2016 Teacher and Adviser Conference #uoltac16

Programme – 10.50Welcome Address Professor Mark Peel – Provost 9.50 – 10.30Key note speaker Jane Esuantsiwa-Goldsmith - former University of Leicester student and Students' Union President – Admissions tutor panel Monica Kulkarni – Student Recruitment Manager, Ian Jarvis – Department of Engineering, Dr Mark Goodwin – School of Biological Sciences, Martin George – Leicester Law School – 12.05Break The Square, Students’ Union – 12.50Breakout session – 14.00Complimentary lunch Charles Wilson building, 1 st floor park side lounge – 14.50Breakout Session – 15.40Breakout Session – 16.30Closing remarks and reception Charles Wilson building, 1 st floor park side lounge

Leicester: partnerships, the fabulous first year and major/minor pathways Mark Peel, Provost

Working with schools and colleges a focus on effective partnerships for student success providing a range of resources and relationships: some examples of established and emerging partnerships

Fabulous first year teaching, assessment, transition to independent study and transition to independent life universal peer mentoring and student-to-student engagement the ‘learning gain’ project: developing measurements and interventions for increased success professional dispositions: entitlements, obligations, values and behaviours

A new undergraduate offer: major/minor pathways three kinds of pathways: single (one subject area), major/minor (Subject A WITH Subject B) and joint (Subject A AND Subject B) the distinctively flexible quality: students create their own major/minor combinations, and can (normally) adjust after the first year first cohort of major/minor students enrol in September, with more than forty minors in combination with new and existing discipline majors rolling out across science disciplines for applications working on ‘student journey’ for students enrolled in minors

Dr Jane Esuantsiwa Goldsmith Former student and Students’ Union President

Admissions tutor Panel Monica Kulkarni – Student Recruitment Manager (Chair) Ian Jarvis – Department of Engineering Dr Mark Goodwin – School of Biological Sciences Martin George – Leicester Law School

Break Refreshments – The Square, Students’ Union building

Breakout session 1 Advising your pre-16 learners - Ken Edwards seminar room 527 Applying for Medicine – Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 1 IAG for mature learners – Ken Edwards seminar room 526 What is the Students’ Union – Ken Edwards seminar room 322 Campus and library tour – Students’ Union

Breakout session 2 Breakout Session 2 - Careers and employability at the University of Leicester - Ken Edwards seminar room 322 Access to the professions – Ken Edwards seminar room 526 The UCAS process; a student perspective – Ken Edwards seminar room 527 Campus and library tour Charles Wilson first floor

Breakout session 3 Breakout Session 3 – The importance of parental influence – Ken Edwards seminar room 526 Accommodation in the first year and beyond – Ken Edwards seminar room 322 Supporting your students through Clearing and Adjustment – Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 1 Campus and library tour – Ken Edwards foyer