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LEARNING, TEACHING & STUDENT EXPERIENCE 2020 12-13 May, ICC, Keynote Speakers include:

The Chartered ABS’s annual Learning, Teaching & Student Experience conference is the UK’s leading gathering of business & management educators.

Each year the conference brings together over 350 delegates from more than 90% of UK business schools to explore the latest innovations in teaching practice, cutting-edge pedagogic research and inventive student engagement initiatives. Dr Lisa McIlvenna Deputy Managing Director

The collegiate atmosphere makes it an ideal opportunity for learning, idea-sharing, personal Business in the Community development and networking.

LTSE 2020 takes place at the International Convention Centre in Belfast. 2 Lanyon Place Belfast BT1 3WH Dr Mairi Watson

Dean - Faculty of Business & Law University of Northampton

Gala Dinner

A Gala Dinner will take place on the evening of the first day. We encourage all participants to attend as it will be a great opportunity for informal discussion and networking. Jackie Henry This year’s Gala Dinner takes place at the world-famous Northern Office Senior Titanic Belfast. Partner, Deloitte

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LTSE 2020: Preliminary programme

Day One: Tuesday 12 May

08:40 Registration and refreshments

09:20 Welcome

Anne Kiem, Chief Executive, Chartered ABS Professor Georgina Andrews, Vice-Provost, ; Dean, Bath Business School and Chair, Chartered ABS LTSE Committee

09:30 Keynote Question Time: Preparing students for the changing world of work

Dr Lisa McIlvenna, Deputy Managing Director, Business in the Community Jackie Henry, Office Senior Partner, Deloitte Additional speakers to be announced Chair: Professor Gillian Armstrong, Director of Business Engagement, Business School

Breakout i. Outside of the box education Breakout ii. Developing enterprising, ethical and Breakout iii. Collaborating with employers, students Breakout iv. Developing enterprising, ethical and work-ready graduates other disciplines work-ready graduates

10:30 Blending assessment transformation with Embedding work and work-like experience Collaborating with students in times of Digital skills for a digital age: Rethinking innovative personal tutoring to improve into the curriculum at scale increasing diversity: Providing students with approaches to traditional teaching and attainment and progression WORKSHOP (30 minutes) the space and agency to explain their teaching learning through digital technologies WORKSHOP (30 minutes) and learning experiences in a four-year RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) In 2019/2020 Nottingham Business School launched accounting course. Further details to be announced a new Level 5 module, ‘Employment and Enterprise’, RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) Further details to be announced that embeds work or work-like experience into every Angela Dalrymple course for every student. Students can gain Further details to be announced Dr Emma Thirkell Director of Education and Student Experience, experience through independently sourced part-time Senior Lecturer HRM, University of Central School of Business, South Bank University work, volunteering work, or they can apply to take Dr Peta Myers Lancashire part in School facilitated projects. In this workshop Senior Lecturer, Jonathan Sandling discussion we will share our experiences to date and Head of Academic Studies, explore how to successfully deliver work experience London and experiential projects within the curriculum and at scale.

Tom Spencer Assistant Head of Undergraduate Programmes, Nottingham Business School

Dr Shelley Clark Head of Personalisation and Experiential Learning, Nottingham Business School

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Breakout v. Personalised learning journeys Breakout vi. Learning beyond the classroom Breakout vii. Outside of the box education

10:30 Enhanced student satisfaction through effective allocation and Bedfellows for 10 years: optimising academic english for The role of service design in programme review practice supervision approach- A case study business support at Newcastle and Hertfordshire Business Programme review practices vary across institutions and often they are RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) Schools reduced to course feedback, metrics around student numbers and RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) degrees awarded. The paper shows how applying service design Dissertation is an independent piece of work, which is key component approach to programme review engages student voice and creates a of many undergraduate programmes. This paper assesses three Further details to be announced conduit to incorporate more empathetic, holistic and human-centered allocation methods that were used to improve economics view of student experience. undergraduate dissertation supervision experience at the University of Dr Diane Sloan RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) Glasgow. Online survey data were collected and analysed. The study Professor of Learning and Teaching, Newcastle Business School suggests an allocation and supervision approach that significantly Dr Radka Newton enhances student and supervisor engagement and satisfaction. Daniel Pearce Senior Teaching Fellow, Management School Academic English for Business Programme Leader, Hertfordshire Dr Paulina Navrouzoglou Business School Lecturer, Helen Stamps Dr Lovleen Kushwah Senior Lecturer, Hertfordshire Business School Lecturer, University of Glasgow Karen Robins Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching, Hertfordshire Business School

Breakout viii. Presentations powered by PechaKucha

10:30 1. Partnering modules with employers 3. Developing employer-led soft skills through compressed Pedagogy Embedding business issues in the curriculum helps students to gain valuable employability skills. It also means The session will enable participants to learn about the context and impact of learning and teaching using that all students have to engage, without taking on extra- curricular activities. This presentation will explain compressed pedagogy and considers the contribution it can make to the development and enhancement of how partnering modules with businesses has helped to develop employability skills, and give placements to graduate skills and attributes, and to the preparedness of graduates to enter the workplace. the best students. Dr Nick Quinn Kathy Daniels Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow Associate Pro-Vice International (Recruitment and Global Pathways), Dr Jillian Gordon 2. Developing, designing and delivering a holistic employability programme: Enhancing the Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Director of Learning and Teaching, Adam Smith Business School, profile and provision in a Business School. University of Glasgow Further details to be announced 4. Check out the Digital Skills Check Dr Fiona Robson Further details to be announced Director of Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Business School Dr Terry O'Sullivan Dawn McCartie Senior Lecturer in Management, The Business School Director of Undergraduate Studies, Newcastle University Business School

