Programme

9 – 9.25 - Registration, Redmonds Building

9.30 – 9.40 - Welcome, Mark Power, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, Large Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, Redmonds Building

9.40 – 10.30 - Keynote, Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, Redmonds Building
Larissa Kennedy, NUS National President and Jamie Agombar, Executive Director of Students Organising for Sustainability

10.30 – 10.50 - Transfer to Student Life Building

How do we ensure students are actively engaged in contributing to our Student Experience Strategy?
Phil Vickerman, PVC (Student Experience)

An introduction to the new LJMU Curriculum Management system
Gerard Lyons

Session 2 - Improving digital skills: a student-centred approach
Christina Phillips, Faculty of Business & Law

Session 3 - Students’ work in creating and curating a de-colonised curriculum
Kathryn Walchester, Anna John & Laura Keegan, Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies

Session 4 - Training tomorrow's lawyers to tackle today's social justice and social mobility challenges
Rachel Stalker, Jess McDonald, Michelle Waite & Mary Mullin Faculty of Business & Law

Session 5 - Money matters, let’s make it count!
James Forshaw & Beverley Williams, Money Advice Team – Student Advice & Wellbeing Services

Session 6 - LJMU in the community: an outreach project by students, for students
Lila Tamea & Catherine Shillito, Student Recruitment & Admissions

Session 8 - Adopting a video orientated flexible blended approach to reduce resentment and encourage deeper learning of technical IT skills
Jon Dick & Tim Lane, Faculty of Science

Session 9 - Progress towards inclusive curricula in Sport & Exercise Sciences
Tori Sprung, Ellie Glover & Libby Mitchell, Faculty of Science

Session 10 - Student perspectives on service user and carer involvement in professional programmes: reflections on a collaborative project
Andrea Newman & Robyn Lotto, Faculty of Health

Session 11 - LJMU Student Lifestyle and Health survey 2022: results, impact and next steps
Lee Graves, Faculty of Science

Session 12 - Developing students as global citizens through COIL
Alison Lui, Madeleine Stevens, Joshi Jariwala & Maureen Royce Faculty of Business & Law

Session 13 - Lightning talks

Compassionate leadership in practice
Deb Roberts, Faculty of Health

They made me believe in myself: women's stories
Maureen Royce, Faculty of Business & Law

Students at the heart of staff interviews: lived experiences from panel member and successful candidate
Tina South & Megan Crocket, Faculty of Health

Session 14 - Lightning talks

A digital library service at your fingertips
Michelle Allen, Library Services

Scaling up students’ use of LJMU library resources
Amr Al Khateeb, Faculty of Business & Law

Letting our students discover, click and drive ebook purchases
Heather Da Vanzo & Liam Sullivan, Library Services

Session 15 – EDIpedia: putting students at the heart of equality, diversity and inclusivity (EDI)
Philip Denton, Ellie Glover, Gaby Perminaite & Shayan Ghavam, Faculty of Science & Deshan Premasiri & Sara Singh, Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Session 16 – Embedding employability narratives: collaborating with Liverpool’s cultural community to enhance level 4 study Bee Hughes & Clare Horrocks, Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies

Session 17 – Period positivity: the next step in gender equality
Ambar Ennis, John Moores Students' Union & Sara Parker, Kay Standing & Bee Hughes, Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies

Session 18 – Working together to support refugee nurses: a dynamic collaboration
Sean Mackay & Ebenezer Banahene, Faculty of Health

Session 19 – Bridge the gap peer mentoring: reflections and actions
Atif Waraich & Emma Smith, Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Session 20 – Digital capacity in education: can we use social media to enhance student learning?
Madeleine Stevens, Faculty of Business & Law

Session 21 – Supporting care-experienced students: learning from the NNECL Quality Mark
Phil Bakstad, Student Advice & Wellbeing Services

Session 22 – Civic engagement placements
Pamela Donaghy & Trudy Hutchinson, Faculty of Health

Session 23 – Health and Wellbeing: lessons learned from the pandemic, and wellbeing challenges faced as a university going forward
Raphaela Kane, Faculty of Health & Yvonne Turnbull, Student Advice & Wellbeing Services & Andy Keegan, Human Resources

Session 24 – Poverty aware practice: challenging stigma in our communities
Rachel Broady, Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies

Session 25 – Changing the face of HE with OfS and the Student Loan Company
Rachel McLean, Sarah Haynes & Abbey Davies, Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies & Kate Sillitoe, LJMU Graduate & Zoe Wallace, Industry partner

Session 26 – Laying solid foundations: a review of the foundation year
Clara Kassem, Elizabeth Taylor, Jasmine McDonald, Sanj Singh & Jessica Blenkinsopp, Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies

Session 27 – Embracing the voices of people with autism: a participatory study
Keren Coney & Jack Fitzpatrick, Student Futures

Session 28 – Developing hybrid work-based learning placements to transform the university experience
Wendy Johnston & Nicola Smith, Faculty of Science

Session 29 – Collaborating with our Women’s Academic Network to develop the new maternity policy: influence and impact upon future staff policy development
Amanda Mannion, Human Resources & Zoe Knowles, Faculty of Science

Session 30 – The Littlewoods Heritage Project: working with students and the community to preserve John Moores’s legacy
Ruth Doughty, Rhianna Arnold & Martin Jones, Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies

Session 31 – Understanding the average international student experience journey
Rosalyn Harrison, Nick Pitt & Matt Virr, International Relations

Session 32 – Lessons from a pandemic: how can we make online learning more inclusive?
Stewart Chidlow, Faculty of Engineering & Technology & Keren Coney, Student Futures & Vicci Boyd, Faculty of Science

Session 33 – Access, supporting and thriving in HE: Roma students learning journey
Patricia Jolliffe, Helen Collins, Alexandra Bahor, Alexandra Mirica, Sue Sutton & Peter Scott, Faculty of Business & Law

Session 34 – 'Learning is experience. Everything else is just information' (Albert Einstein): a closer look at LJMU's work-based learning experience objectives
Danielle Anderson, Student Futures

Session 35 – Achieving cultural change in mental health support: a work in progress
Yvonne Turnbull & Rob Michael-Phillips, Student Advice & Wellbeing Services

Session 36 – Doing business: students adding real business value in the Liverpool City Region via consultancy projects
Jan Brown, Faculty of Business & Law

Courageous conversation in equality, diversity and inclusion: where do we start?
Moni Akinsanya & Julia Daer, Human Resources

Session 37 – A conversation about key achievements/initiatives in the last 12 months that link to the values
Tina Purkis, Human Resources, Clare Milsom, Registrar & Chief Operating Officer, Raphaela Kane, Faculty of Health, Maria Burquest, Legal & Governance Services & Hannah Argo, Finance

Session 38 – Why students don't read emails: student voice research project
David Soehren, Maureen Royce, Amy Nicoll, Ines Coutinho, Maeve Mooney, Nikita Thompson, Faculty of Business & Law & Pedrom Tavakolli & Alistair Grills, John Moores Students' Union

Session 39 – Designing assessment for neurodiverse students
Sian Dunne & Denise Lee, Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Session 40 – Student placements within LJMU IT Services: a win-win situation
Chris Dyche & John Cannon, IT Services & Morgan Evans, Jency George & Emma Raymer, Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Session 41 – The LJMU Wellbeing Journal: co-creation, impact and future plans
Nicky Hirst, Ange Garden, Avril Rowley, Claire Hennessey & Sharon Burns, Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies & Rebecca Gee, Student Advice & Wellbeing Services

Session 43 – The circus comes of age: engaging staff in engaging students
Maureen Royce & David Soehren, Faculty of Business & Law

Session 44 – The use of new technologies in teaching: the case of civil engineering
Georgios Nikitas, Denise Lee & Ed Loffill, Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Session 45 – Lightning talks

Supporting disabled students on placement
Alison Jithoo & Denise Parker, Faculty of Health

What would a more holistic model for supporting students with disabilities look like?
Stewart Chidlow & Sian Dunne, Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Embracing change: nurturing equity, diversity, inclusivity and respect within the postgraduate community
Elysia Greenway, Mollie Bryde, Martina Pizzolato & Deniah Enrile, Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social & Emily Wharton, Phebie Watson, & April Howdan, Faculty of Science & Ryony Rowan, Faculty of Health

Session 46 – ‘Tell me about a time when...’ articulating LJMU’s nine employability skills through the curriculum.
Angela Standish & Keren Coney, Student Futures

Session 47 – Building respectful environments through enhanced understanding
Yvonne Turnbull, Student Advice & Wellbeing Services & Respect Always Steering Group

9 – 9.25 - Registration, Redmonds Building

9.30 – 9.40 - Welcome, professor Phil Vickerman, Pro Vice-Chancellor Student Experience, Large Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, Redmonds Building

9.40 – 10.30 - Keynote, Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, Redmonds Building
Garth Dallas, Dallas Consulting

10.30 – 10.50 - Transfer to Student Life Building

Decolonising the Curriculum Workshop
Nicola Koyama, Faculty of Science & Marie Hie & Sarah Maclennan, Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies

An introduction to the new LJMU Curriculum Management system
Gerard Lyons

Session 48 – Being a student advocate: a transformational experience
Peter Dolan, Student Recruitment & Admissions

Session 50 – Using the virtual learning environment to build an inclusive learning development service
Casey Beaumont, Library Services

