12th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference

The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit is responsible for organising Aberystwyth University's Annual Learning and Teaching Conference. The conference brings together a community of teaching and learning practice from across the University to celebrate, share, and showcase the exciting and innovative approaches that are taking place.

The conference includes workshops, demonstrations, presentations and guest speakers.

The 12th conference took place between Tuesday 10 and Thursday 12 September 2024.

This year’s Learning and Teaching conference had the theme:

Equipping for Excellence: Pioneering
Learning and Teaching Design

Conference Brochure

The conference brochure includes abstracts for the presentations and workshops.

Aberystwyth Learning and Teaching Conference Brochure 2024

Tuesday 10th September - Online

Time	Event	Resources
09:30-9:45	Welcome Conference Team
09:45-10:30	Prif Siaradwr \| Keynote Professor Lisa Taylor	Recording PowerPoint
10:30-11:00	Break
11:00-12:00	Gweithdy \| Workshop Professor Lisa Taylor	Gweithdy / Workshop
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13:00-13:30	Sugar-coating the pill: the highs and lows of embedding interview practice into infectious disease learning Iain Chalmers & James Cuffe	Recording
13:30-14:00	'Embedding employability skills across the curriculum and beyond' Dylan Gwynne Jones	Recording
14:00-14:30	‘An A-Z of the Integrated Year in Industry within DLS’ Paula Hughes	Recording
14:30-15:00	Break
15:00-15:30	‘Revolutionising Student Research: Transforming Learning with ResearchRabbit.ai’ Panna Karlinger, Rhodri Evans & Liam Knight	Recording PowerPoint
15:30-16:00	‘Decolonising History: The case of Module HY12420 Europe and the world, 1000-2000’ Diana Valencia-Duarte	Recording PowerPoint
16:00-16:30	‘Staging Success: Integrating Employability in the Drama and Theatre Curriculum’ Louise Ritchie & Jo Hiatt	Recording

Wednesday 11th September - On Campus

Time	Event	Room	Resources	Event	Room	Resources
09:00-9:15	Registration	Think Tank, Llandinam
09:15-10:00	‘Benefits of Scenario & Simulation-based Learning in Healthcare Education’ Asa Galeozzie, Lisa Kinsella & Matt Townsend	A6, Llandinam	Recording	'Othering within RVE’ Jas Jacques-Butterworth	B20, Llandinam	Recording PowerPoint
10:00-10:30	‘Enhancing students’ engagement and learning using retrieval practice with think-pair-share activity’ Yasir Saleem	A6, Llandinam	Recording PowerPoint
10:30-11:00	Break	Think Tank, Llandinam
11:00-12:00	‘Embedding Employability Skills through Student Union Activities’ Trish McGrath	B23, Llandinam	Recording
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13:00-13:30	‘Reading Circles: Equipping and Motivating Students to Develop Their Academic Reading Skills’ Katie Hicks	B23, Llandinam	Recording PowerPoint	‘Are we responsible for our Cultural Heritage?’ Alison Pierce	B20, Llandinam	Recording
13:30-14:00	‘Bridging the gap. Report from a project looking at the skills needs of AU students’ Nia Ellis & Non Jones	B23, Llandinam	Recording PowerPoint	‘Exploring intercultural student-staff partnerships’ Ania Udalowska	B20, Llandinam	Recording PowerPoint
14:00-14:30	‘Unlocking the library: Escape room as library induction’ Kate Barber	B23, Llandinam	Recording	“'History is so Gay!': Developing skills for queering analysis of historical sources using collage’ Diana Valencia-Duarte	B20, Llandinam	PowerPoint Workshop Reading
14:30-15:00	‘Aspire Reading Lists: what’s new for 2024-2025’ Joy Cadwallader	B23, Llandinam	Recording
15:00-15:30	Break	Think Tank, Llandinam
15:30-16:15	‘Academic Impostor Syndrome: Supporting learners to overcome self-doubt’ Val Todd	B20, Llandinam	Recording
16:15-16:45	'Why did the Polar Bear sign up for the Help class? Because he was having an ice day, but still needed some paws-on assistance! How to harness AI to streamline the creation of a Help class.’ Bruce Wright	B20, Llandinam	Recording PowerPoint

Thursday 12th September - On Campus

Time	Event	Room	Resources
09:00-9:15	Registration	Think Tank, Llandinam
09:15-10:00	'Curriculum design for employability development’ Bev Herring & Jesse Heley	B23, Llandinam	Recording PowerPoint
10:00-11:00	'Developing AI Literacy for Staff and Students’ Mary Jacob	B23, Llandinam	Recording PowerPoint Adnoddau / Resources
11:00-11:30	Break	Think Tank, Llandinam
11:30-12:00	‘Cyfieithu Mecanyddol: heriau a chyfleoedd dealltwriaeth artiffisial’ Cathryn Charnell-White & Mandi Morse	A6, Llandinam	Recording
12:00-12:30	‘Why is learning the life skills of problem solving, decision making, risk management and people handling left to experience at University?’ Clive King	A6, Llandinam
12:30-13:00	‘Rethinking Team-Taught Teaching: Literary Theory in English and Creative Writing’ Matt Jarvis & Malte Urban	A6, Llandinam	Recording PowerPoint
13:00-14:00	Lunch	Think Tank, Llandinam
14:00-15:00	‘A Trauma-Informed Approach: what is it and why should you bother?’ Emma Sheppard	B23, Llandinam	Recording PowerPoint
15:00-15:30	Break	Think Tank, Llandinam
15:30-16:30	‘Embracing Neurodiversity in Education: Strategies for Inclusive Learning’ Trish McGrath	B23, Llandinam	Recording