11:00 Break

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Breakout i. Effective assessment & constructive feed-forward Breakout ii. Enriching learning through technology Breakout iii. Collaborating with employers, students other disciplines 11:40 Improving assessment in business and management 'But they'll hate it!' Using MS Teams in SCALE-UP workshops Dare to design? Integrating design thinking into management education; calibrating academic standards to overcome accounting students' resistance to active learning education WORKSHOP (60 minutes) and group-work RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) Further details to be announced WORKSHOP (60 minutes) This research paper aims to reveal the challenges of design thinking This interactive workshop will focus on the benefits, drawbacks and teaching practice in business curriculum. The findings shared will reflect Dr Berry O'Donovan lessons learned from a recent trial introducing MS Teams to a level 4 on the progress and recommendations on how to adapt uncertain and Principal Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University accounting module delivered via SCALE-UP workshops. The emphasis is ever-evolving design concepts to a striking-for-perfection paradigm of on the effectiveness of MS Teams in overcoming students’ resistance to rigorous business curriculum and demonstrate value of design to Professor Margaret Price active learning and group work, acknowledged as a significant barrier to students and businesses. The paper will also demonstrate the benefits Professor Emirata, Oxford Brookes University engagement with the module in prior years. of cooperation between design and management education faculty who are traditionally based in different disciplines. Katharine Pearce Assistant Course Leader, Nottingham Business School Dr Radka Newton Senior Teaching Fellow, Lancaster University Management School

Breakout iv. Developing enterprising, ethical and work-ready graduates Breakout v. Learning beyond the classroom Breakout vi. Outside of the box education 11:40 Can real-world sustainability audits provide a tool for effective Driving student engagement with financial news using e- Making it stick: how to get your students to read, retain and responsible management education? learning: a case study of using ForceRank by Estimize, Inc. apply information RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) This is a paper about a live weekly stock market prediction competition, Further details to be announced Further details to be announced Forcerank, driven by an iDevice app, to develop students’ financial markets literacy in a classroom setting, and help them to make the Speakers to be announced Dr Kay Emblen-Perry connection between finance theory and the real world. I also cover its Senior Lecturer, Sustainable Management, assessment challenges, and the statistics on students’ diligence in Business School participation and forecasting ability.

Dr Chris Godfrey Lecturer in Finance, Alliance Business School

12:10 Mission impossible? Developing graduate resilience skills for Towards a communities of practice (CoP) evaluation model: The pedagogic case for kindness: Loss aversion, framing and future workplace leaders Learning from ‘real world’ simulations student engagement RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) Lightning change in the workplace contributes to the current climate of increasing mental health challenges for transitioning graduates. Further details to be announced Further details to be announced Recruiting employers expect graduates to be ‘work ready’, focusing on resilience as one of the most desired skills (CBI, 2019). This presentation Dr Colm Fearon Dr C. Rashaad Shabab will share with Chartered ABS colleagues the challenges and paradoxes Senior Lecturer in Business Education, Business School Senior Teaching Fellow in Economics, Business of an institution wide intervention endeavouring to develop resilience School skills in transitioning students. Kristine Pole Director of Teaching Enhancement, Canterbury Christ Church University Nikki McQuillan, Course Director, Ulster University Business School Christine Wightman, Associate Head of Department, Ulster University Professor Heather McLaughlin Business School Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Business and Law, Cathy Moore, Employability and Careers Consultant, Ulster University Business School 5 *Timings and session details (titles/speakers) are provisional and subject to final confirmation charteredabs.org/events/ltse2020 #LTSE2020

Breakout vii. Presentations powered by PechaKucha

11:40 1. Data-Driven Teaching: Using Learning Analytics to inform teaching practice 5. Lake District Leadership Development: Learning beyond the classroom In the new era of big data world, educators can use data for planning and adjusting their teaching in A university education should offer a transformative experience for the whole person. Too often rear view accordance with the student performance and learning needs. This presentation will demonstrate how we mirror inspired research dominant pedagogies unduly focus on knowledge transfer and the development of made use of data from Canvas Analytics to inform our teaching practice. Participants would benefit from an academic inquiry skills required for doctoral studies. Generation Z students nurtured in the digital age benefit illustrative overview of how the data-driven teaching was implemented to improve student retention and from soft skill development and learning how to become part of 'in the moment' communities. Can an off- progression rates. campus, low-tech, outdoor adventure residential experience for first and second year undergraduates help catalyse beneficial management student interactions? Lim Teoh Faculty Head of Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Business, Law and Digital Technologies, University of Justin O’Brien Winchester Director for Undergraduate Students, Royal Holloway

Siew Min Tan (in absentia) 6. Supporting students to become what they want to be Programme Leader for Undergraduate Accounting, Finance, Economics and Banking Programmes, University We will introduce the EPIIC (Excellence, Professionalism, Inclusivity, Integrity, and Creativity) values of LSBU, of Winchester which we introduce to our students at their induction and reinforce throughout the curriculum, to ensure that these values are experienced and embraced by students throughout their academic journey. 2. Preparing students for their future careers: Coventry University London’s approach to The EPIIC values are practically applied through a creative and innovative group assessment. Through developing ‘Global Enterprising Graduates’ coaching and mentoring, we open doors of opportunity to students from the moment they step into our This PechaKucha will contribute to theme 8: Developing enterprising, ethical and work-ready graduates. It will university. demonstrate how business schools can better prepare students for graduate level careers by embedding business practice as part of curriculum design and content. Research often reveals a growing tendency Dr Helen Ismael towards an embedded curriculum focused practice. By the end of the presentation attendees will have an Lecturer in Coaching, Mentoring & Skills Development, School of Business, London South Bank University understanding of benefits and challenges of this embedded approach, a lessons learnt from Coventry University London. Shaun Barrett Student, London South Bank University Dr Hany Wells Associate Dean - Student Experience and Quality Assurance, Coventry University London 7. Plagiarism and academic misconduct (allegations, challenges and management tools) This PechaKucha presentation aims to provide some concluding thoughts about how we could manage the 3. Towards a skills-based Finance Masters course main challenges of academic misconduct. It aims to provide some ideas about new assessment tools, teaching Most Finance Master’s courses take as a starting point the academic interests and specialisms of their approaches and research ethics. It introduces some suggested best practices to help students to enhance the lecturers, and have curricula and assessment which are knowledge-centred. This presentation dares to ask academic integrity of their work. what would happen if we asked what skills our students are likely to need in their future finance careers, and imagined curricula and assessment which are primarily skills-centred instead. Dr Mohamed Saeudy Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, University of Bedfordshire Dr Chris Godfrey Lecturer in Finance, Alliance Manchester Business School 8. Mentorship melding: piloting a postgraduate mentoring network within the Fashion Business School Bethan will share findings from a 12-month pilot research study that asked what the role, benefits and effects 4. Student self-perception of employability skills of mentoring for mentees and mentors is, in order to propose its integration within the support offered to Further details to be announced Fashion Business School PGT students. The study used Network Theory and Collaboration and Mentoring frameworks to understand how mentoring fits within the collaborative learning model, especially learning Julie Hayward outside of the classroom that looks to deliver a more personalised learning experience to a diverse range of Lecturer, Trinity St David’s students. The presentation will focus on the mutual benefits and effects expressed to consider how the network’s practice is shared, sustained and subsumed within the student learning journey.

Bethan Alexander Senior Lecturer, Course Leader Global Fashion Retailing & Research Fellow, London College of Fashion, UAL 6 *Timings and session details (titles/speakers) are provisional and subject to final confirmation charteredabs.org/events/ltse2020 #LTSE2020

12:40 Lunch

Afternoon plenary session

13:40 Keynote Address Dr Mairi Watson, Dean - Faculty of Business & Law, University of Northampton

Breakout i. Effective assessment & constructive feed- Breakout ii. Enriching learning through technology Breakout iii. Personalised learning journeys Breakout iv. Post-experience education forward

14:20 Transcending transaction through Embedding digital and 21st Century A model for assessing employability for part- Post-experience learning: Towards a transformation: Implications for assessment employability skills in the business and time learners in higher education framework of participation re-design management curriculum RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) The purpose of this session is to present the Career This session will explore the nature and context of This paper focuses upon the implications for This project demonstrates how academics can Enhancement Model of Employability (CEME) which students’ participation in post-experience education, assessment design of the currently under-researched embed digital media skills into the business and has been designed and developed to provide a with a focus on the experiences of those engaging in concept of students’ understandings of ‘intellectual management curriculum, in order to enhance framework to support part-time students in their a Masters level, professionally accredited stimulation’. Our empirical study shows a diversity student employability skills, confidence and academic journey. The model facilitates the qualification. This paper presents a single open of student understandings, and misunderstandings, behaviours. Overall, this project strategically aligns opportunity to design and offer personalised framework that considers the reasons for, the of the concept and examines the implications of this to the digital skills agenda within Higher Education. A learning journeys for part-time students who challenges to, and the enablers of post-experience diversity for whether students report that their pre and post survey was used to gather views from represent a largely under-research student groups participation across defined contextual dimensions. courses provide intellectual stimulation. Assessment students about skills developed. within the discourse of graduate employability. It is proposed that the framework can be used as a designs for intellectual stimulation are then means of identifying areas of improvement or examined. Dr Harriett Purkis Dr Dawn Whitton change in learning support practice. Lecturer in Event and Leisure Management, Ulster Director of Employability Leadership and HRM, Kate Black University Newcastle Business School Dr Lesley McLean Associate Professor in Management and Director of Lecturer and Programme Leader, Edinburgh Napier Education, Newcastle Business School Dr Clare Carruthers Professor Andrew Robson University Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Marketing, Ulster Head of Department, Russell Warhurst University Associate Professor in Human Resource Management, Newcastle Business School

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14:50 How exam results are impacted if you give Curricula, creativity, digitalisation and Compulsory career coaching for final year Mind the gap; Experiencing the space students the freedom to fail in coursework authentic assessment undergraduates between academic and practice communities RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) in HRM/D education RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) The paper looks at the rationale behind strategies Business schools lack a focus on teaching practical Further details to be announced such as student-led learning, student-driven business skills, are theory and research centric and HRM/D programmes are often delivered as a part- assessment, metacognition and reflection, and their graduates lack creative digital skills. The Dr Maria Allen time option to fulltime professionals, a model which presents an analysis of student reflections, module researcher identified, that authentic assessment was Principal Lecturer and Head of Employability: Faculty will only grow with the expansion of degree evaluations and exam marks, and a comparison of missing from the curricula, and created an innovative of Business and Law, Manchester Metropolitan apprenticeships. This study examines how such final exam marks before and after a method known digital store design assessment. This paper argues University students experience their journey across the as freedom to fail was introduced. It was found that that authentic assessments, can enhance student academic and practice landscapes, and proposes the introduction of this approach led to a greater engagement and support the development of digital Nick Dearden ways in which we can seek to bridge the gaps which student awareness of learning strategies and employability skills. Head of Education: Faculty of Business and Law, are experienced. improved exam results. Manchester Metropolitan University Dr Sarah Montano Dr Helen Charlton Danielle McWall Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Birmingham Business Director of Education, Degree Apprenticeships – Head of Department of Accounting, Finance and School Leadership and HRM, Newcastle Business School Economics, University of Ulster Business School

Breakout v. Developing enterprising, ethical and Breakout vi. Learning beyond the classroom Breakout vii. Breakout viii. Effective assessment & constructive work-ready graduates Outside of the box education feed-forward

14:20 The responsible management and leadership Beyond the Classroom: a “Next Steps Understanding the interpretation of skills Innovative applications of strengths-based paradox: Using micro-moments to understand WALKshop” for Career Development’ mapped into the ‘official’ curriculum, where teaching and explore our teaching practice WORKSHOP (60 minutes) Universities should be focusing their attention WORKSHOP (30 minutes) WORKSHOP (60 minutes) and why The “Next Steps WALKshop” helps London Business WORKSHOP (60 minutes) Further details to be announced This interactive session is designed to explore and School students reflect more creatively on key discuss the day-to-day paradoxical realities faced career-related questions and draws on research into Further details to be announced Angela Ellermeier with teaching responsible management and walking for creative problem-solving. Participants in Head of Careers and Professional Partnerships, leadership. These realities are presented and this session will try a reduced version of the Carole Still School of Business, London South Bank University discussed using the conceptual framework of WALKshop, followed by a discussion on adapting this Head of External Engagement (Doctoral Skills Organizational Ambidexterity (a theory pertaining to idea for their own institution. We will also share Researcher), Coventry University London paradox). We will work towards finding teaching feedback received on this initiative. solutions that engage with paradox and satisfy all stakeholders involved. Gemma Stansfield Student Learning and Development Manager, Dr Simon Smith Senior Lecturer, Elizabeth Newton Head of Professional Development, London Business School

15:20 Break

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Breakout i. Collaborating with employers, students other disciplines Breakout ii. Enriching learning through technology Breakout iii. Learning beyond the classroom 16:00 Why engage? An interdisciplinary approach to the Comparison as the engine for internal feedback: A theoretical Developing a cross-cultural mindset for our ‘Generation-Z’ engagement of students in the effective educational use of model and implications for practice student communication and collaboration platforms RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) Further details to be announced The future of work, jobs and career is increasingly called into question, An enterprise level social learning platform can be used to build a driven significantly by technological, cultural and social acceleration. learning community, thus enriching student learning experiences Professor David Nicol Multinational employers are looking for the ‘Generation-Z’ student to through technology (theme 3). The paper proposes gaps in the Research Professor, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow demonstrate ability to work collaboratively with teams all over the understanding of the model which stem from the empirical evidence world. To meet this demand, Ulster University has designed and that students often lack engagement with educational e-communities incorporated a module called ‘Cultural Awareness’ (values, traditions that academics attempt to use to connect with them. The business and and practices) into the curriculum to prepare our students for marketing e-community development literature will be used to explore employability in the international world of work. the key drivers of successfully developing engagement in e- communities with the key generally accepted and validated constructs Frances Devine, Course Director, Ulster University discussed. A model is proposed to participants that connects Stahl’s social knowledge building cycle and personal understanding cycle using Dr Donna Caldwell, Employability Adviser, Ulster University a separate, but bridging, set of moderator constructs which come together to form a learning community engagement cycle Dr Adrian Devine, Lecturer, Ulster University

Gill Holden Lecturer in Accounting, Newcastle University Business School

David Grundy Senior Lecturer in Digital Education, Newcastle University Business School

Marc Bennett Learning Technologist, Newcastle University Business School

16:30 The future helix: Industry, student and higher education Transitioning to a workplace mind-set: formalising reflective Do high-calibre students choose to do work placements or do collaboration role play to develop an integrated undergraduate curriculum high-calibre students complete work placements? RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) in the business school RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) This research focusses on the linkage between industry, students and There is substantial evidence that the learning associated with work higher education and involved industry involvement in the re-design of Further details to be announced placements can enhance academic performance. Our paper produces a an undergraduate module and student involvement in module delivery. clearer analysis of the impact of work placements by distinguishing Participants will learn the process that was followed for this project and Dr James Cunningham students on the basis of their intentions signalled at enrolment. Our the key lessons learnt from its implementation, leading to a best Academic Team Lead, Aberdeen Business School , Robert Gordon findings suggest that academically stronger students are more likely to practice approach to implement moving forward University choose to do a work placements at enrolment. Further self-selection is evident through the significantly better academic performance Dr Samantha Burvill throughout the degree exhibited by students who successfully Senior Lecturer, School of Management completed a placement, better even than those who signalled their intention to do one but were unsuccessful in doing so. Barrie Davies Programme Director, Fujitsu Dr Michael McCann Senior Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University 9 *Timings and session details (titles/speakers) are provisional and subject to final confirmation charteredabs.org/events/ltse2020 #LTSE2020

Breakout iv. Developing enterprising, ethical and Breakout v. Outside of the box education Breakout vi. Outside of the box education Breakout vii. Personalised learning journeys work-ready graduates

16:00 Debunking the digital natives myth: From classroom to textbook and back again: An innovative approach to cross-cultural ‘Lost in the UK’: Assumptions and realities of Supporting widening participation students exploring innovative pedagogical materials to integration at Huddersfield Business School Chinese students’ HE experiences with their digital literacy develop experiential, critical and engaged WORKSHOP (60 minutes) WORKSHOP (60 minutes) WORKSHOP (60 minutes) forms of learning WORKSHOP (60 minutes) Further details to be announced Barriers to understanding Chinese students’ learning This workshop will take an interactive, innovative journeys include stereotyping and emphasis on and practical approach to exploring the problems Further details to be announced Jo Thomas academic skills. This workshop aims to offer a more faced by many of our students. We assume they are Academic Development Manager, University of multi-dimensional ‘gateway’: it acknowledges less 'digital natives' (Prensky, 2001) but the reality is very Dr Scott Lawley Huddersfield noticeable affective and more noticeable different and we will explore why... and what we can Associate Professor, Nottingham Business School behavioural & cognitive aspects of student do about it. Sara-Jane Postill engagement; it combines pastoral and academic Nicola Hartley Academic Development Manager, University of stakeholder perspectives provided by both English Dr Peter Wolstencroft Commissioning Editor, Oxford University Press Huddersfield and Chinese tutors from both UK and Chinese HEIs; it Associate Head of School, Coventry University is informed by individual interviews with Chinese Professor Daniel King Kirsten Jones students. Dr Xue Zhou Professor of Organisation Studies, Nottingham Senior Lecturer, University Huddersfield Assistant Professor and Academic Developer, Business School Dr Paul Fallon Coventry University Senior Lecturer and International Lead, Lancashire School of Business and Enterprise, University of Central Lancashire

Breakout viii. Roundtable Discussions 16:00 1. Working with students as our partners to deliver new and innovative approaches to improve learning, teaching and research and in so doing enhance student engagement 6. Playing Hard to Get: Employer Challenges in ‘Work-Romancing’ Students This session will focus on ways in which we can work with our students as our partners to deliver new and In this discussion I will share insights from a case study attempting to embed employability into the innovative approaches to improve learning, teaching and research and in so doing enhance student curriculum through employer-focused assessment, and highlight the challenges arising from student apathy engagement. In particular we will look at the practicalities / specifics of partnership working, the key and disengagement with the process. We will discuss the implications for employer and employability- challenges and potential solutions. focused university ambitions and challenges of preparing work-ready graduates.

Tracey Holker Dr Usha Sundaram, Associate Professor, University of East Anglia Assistant Professor, Coventry University Business School 7. Non-profit consulting projects for undergraduates: developing the skills for Industry 4.0 2. Managing effective learning collaboration within Higher and Degree Apprenticeships through ethical business education Further details to be announced Further details to be announced

Gillian Saieva Dr Patrick McGurk, Deputy Director Education, Queen Mary University of London Head of Business, Finance & Accounting, Higher and Degree Apprenticeships,

Celia Walters Apprenticeships Programme Manager, Solent University 10 *Timings and session details (titles/speakers) are provisional and subject to final confirmation charteredabs.org/events/ltse2020 #LTSE2020

3. Exploration of the data literacy skills of Business and Management graduates. What is the 8. Has the personal tutorial got a role to play in supporting the development of feedback effect of skill levels in this area on graduate employability in Business? literacy? As a former data management practitioner I am aware of how vital data literacy is in business. As an Do you struggle to ensure personal tutorials are well attended? Could a dialogue around continuous academic I feel we do not prepare our graduates sufficiently in this area within Business and Management improvement, provide a clear purpose? Could there be a new role for the personal tutorial that deepens the degrees. tutor-student relationship through engagement with strategies of self-regulation? Could this then develop feedback literacy as a skill for life-long learning, in turn supporting attainment and positive mental well- Liz Cunningham being? Come and join the debate. Senior Lecturer, Newcastle Business School Liz Gee 4. How can academics encourage and enable students to develop the employability skills they Associate Dean, Fashion Business School need for a successful career? Further details to be announced 9. Exploring assessment and feedback through a different lens: Business School Academics in management roles undertaking doctoral studies Nicky Thomas Academics engaging in a programme of intense study whilst working full time reverses the usual staff/ Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter student status. This discussion allows us time together to explore insights into assessment and feedback, touching on themes like the mechanics of student submission, interpreting assignment instructions, 5. Equal opportunities for success in the graduate labour markets. A personalised approach? confidence- shattering comments in a stressful world …and consider making changes to our practice as a Further details to be announced result.

Jill Webb Erica Cargill Director of Teaching and Learning, University of Academic Strategic Lead - Department of Management, Aberdeen Business School

Caroline Chaffer Garry Carr Director of Undergraduate Programmes, MBA Course Director, School of Business Strategy, Operations & Enterprise, Beckett University

Lesley Glass Associate Dean Visiting Lecturers, Hertfordshire Business School

Dawn Howard Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour (Management), University of Sussex Business School

10. How do UK universities engage with commuter students? Further details to be announced

Dr Kay Emblen-Perry Senior Lecturer, Department of Management and Finance, Worcester Business School

17:00 End of Day One

19:00 Drinks Reception & Gala Dinner at Titanic Belfast

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Day Two: Wednesday 13 May

08:50 Registration and refreshments

09:20 Welcome Anne Kiem, Chief Executive, Chartered ABS Professor Heather, Pro Vice-Chancellor/Dean, Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University; Vice Chair, Chartered ABS LTSE Committee

09:30 Keynote Address

Breakout i. Collaborating with employers, students other disciplines Breakout ii. Enriching learning through technology Breakout iii. Developing enterprising, ethical and work-ready graduates 10:20 Cocreation through action research with employers, students Online students as consumers or producers of knowledge? Designing curriculum to develop entrepreneurial and staff for employability development Challenges and enablers competencies: an evaluation of educational approaches and RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) the EntreComp Framework RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) This doctoral study evaluates a transitional Community of Practice This research examines the roles of both students and tutors in an between employers, students and academic staff in a first-year online learning environment. The professional impact of this is to Various entrepreneurship education tools and approaches (business marketing classroom. Through cocreation and action research, ascertain if a paradigm shift is evident and if so, what impact it presents model canvas, lean methodology, business pitching and planning and stakeholders compared conceptions of key graduate attributes, and to UK HEIs in terms of module and course planning, delivery, and computer simulation) have been utilised in the design of a year-long identified attributes for focus in the next teaching cycle. The study assessment. business start-up undergraduate model. Using the EntreComp explores how cocreation did, and did not, support learning, and Framework, this presentation assesses the extent to which each psychosocial barriers to effective cocreation processes for developing Dr Helen Shiels education tool and approach has impacted students’ entrepreneurial pedagogic approaches. Lecturer in Management, Ulster University Business School competencies. It will also offer a critique of the EntreComp Framework in terms of its usefulness in curriculum design. Sara Bird, Faculty Director for Learning and Teaching, Bristol Business Dr Diane Sloan School, University of the West of England Professor of Learning and Teaching, Newcastle Business School Dr Adam Frost Lecturer (Education) in Entrepreneurship, Queen's University, Belfast

10:50 Creativity outside the creative disciplines: a cross disciplinary Virtual Learning Environments – student engagement, Session to be announced study of business and history students perceptions and performance RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes)

This longitudinal interdisciplinary study explores student perceptions of Further details to be announced creativity, and mechanisms to encourage student creativity in disciplines not regarded as inherently creative – Business and History. Melanie Powell We will provide an overview of student creativity and the study results. Senior Lecturer in Economics, Derby Business School There will be opportunity for participants to explore the topic and consider mechanisms to encourage creativity in student work in their Dr Eugene Michaels own teaching. Senior Lecturer in Economics,

Dr Maria Kutar Senior Lecturer in Information Systems,

Dr Marie Griffiths Reader in Digital Technologies, Salford Business School

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Dr Jamie Wood School Director of Learning and Teaching, School of History and Heritage,

Breakout iv. Post-experience education Breakout v. Outside of the box education Breakout vi. Effective assessment & constructive feed-forward

10:20 Management development through action research: Insights Beyond the LSP Duck-verse; a LEGO serious play workshop on Video assessment: An innovation for students and assessors? & lessons from a case study on social prescribing undertaken equality diversity & inclusion WORKSHOP (60 minutes) as part of an MBA-DA programme WORKSHOP (60 minutes) RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) This three-part workshop begins with Fodhla McGrane explaining how Our workshop uses the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method and materials to she used ‘video’ assessment this year, including details of the actual

Further details to be announced investigate the complexity of equality diversity and inclusion in assessment and results. Secondly, Antoine Rivoire explains how he

management education. This approach provides a non-intrusive and enabled the project, showcases his ‘Student Guide to Video

Dr Thomas Scanlon non-threatening means of investigating the two concepts and their Assessment’ and examples of students’ videos. 30 mins Q&A follows to

Deputy Head Department of People and Performance, Manchester relevance to business education as well as the dilemmas that discuss video assessment, the pros and cons, and impacts on students.

Metropolitan University academics may face in teaching these complex and multi-faceted

subjects. Dr Fodhla McGrane

Lecturer, Ulster University Business School

Dr Alexander Kofinas

Principal Lecturer in Strategy, University of Bedfordshire Antoine Rivoire

Educational Technologist, Office for Digital Learning, Ulster University

Dr Crystal Tsay

Senior Lecturer in Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour,

University of Greenwich

Dr Anna Romanova

Associate Professor,

10:50 Building and sustaining long-term connections with PGT students using relationship marketing approaches

RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes)

A small scale, qualitative study was undertaken at a Birmingham based

Business School. It considered whether Relationship Marketing (RM)

approaches could better assist universities in recruiting and retaining

PGT students, more so than traditional Marketing approaches. This paper outlines the application of RM approaches, highlighting the importance of satisfaction, service quality in building loyalty, trust and commitment with PGT students.

Wendy Tabrizi Head of Marketing & Strategy Group, Aston Business School

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Breakout vii. Presentations powered by PechaKucha

10:20 1. The value of giving back - the Not-for-profit consultancy project in the MBA program 5. The 6 P's of Critical Thinking Learning The AMBS Not-for-Profit (Nfp) Consultancy Project combines the academic rigour of conducting a research Critical thinking is a vital graduate attribute preparing students for an increasingly uncertain future. To project but goes beyond the academic literature in experience learning outside the classroom; incorporating achieve this at the level of the individual student we need to focus on the way in which students experience the opportunity for charities to get a value added-service they can’t afford, the opportunity for students to learning. When termed like this, we consider what enables critical thinking learning and outcomes, from an understand the importance of giving back and local engagement for the global MBA student. individual student’s perspective. Dr Ivory’s ‘6 P’s of Critical Thinking Learning’ will help any teacher integrate critical thinking into large cohort lectures or small group tutoring. Patricia Perlman-Dee Senior Lecturer, Alliance Manchester Business School Dr Sarah Ivory Lecturer, Business School 2. Using Collaborative Online International Learning Projects to Enrich Students' Learning Experiences 6. Creating a personalised learning journey through lecture maps This PechaKucha will contribute to theme 8: Developing enterprising, ethical and work-ready graduates. It Further details to be announced will demonstrate how business schools can better prepare students for graduate level careers by embedding business practice as part of curriculum design and content. Research often reveals a growing tendency Dr Andy Holden towards an embedded curriculum focused practice. By the end of the presentation attendees will have an Senior lecturer, Newcastle University understanding of benefits and challenges of this embedded approach, a lessons learnt from Coventry University London. 7. Back-on-Track: Supporting repeat-year students to progress This session will outline Hertfordshire Business School’s ‘Back-on-Track’ programme for repeat-year students, Alison Maton based on a personalised learning agreement with additional workshops, coaching and monitoring. Input and Senior Lecturer Hospitality and Tourism, Coventry University London impact analyses will demonstrate the rationale for resourcing an intensive credit-recovery programme, highlighting the benefits for both students and the institution. Dr Hany Wells Associate Dean - Student Experience and Quality Assurance, Coventry University London Sara de Sousa Student Success Lead, University of Hertfordshire 3. Brick Dominant Logic: Bringing Marketing to Life with Lego Explaining the varying forms of value co-creation can be a dry theoretical domain. Instead, we used an Maria Banks applied exercise sequence of trading, building, and explaining to embody the cocreation process in hands-on Associate Dean Student Experience, University of Hertfordshire experiences. The presentation covers the how, the why, the bricks, and the response from the student cohort to a novel means of making the value concept click. 8. How to Integrate the EPA within the Apprenticeship Programme (MSc Senior Leadership) Dr Stephen Dann This presentation will document the importance of integrating the End Point Assessment (EPA) when Senior Lecturer, Australian National University establishing an apprenticeship programme so that a more engaging and dynamic environment is created and the EPA is connected to all of the modules within the programme rather than as a ‘bolt-on’ at the end. 4. Empowering academic leadership Further details to be announced Yvonne Moogan Associate Professor of Online Business Education and Director of Apprenticeship Programmes, Leeds Dr Amanda Miller University Business School Education Lead, Manchester Metropolitan University

Linda Matthews Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University

11:20 Break

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Breakout i. Effective assessment & constructive feed-forward Breakout ii. Learning beyond the classroom Breakout iii. Personalised learning journeys 12:00 This is not plagiarism however it is a bad use of "power Student resilience: challenges, coping strategies and resources Understanding similarities and differences in student phrasing”: Assessment of home and International student RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) experience preferences and the implications for (mis)understandings of citation practice personalisation RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) This research investigates students’ resilience in the context of higher RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) education. Most students will face challenges during their studies, and

The study of academic integrity frequently focusses on why students some students will thrive from them. The results of a qualitative study Further details to be announced

elect to “cheat”. A limited number however address more practical are presented to illustrate both the key challenges faced by students

underpinnings of academic integrity as an educational activity. The and the resources that resilient students use to cope with them. Julie Rosborough

presentation will discuss the outcomes of an empirical study, Principal Lecturer, Nottingham Business School

conducted over 2 years, to uncover the stumbling blocks presented by Dr Caterina Presi

academic writing for students, and student (mis)understanding of what Associate Professor of Marketing Practice, Leeds University Business is and what is not plagiarism. School

Sarah Carnegie Lecturer in Human Resource Management, Newcastle University Business School.

Dr Elaine Tan Lecturer in Education Innovation, Newcastle University Business School

Breakout iv. Collaborating with employers, students Breakout v. Effective assessment & constructive Breakout vi. Learning beyond the classroom Breakout vii. Outside of the box education other disciplines feed-forward

12:00 Co-creating entrepreneurial education to New ideas for assessments The climate emergency and the end of Discovering your inner Aristotle. Engaging support the future of work WORKSHOP (60 minutes) 'beyond the classroom' student travel? Students Using Social Media and Aristotelian WORKSHOP (60 minutes) WORKSHOP (60 minutes) Rhetoric as a Tool for Critical Thinking (and Over time, the MBA Elective courses on the Full-time other things) In today’s dynamic society, we are facing future of and Global MBA Programs at Alliance Manchester Further details to be announced WORKSHOP (60 minutes) work (FoW) challenges that demand new and Business School (AMBS) has moved away from different ways of thinking and of delivering traditional closed book exams and instead Darren Hoad Many students are hesitant to think critically, yet programmes, Ulster University Business School is co- incorporated a range of other type of Senior Lecturer in Business and Management, Bath such skills are highly sought after in the workplace. creating new learning models for the new world of assessments. In this highly interactive workshop, you Spa University As such, this begs the question, as educators, how work. The highly interactive workshop will showcase will explore what innovative assessments are/could do we teach students critical thinking skills and how best practice in experiential and blended action- be and how you can use these in your own courses. can we do this in an engaging and inspiring way? learning through a series of innovative, industry- One way to do this is to draw on the work of specific sessions Patricia Perlman-Dee Aristotle’s rhetoric. Rhetoric is based on proofs, Senior Lecturer, Alliance Manchester Business syllogisms and arguments, which activate the mental Professor Heather Farley, Professor of Management School ability of humans and therefore promote creative Education, Associate Dean (Education), Ulster and critical thinking. This workshop introduces a fun University Business School and out of the box technique to engage students in critical thinking drawing on Aristotelian rhetoric as a Dr Shirley Davey, Lectures in Innovation and framework. Management Development, Ulster University Business School Dr Lucy Gill-Simmen Lecturer in Marketing, Royal Holloway, University of London 15 *Timings and session details (titles/speakers) are provisional and subject to final confirmation charteredabs.org/events/ltse2020 #LTSE2020

Judith Wylie, Course Director BSc Hons Business Technology, Ulster University

Frances Devine, Lecturer, Ulster University

Dr Andrea Reid, Programme Director MSc Marketing, Lecturer Business Communication, Ulster University

Professor Gillian Armstrong, Director of Business Engagement, Ulster University Business School

Breakout viii. Roundtable Discussions

12:00 1. Ways to enhance learning through cross-national interaction 5. Student Placements: Bringing Work Experience Back into the Classroom

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Dr Geethanjali Selvaretnam Julia Hodgson Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow Lecturer, University of Management School

Dr Wenya Cheng Professor Liz Crolley Lecturer, University of Glasgow Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programmes,

2. “Feel the fear and do it anyway “: Objections and solutions to online learning 6. Less is more, the value of unstructured learning in higher education

Online learning promises to democratise learning, allowing students to access new knowledge and skills in a Further details to be announced way which is affordable, convenient and sustainable. Yet, far from being a ‘silver bullet’ many academics are concerned about abandoning tried and tested methods of teaching, the quality of online courses and Dr Sara Hajikazemi workload. In this roundtable session, Matt will facilitate a discussion around the hopes and fears of online Lecturer, School of Business, London South Bank University learning with a view to discovering if online really is the future. The opinions and statements will also be used (if permitted) to begin a scholarship project exploring the leadership challenges of online Dr Barbara Czarnecka implementation. Associate Professor, School of Business, London South Bank University

Dr Matt Offord 7. A Sense of Belonging: Promoting a Positive Learner Community Identity Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning and Teaching, Adam Smith Business School This round table discussion will focus on how we can we harness the curriculum to promote a positive sense 3. Digitalising learning opportunities to enhance student experience of learner identity and community. The session aims to explore innovative solutions that have demonstrated impact both in terms of promoting a positive identity and sense of belonging, and also in terms of enhancing Further details to be announced learner retention, achievement and progression.

Professor Vish Maheshwari Angela Mazzetti Associate Dean – Students, Senior Lecturer in Management Practice, Newcastle University Business School

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4. #NBSdiscover 8. Employability Approaches, Personalisation and Professional Competence Frameworks

In this roundtable we will share the details of an induction project we run at scale at Nottingham Business Further details to be announced School. The project takes students outside of the classroom, to explore Nottingham city centre through the lens of a contemporary business issue. The session will provide insight into how we engage students, staff Dr Richard Howarth, Marketing Academic, Nottingham Business School and external organisations with the project. Dr Seamus Allison, Course Leader, Nottingham Business School

Amanda Thompson, Director of Taught Undergraduate Programmes, Nottingham Trent University 9. Levelling Inequalities in access to PG Programmes - the impact of the Postgraduate loan Dr Shelley Clark, Head of Personalisation and Experiential Learning, Nottingham Trent University The Postgraduate Loan has allowed for a significant expansion in Master’ numbers. This discussion allows us time together to reflect on this expansion. Has the Postgraduate loan reduced the perceived inequalities in access to . Further, given there are few specifically postgraduate jobs outside of particular specialist areas (such as academic research) It is also unclear what Postgraduate students do after graduation and what factors affect master’s their destinations.

Garry Carr, MBA Course Director, School of Business Strategy, Operations & Enterprise,

13:00 Lunch

Breakout i. Outside of the box education Breakout ii. Enriching learning through technology Breakout iii. Personalised learning journeys Breakout iv. Outside of the box education

14:00 What’s wrong with our box and what we’ve Using technology in active blended learning Through the lens of students - how self- Enabling innovation: practical measures and put in it? An exploration of employers’ need to accelerate praxis gains for employability reflection, coaching and community is considerations for creativity WORKSHOP (60 minutes) enhancing their Personal & Professional WORKSHOP (60 minutes) WORKSHOP (60 minutes) Development and Student Experience Further details to be announced WORKSHOP (60 minutes) This workshop addresses the practicalities Further details to be announced associated with introducing innovative approaches Dr Elaine Yerby Learn about UEBS’s innovative Edinburgh Award (EA) to learning into a degree course, and considers Elaine Clarke Senior Lecturer in Practice, London school of programme for Personal and Professional tensions between the demands of academics, Senior Lecturer, Aston Business School Economics Development (PPD.) Hear from Rona Doig, Head of students, and a range of other stakeholders Student Development and EA coach and Mally including external partners. Participants will be able Chris Wilson Rebecca Page-Tickell Smith, UEBS/EA Alumna, who will share findings to relate these factors to settings with which they Senior Lecturer, Aston University Director of MBA Programmes, University of East from her MSc dissertation research on this may be familiar and will discuss how to create a London programme. Experience some of the EA’s tools, climate within which educational innovation is exploring how self-reflection, coaching and encouraged. community can enhance PPD, student-experience and engagement. Dr Martin Rich Senior Lecturer in Information Management, Cass Rona Doig Business School Head of Student Development, University of Edinburgh Business School

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Breakout v. Effective assessment & constructive feed-forward Breakout vi. Personalised learning journeys Breakout vii. Developing enterprising, ethical and work-ready graduates

14:00 Can multiple small feedback activities improve student Assessment choice: narrowing or widening gaps in Innovative teaching practices in developing enterprising, performance? Evidence from a final-year compulsory module achievement? ethical and work ready graduates RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) WORKSHOP (60 minutes)

Further details to be announced Choice in assessment topic/mode is widely accepted to reduce This workshop is designed to give attendees insight into how the attainment gaps and help engage students. However, this pilot study Scottish Innovative Student Awards ( SISA) model is being used to Dr Peter Hughes with students from across one university oliverand staff from multiple enhance the student experience in Scotland and prepare students Lecturer in Economics, institutions suggests that, while many students cultivate career across all disciplines and levels for the future. There will be a focus on aspirations and increase grades though positive choices, others suffer how this model is being integrated across different HE curriculums and Dr Antonio Rodriguez-Gil lower grades, anxiety and poorer student satisfaction. We review used to validate the work being done by academics to prepare their Lecturer in Economics, University of Leeds implications for scaffolding of fair and effective choice in assessment. students for the future and to help students identify when they are getting exposure to these future facing skills and why. Two case studies Dr Juliane Scheffel Sara Bird from the North East of Scotland will be presented. Attendees will get Lecturer in Economics, University of Leeds Faculty Director for Learning and Teaching, Bristol Business School, practical experience of the pedagogies being used throughout SISA and University of the West of England the opportunity to reflect on how they might use them.

Ann Davidson 14:30 Closing the loop: using holistic rubrics for effective assessment Session to be announced Enterprise Programme Manager, Scottish Institute for Enterprise and feedback RESEARCH PAPER (30 minutes) Dr Pauline Bremner Lecturer,

How can rubrics help students to improve their performance without Dr Joy Perkins increasing staff workload? This paper discusses the introduction of Educational & Employability Advisor, holistic assessment and feedback rubrics in our Business School. It

begins by explaining what a holistic rubric is by situating the discussion

within the pedagogical literature. It then sets out the benefits to staff

and students of using this approach, both in academic terms and for student well-being.

Sarah Honeychurch Teaching Fellow, University of Glasgow

15:00 Close of conference

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Digital Posters

Bridging the gap; Contextualising graduate liminality through Enhancing the method of adaptive comparative judgment to Supporting the Student Journey: A 360 Approach to Extra transition design improve assessment design, peer evaluation and feedback Curricula Activity

Further details to be announced We look at Comparative Judgment marking, in which a peer This poster explores the range of extra-curricula activities our assessor compares two assignments and selects the better of the department has implemented to support student journey. As a Andrew Amayo two. A special advantage of Comparative Judgment is that large department, we recognise the importance of having a range Senior Lecturer, Birmingham City University assessors are generally reluctant to assign marks to their peers of mechanisms in place to achieve this. This poster tells a story of directly but are happy to make pairwise comparisons. Our pilot our implementation journey, including our achievements and project builds on this methodology, testing for sequence order and challenges. depletion biases in the assessment process. Anna Egan Professor Leighton Vaughan Williams Reader, Accounting and Finance, Manchester Metropolitan Professor of Economics and Finance, Nottingham Business School University

Anna Hard-Watmough Deputy Head of Department, Manchester Metropolitan University

Catherine Youds Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University

Fostering Academic Socialisation through Peer Assisted Learning Does academic performance depend on undergraduate student The ‘Narrated PowerPoint Presentation’ as an alternative to attendance rate? University attendance policies and their traditional assessed oral presentations On this poster we present our reflections and experience of reception by the undergraduate students developing a Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) programme for a period This poster reports on the use of 'narrated PowerPoint of three years. Academic Socialization, fostered through PAL, Further details to be announced presentations’ as an alternative tool for summative group resulted in phenomenal improvements on student attainment and assessment in a large MSc class in the field of retention. Students holding non-traditional entry qualifications – Wioletta Nawrot Business/Management. It highlights the key facets of this novel BTECs - and those coming from less advantageous socio-economic Teaching Professor, ESCP Business School approach, weighs-up the associated benefits and challenges from backgrounds benefited the most from their engagement with PAL. the instructor and student perspective, and considers its applicability in different learning and teaching scenarios. Dr Grigorios Theodosopoulos Senior Lecturer in Accounting, Brunel Business School Dr Mike Crone, Lecturer (Education) in International Business, Queen’s Management School Sue Hardman Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting and Auditing, Brunel Business School 19 *Timings and session details (titles/speakers) are provisional and subject to final confirmation charteredabs.org/events/ltse2020 #LTSE2020

Educators' and learners' views about the adoption of Virtual Re-Placing the Placement: Enhancing the Work Placement The Future Leaders Certificate: Preparing our MSc students for Reality technology within HE and potential pedagogical Experience of Newcastle University Business School Students the Future of Work challenges Further details to be announced Further details to be announced Virtual Reality (VR) has the potential to significantly alter how educators teach and how learners learn. However, extant research Dr Ana Popovic Dr Nicki Newman found that some students were less pleased with modules using Lecturer in Marketing, Newcastle University Business School Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes, Birmingham Internet technology compared with traditional methods. Business School Furthermore, the adoption of VR has been slow partially because Dawn McCartie of the cost and content. Using the case of Greenwich Business Lecturer in Marketing, Newcastle University Business School Sandy Purewal School, this poster illustrates how educators and students view the Skills Development Consultant, adoption of VR and the potential pedagogical challenges. Using social media in teaching and Learning in Higher Education Michael De Domenici Head of the Department, Department of Marketing, Events and This poster aims to present different types of social media tools Tourism, University of Greenwich Business School that could be used to support teaching and learning e.g. Online blogs, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin other online Dr Hyunsun Yoon application such as Mindmeister. It provides some best practices in Senior Lecturer in Advertising and Marketing Communications, exploring how students learn and building up active learning Department of Marketing, Events and Tourism, University of communities. This poster suggests some interactive teaching and Greenwich Business School learning approaches that could be used to identify and measure learning gains as a key foundation for student experience. Enhancing Indian MBA students’ employability through an experiential and inclusive learning residential: A longitudinal Dr Mohamed Saeudy study on student self-development outside of the classroom Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, University of Bedfordshire Further details to be announced

Dr Victoria Jackson Senior Lecturer in Business, Full Time MBA programme lead, Lancashire School of Business and Enterprise

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