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Making St Andrews a place to belong:A workshop with Dr Greg Walton (Stanford)
June 20, 2022
University of St Andrews
Enhancement Theme Committee and
Centre for Higher Education Research (CHER) present
Making St Andrews a place to belong:
A day with Dr. Greg Walton, Stanford University
20th June, 2022, Arts Theatre and Foyer
Greg Walton is known internationally for his large body of work on belonging and threats to belonging as important contributing factors in student success and experience on campus. The research is based on simple and effective interventions at the campus and classroom level that can change educational outcomes in systemic ways. Greg has already had an impact in St Andrews as an invited speaker in Psychology and Neuroscience and again as a keynote at the Higher Education Institutional Research (HEIR) conference held virtually by St Andrews last year. We are delighted to have Greg visit with us now in person in St Andrews.
You can watch Greg’s HEIR keynote here: (starts at 4:00 with introduction.)
The day is divided in 2 main sections. In the morning session, Greg will set the scene with a short presentation. We will then have invited presentations from staff and students across campus already working on innovations and interventions around the theme of belonging, to stimulate conversation. This session will allow for network building across campus, and for Greg to provide feedback and suggestions for further development of these initiatives. The morning will therefore be largely focused on initiatives at the campus-wide level.
In the afternoon we will focus on what individual teaching staff and front-line service staff can do in our interactions with students to support and reinforce belonging in the classroom and in the Schools more generally. The afternoon session will be of interest to anyone involved in teaching with an aspiration to improve the student experience of belonging.
Please register separately for morning and afternoon sessions. You are welcome to attend either, or both, according to interest.
Schedule
Morning
(Register here: https://events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/making-st-andrews-a-place-to-belong/ )
9:30 – Coffee and chat in the Arts Theatre Foyer
9:45 – Session start. Welcomes
9:50 – 10:20 Setting the scene: why belonging? (Greg Walton)
10:20 – 11:20 Presentations, commentary and discussion.
11:20 – 12:20 Networking, planning for how to take initiatives further, suggestions for additional initiatives and interventions.
12:20 – 1:20 Discussion continues over lunch.
Afternoon
(Register here: https://events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/how-to-reinforce-a-sense-of-belonging-in-the-classroom/ )
1:30 – 2:00 What can we do in the classroom setting to support belonging (Greg Walton)
2:00 – 3:30 Participants will then have an opportunity to workshop ideas with colleagues for implementation in their own settings, with advice from Greg.
3:30 – 4:00 Further optional discussion over coffee.