aspects of teaching and learning remains a critical issue for those seeking to provide an outstanding student experience at all levels of taught provision. Curricula are at the heart of excellent teaching and all aspects of this have changed as never before during 2020.
Join the conversation at #TLConf21