Session 51 – A blended integrated-learning approach for career-oriented student success
Neil Henney, Faculty of Science

Session 52 – University walking classrooms: is there potential to maximise engagement, academic outcomes and holistic health in students?
Sally-Ann Starkey & Wendy Johnston, Faculty of Science

Session 54 – Making mentoring meaningful
Robert Morris, Rebecca Fern & Usman Rasab, Faculty of Science

Session 55 – Embracing diversity: embedding reflexivity and understanding equality in healthcare within the MSc Health Psychology curriculum
Lisa Newson & Fatima Janab, Faculty of Health

Session 56 – From a module to an MSc that upskills workers and improves graduate employability: an example from Audio/Video Forensics
Karl Jones, Colin Robinson & John Marsland, Faculty of Engineering & Technology & Suzzanne McColl & Helen Burrell, Faculty of Science & Helen Bennett, Merseyside Police

Session 57 – Creativity for inclusion: empowering the margins
Lucinda Matthews-Jones, Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies

Session 58 - Personal tutoring: what students want
Sarah Maclennan, Michael Ferguson, Julie Owens, Lissa Tucker & Frazer Kerwick, Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies

Session 59 – Lightning talks

Ten pin dialogue
Lucy McGrath & Katie Hyslop, Faculty of Business & Law

Milestones for students to lead an innovative, sustainable and resilient community
Cristina-Steliana Mihailovici, Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Believe, report, support: responding to reports of sexual violence
Jo Bleasdale & Phil Bakstad, Student Advice & Wellbeing Services

Session 60 – ♫♪ Here comes the sun ♫♪ Unravelling strengths: a dialogue to rediscover your impact!
Joshi Jariwala, Megan Hill, Karensa Hanna, Julie Ho & Mollie Sheffield, Faculty of Business & Law

Session 61 – Resource Booker: adding value for staff / students & managing the chaos of big events
Ian Gould Jones, Rob Griffin & Jakub Kolodziejczak, Academic Registry

Session 62 – Lightning talks

Across the years: alumni connections
Maureen Royce, Faculty of Business & Law & Sarah Williams, Strategy Support Office

Temporary work in and out of the University
Marnie Blackman-Cook, Unitemps

Why girls pick STEM degrees?
Denise Lee, Omoleye Ojuri & Diana Fitch, Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Communicating with students: what works, what doesn’t and how to get your message across
Tris Brown, Rose Dooley & Colette Kellgren-Parker, Corporate Communications and Stakeholder Relations

Session 63 – What motivates us to attend, engage in and enjoy seminars?
Janet Jamieson, Giles Barrett, Anne Hayes, Jim Hollinshead & Steve Wakeman, Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies

Session 65 – Tackling exclusion and encouraging inclusion
Ester Ragonese & Paul Owen, Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies

Session 66 – An evaluation of perceptions of the introduction of student-led simulation in pharmacy education
Jonathan Davies, Lauren Hewitt, Dilna Sebastian & Saba Khan, Faculty of Science

Session 67 – Bridge the gap: exploring experiences of assessment, feedback and student performance. What is next?
Elena Zaitseva, Teaching & Learning Academy

Session 68 – Applying social psychological research to inform teaching and student engagement
Sylvia Terbeck, Faculty of Health

Session 69 – Having the freedom to challenge: decolonising the curriculum through academic skills
Rhian Wyn-Williams, Library Services

Session 70 – Why PGRs need to think about impact
Emily Walker, Research & Innovation Services & Claire Hanlon & Mollie McCarthy, Faculty of Health

Session 71 – Developing a creative pedagogy to understand the 'university experience' of students with a criminal record
Helena Gosling & Sarah Maclennan, Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies

Session 72 – Listening to student voice: understanding the needs and priorities of different student groups in online and hybrid environments
Natalie Holland & Elena Zaitseva, Teaching & Learning Academy & Graham Sherwood, Academic Registry

Session 73 – An engaging and pragmatic approach to embedding the LJMU values within your teams and departments
Michael Monaghan, Human Resources

Session 74 – Louder than a thousand voices: setting up reciprocal mentoring relationships between black students and white staff
Moni Akinsanya & Julia Daer, Human Resources

Session 75 – Lightning talks

Small is beautiful: how graduate talent is empowering the SME in the Liverpool City Region’s post-Covid recovery
Shulah Jones, Student Futures

Decoding placement learning
Emma Robinson, Student Futures

Employability infused
Track Dinning & Lucy McGrath, Faculty of Business & Law & Linda Graham, Student Futures

Session 76 - Offloading on the page: expressive writing for wellbeing and positive self-awareness
Anne-Marie Smith, Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies, Anna Dolby, Faculty of Health & Debbie Burns, Student Advice & Wellbeing Services

Mark Power, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive