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International Enhancement Conference 2015 - Breakout Session Timetable
Title
Presenters
Type
Session No Day and time
Supporting student transitions to placement: Sally Smith and Colin Smith, Edinburgh
developing a new self-identity
Napier University, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
1
Tuesday 9 June (am)
‘Second year is an enormous step up’:
Understanding and supporting transitions
within undergraduate degree courses.
Sue Whittle, University of Leeds, UK
Staff-led Presentation
1
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Student Voice and Peer Support During
Transition
Debbie Meharg, Jenny Tizard and Alison
Staff-led Presentation
Varey, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
1
Tuesday 9 June (am)
2+2=3? : A comparative study of academic
attainment between FE to HE articulating
students and their HE only counterparts.
Craig Leith and Elliot Pirie, Robert Gordon
University, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
1
Tuesday 9 June (am)
From Placement to Academic Meltdown: a
Tracy Pirie and Carolyn McNicholas, Robert
qualitative study of student experience in the Gordon University, Scotland
transition from 3rd year work placement back
to 4th year academic study
Staff-led Presentation
1
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Student engagement at all points of
transition: partnership working in policy and
practice
Staff-led Presentation
1
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Nicola Andrew, Lesley McAleavy, Ruth
Whittaker, Jackie Main and John Gaughan,
Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
1
Title
Presenters
Type
Session No Day and time
Redesign of the Pharmacy programme at the Anne Boyter and Philip Winn, University of
University of Strathclyde
Strathclyde, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
1
Tuesday 9 June (am)
A Framework to enhance student
engagement with simulation
Maureen Crowley, University of the West of
Scotland, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
1
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Guiding students onto a successful
David Booth, Nicholas Brewer, Linda Morris
undergraduate path. Are we taking the route and David Coates, University of Dundee,
through the “mole”-hill or are we climbing the Scotland
mountain?
Staff-led Presentation
1
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Transition to professional practice
placements: improving the experience of
disabled and non-disabled students
Shirley Hill, University of Dundee, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
1
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Now I know what to expect
Angela Shapiro and Margaret McShane,
Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
Staff-led Workshop
1
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Empowering Nurse Graduates as Change
Agents
Megan Dickson, Ruth Magowan and Kristina Student-led Presentation
Mountain, Queen Margaret University,
Scotland
1
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Student Perspectives on Transitioning from
FE to HE
Ana-Maria Bogdan, Isla Elliott, Craig Leith
and Elliot Pirie, Robert Gordon University,
Scotland
1
Tuesday 9 June (am)
2
Student-led Presentation
Title
Presenters
Type
Session No Day and time
How can we make use of technology and
Alexander Macdonald, Daniel Mackay,
Student-led Workshop
community to assist in students transition into Ouanis Seddaoui, Konstantin Ivanovich,
university?
Karen Petrie and Rachel Menzies, University
of Dundee, Scotland
1
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Poetic transcription with a twist: an option in
supporting student transition?
Staff-led Presentation
2
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Vertically integrated transitions: empowering Iain Mitchell, Stephanie Mckendry, Amanda
students through integrative, peer learning
Baldwin and Jan McGhie, University of
Strathclyde, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
2
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Placement is a two way street! The impact of Neil Lent, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
work placement on academic identity and
progression of final year undergraduates
Staff-led Presentation
2
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Academic Writing Matters
Staff-led Presentation
2
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Understanding Student Transition to UK HE: Michael Mcewan, University of Glasgow,
the expectations of essay writing for students Scotland
and staff.
Staff-led Presentation
2
Tuesday 9 June (am)
A unique approach to placement and work
experience transitions though collections
Staff-led Presentation
2
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Fiona Smart, Edinburgh Napier University,
Scotland, Daphne Loads, University of
Edinburgh, Scotland and Irene Malcolm,
Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
Mary Pryor and Alison Lumsden, University
of Aberdeen, Scotland
Monica Callaghan and Sally-Anne Coupar,
University of Glasgow, Scotland
3
Title
Presenters
Type
Careers in the Curriculum - Working with
groups - A Targeted Approach
Ruth O'Riordan, University of Dundee,
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
2
Tuesday 9 June (am)
How is Reasonable Adjustment implemented Sally Adams, Robin Ion and Andrea
in clinical placements for student nurses with Cameron, Abertay University, Scotland
dyslexia?
Staff-led Presentation
2
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Transition points in professional degree
programmes: monitoring the student
experience to identify enhancement
opportunities
Kirsty Hughes, University of Edinburgh,
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
2
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Using Technology to Encourage Social
Interaction during Induction: the use of
Adobe Voice on the iPad
Julie Thomson and Margaret McCann,
Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
2
Tuesday 9 June (am)
An institution-wide learner journey approach
to transition and widening access
Stephanie Mckendry and Anna Damer,
University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Staff-led Workshop
2
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Making Recognition of Prior Learning work :
implementing the National RPL Framework
for Higher Education (HE) in Scotland
Ruth Whittaker, Glasgow Caledonain
University, Scotland, Heather Gibson, QAA
Scotland and Peter Chatterton, Independent
Consultant
Staff-led Workshop
2
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Student-led Presentation
2
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Solve your own problems! Peer designed and Shelby Barnett, Alex Currie and Steven
student led methods for transition through
Tucker, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
the threshold concepts of Pharmacokinetics.
4
Session No Day and time
Title
Presenters
Type
Empowering students to be a resource in
each other’s learning through active student
participation
Susanna Barrineau, Ulrike Schnass, Alexis
Engström and Fredrik Härlin, Uppsala
University, Sweden
Student-led Presentation
2
Tuesday 9 June (am)
Staff-led Presentation
3
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Student-led teaching: role models and rolling Roger Watt, Rebecca Skinner and Francesca Staff-led Presentation
legacy as students taught by students teach Worsnop, University of Stirling, Scotland
students in their turn
3
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Harnessing Technology to Improve
Functional Writing Skills which Empower
Students Through Transitions
Margaret McCann, University of Glasgow,
Scotland and Julie Thomson and Claire
Bereziat, Glasgow Caledonian University,
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
3
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
The Academic Skills Project: Helping
undergraduate students develop disciplinespecific skills
Catriona Wilson, University of St Andrews,
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
3
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
“You have to be independent. It’s very
different.” Exploring ways in which
completing an International Foundation Year
influences international students’ transition
during the first year of their degree course.
Jennie Jones and Stephanie Fleischer,
University of Brighton, England and Alistair
McNair, Unuiversity of Brighton's
International College, England
Staff-led Presentation
3
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Dr Who and the Curriculum Planners: early
observations from a longitudinal study of
Associate Students’ transition to University.
Julia Fotheringham and Alistair Stupart,
Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
3
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Experiential learning in the Pharmacy degree Anne Boyter and Philip Winn, University of
Strathclyde, Scotland
5
Session No Day and time
Title
Presenters
Type
Using a Virtual University World to aid
Overseas PGT Orientation
Ishbel Duncan and Janie Brooks, University
of St Andrews, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
3
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Enhancing work-placement provision in the
life sciences sector across Scottish
universities
Allison Carrington, University of Aberdeen,
Scotland and Ronnie Palin, Skills
Development Scotland, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
3
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Supporting widening participation student
Frances Parry, University of Edinburgh,
transitions into and through University: an
Scotland
identity and behaviours approach for Biology
Staff-led Presentation
3
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Effective Action Strategies to Improve
Retention, Progression and Completion of
Transitioning Students
Elaine Clafferty and Barry Beggs, Glasgow
Caledonian University, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
3
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Delivering Internships in China: Transitions
into International Employability
Lynsay Pickering and Sophie Morrison,
University of Dundee, Scotland
Staff-led Workshop
3
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Assessment design and learner transitions:
from programme entry and progression to
entering professional practice
Lynn Boyle, University of Dundee, Scotland, Staff-led Workshop
Keith Smyth, University of the Highlands and
Islands, Scotland, and David Walker,
University of Sussex, England
3
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Development of contextualised math
problems for Engineering students
Kalina Asenova and Andrew Starkey,
University of Aberdeen, Scotland
3
Tuesaday 9 June (pm)
6
Student-led Presentation
Session No Day and time
Title
Presenters
Type
Session No Day and time
Rethinking peer, rethinking review: Students’ Kelda Sinclair, Andrina Matthew, Ursula
transition to colleagues
Green and Samantha Purves, Edinburgh
Napier University, Scotland
Student-led Presentation
3
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
A Pre-Entry Distance Course on Moodle:
articulating course expectations, aiming to
impact on access, and student confidence.
Chris Finlay, Mary McVey, Beth Paschke,
Graham MacIntosh and Leoni Dewert,
University of Glasgow, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
4
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Transition from Student to Examiner:
Assessment Literacy Interventions in a
Veterinary Curriculum
Susan Rhind, University of Edinburgh,
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
4
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Use of Academies as a new model to
Sandra Grieve, Queen Margaret University,
empower students during transition and help Scotland
them make informed choices
Staff-led Presentation
4
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Making sense of assessment expectations
and feedback in the first year
David Carless, University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
Staff-led Presentation
4
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Supporting Transitions to Degree Study
using an Online Module
Colleen Maclean and Donald Macdonald,
University of the Highlands and Islands,
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
4
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Staff-led Presentation
4
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Transitional expectations: the interface
Sam Ellis and Alison Nimmo, Glasgow
between skills and knowledge at a post-1992 Caledonian University, Scotland
university
7
Title
Presenters
Type
Session No Day and time
Alumni Mentoring Project for Undergraduates Robert Stott, Glasgow Caledonian University, Staff-led Presentation
Scotland
4
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Enhancing the ‘Employability Journey’ for
Year 3 Direct Entrant Computing Students
Patricia Durkin and Colin Smith, Edinburgh
Napier University, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
4
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Mapping the Learning Curves of Transitions
to Health Care Professionalism
Sue Roff, University of Dundee, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
4
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
The University of Glasgow Reach
programme: supporting the transition to
professional degree study
Scott Iguchi-Sherry, Laura Tansley and
Karen MacEachern, University of Glasgow,
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
4
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Practical Ways to Improve the Success of
Transitioning Students
Elaine Clafferty and Barry Beggs, Glasgow
Caledonian University, Scotland
Staff-led Workshop
4
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Engaging articulating students as partners
Eve Lewis and Hannah Clarke, sparqs,
Scotland
Staff-led Workshop
4
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Transitions 20/40: Facilitating fairer
transitions into further and higher education
in the performing and production arts.
Graeme Smillie and Suzanne Kay, Royal
Conservatoire of Scotland, Scotland
Student-led Presentation
4
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
8
Title
Presenters
Type
Session No Day and time
Conflicting roles? Student representatives as Heather Mckinght, University of Brighton.
the storyteller and the translator
England
Student-led Presentation
4
Tuesday 9 June (pm)
Transition management case study: creating Steven Tucker, University of Aberdeen,
a transition tool box
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
5
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Collaborations - smoothing the transition
experience
Staff-led Presentation
5
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Unfold+ - supporting the student journey from Deborah Shaw and Robert Chmielewski,
pre-arrival to graduation using reflective
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
online templates
Staff-led Presentation
5
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Articulating student experience: Empowering Tom Campbell and Tara Thomson,
students to “articulate” what matters to them Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
during the transition from college to university
Staff-led Presentation
5
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Access To: Supporting Student Journeys
Through Partnership
Rhona Mccomiskie, Robert Gordon
University, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
5
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Matching student expectations and staff
practices in producing and engaging with
high-quality feedback
Jason Bohan, Maxine Swingler and Heather
Woods, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
5
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Edward Simpson and Dan Gilmour, Abertay
University, Scotland and Dorothee Lesley,
Dundee and Angus College, Scotland
9
Title
Presenters
Type
Session No Day and time
Embedding information literacy skills in the
Jason Bohan, Niamh Friel and Larrisa
psychology curriculum: supporting students Szymanek, University of Glasgow, Scotland
in their transition to independent researchers
Staff-led Presentation
5
Wednesday 10 June (am)
A longitudinal exploratory study of the
medical student journey from first to final
clinical exposure
Evangeline Stubbing, Jennifer Cleland and
Lynn Monrouxe, University of Aberdeen,
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
5
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Biomedical Research, Employability and
Kelly Moule and Phil Langton, University of
Enterprise Skills: preparing students for their Bristol, England
final year and beyond.
Staff-led Presentation
5
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Preparation for Placement and the Use of
Student Reflection
Robert Stott, Glasgow Caledonian University, Staff-led Presentation
Scotland
5
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Supporting reflection on transitions: where I
am now, where I want to be.
Lindsay Hewitt and Julie Robson, The Open
University
5
Wednesday 10 June (am)
The Principles of Student Engagment
Tobin Webb, Ellie Russell and Liam Jarnecki, Staff-led Workshop
The Student Engagement Partnership,
Scotland
5
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Framing the student journey: using LinkedIn
to increase student engagement with the
development of graduate attributes and
assist in the transition from education to
employment
Chris Roden, Dickon Copsey, Victoria Price,
Gordon Curry, Dorothy Aidulis and Krista
Deleeuw, University of Glasgow, Scotland
5
Wednesday 10 June (am)
10
Staff-led Presentation
Staff-led Workshop
Title
Presenters
Type
Session No Day and time
College Connect Student Summit
Anne-Marie Docherty and Yvonne Wayne,
Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
Student-led Presentation
5
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Emerging perspectives of transition within an Wendy Mayne and Samantha Bannerman,
articulation pathway: A study of the student Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
experience
Staff-led Presentation
6
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Widening access to HE in partnership with
FE Colleges: Supporting, developing and
enabling students to succeed from
disadvantaged backgrounds and make
successful transitions.
Transitions and the Applicant Experience:
Empowering students to make informed
choices
Nicholas Brewer, David Booth, Linda Morris
and David Coates, University of Dundee,
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
6
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Alyssa Newman, University of Edinburgh,
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
6
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Student experience of transition from FE to
HEI
Audrey Cund, Louise Johnston, Fiona Lundie Staff-led Presentation
and Carol Dickie, University of the West of
Scotland, Scotland
6
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Students as Partners in Redesigning the First Luke Millard and Stuart Brand, Birmingham
Year Experience
City University, England
Staff-led Presentation
6
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Students' interpersonal connections with
peers and staff at the start of higher
education
Staff-led Presentation
6
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Kara Makara, University of Glasgow and
Barry Fishman, Stuart Karabenick and
Stephanie Teasley, University of Michigan,
USA
11
Title
Presenters
Type
Familiarisation with the new environment,
staff and friendship formation: Using QR
Whodunnit Mystery Activity for students
transitioning into HE
Sharon Tonner, Professor Divya JindalSnape, University of Dundee, Scotland and
Dr Bart Rienties, University of Surrey,
England
Staff-led Presentation
6
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Student Transitions to `Work` Experience
using On-line Learning Contracts in an UG
Management Development Programme
Irene Bell and Fiona Conway, University of
Strathclyde, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
6
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Role of Student Societies in Enabling Career Heather Doran, Kenneth Skeldon and Amy
Transitions: A Case Study in Science
Hayward, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Journalism
Staff-led Presentation
6
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Widening access for international and home
health researchers
Debbi Marais, Amanda Lee and Sara
Preston, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Staff-led Workshop
6
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Reflection on and addressing students
“Disciplinary Future Self”
Valérie Jochems, Annelies Gilis, Steven
Staff-led Workshop
Huyghe, Ann Pittomvils, Anneleen Claassen,
Saartje Creten and Annemie Van Diest, KU
Leuven, Belgium
6
Wednesday 10 June (am)
The Importance of Work Placements in
Transition from Studies to Employment
Jana Jankuliakova, University of Glasgow,
Scotland
Student-led Presentation
6
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Accessing Higher Education: A Conference
for Non-Traditional Students
Lauren McKay, Stef Black and Shumela
Student-led Presentation
Ahmed, University of Stirling Students' Union,
Scotland
6
Wedensday 10 June (am)
12
Session No Day and time
Title
Presenters
Type
Cosmopolitan Transitions
Tanya Lubicz-Nawrocka, University of
Edinburgh, Scotland
Student-led Presentation
6
Wednesday 10 June (am)
Graduate Transitions: HEAR Employers'
Perspectives
Joy Perkins and Zac Hickman, University of
Aberdeen, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
7
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
‘Skills Passport’ for Life Sciences at
Edinburgh Napier University: Helping
students to help themselves
Samantha Campbell Casey, Janis
MacCallum, Patricia Durkin and Anne
MacNab, Edinburgh Napier University,
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
7
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
A rising tide raises all boats: the work of the Cathy Lambert and Veronique Johnston,
Graduate Employability Project at Edinburgh Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
Napier University
Staff-led Presentation
7
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
‘The student transition from study to
employment: Understanding employability’
Moira Bailey and Anne Stevenson, Robert
Gordon University, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
7
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
Supporting student transitions: staff
placements for curriculum development
Frances Parry and Donna Murray, University Staff-led Presentation
of Edinburgh, Scotland
7
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
Making the Most of Masters: Supporting work- Frances Parry, University of Edinburgh,
Staff-led Presentation
based transitions at three institutions
Wendy Rudland, University of Aberdeen and
Eunice Atkins, University of Stirling, Scotland
7
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
13
Session No Day and time
Title
Presenters
Graduate Internships in Learning
Development: Creating online interactive
resources for articulating students
Jane Guiller, Courtenay Holliday, David
Staff-led Presentation
Ramsay, Jane McKay, Deborah O'Neill, Lina
Petrakieva, Lesley Roberts, Lori Stevenson
and Dickson Telfer, Glasgow Caledonian
University, Scotland
Lyz Howie and Evelyn Mohammed, University Staff-led Presentation
of the West of Scotland, Scotland
7
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
7
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
Not Getting Lost in Articulation
Tom Cunningham, University of Dundee,
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
7
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
Open pathways to higher education
Lindsay Hewitt and Susan Fish, The Open
University
Staff-led Presentation
7
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
7
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
7
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
7
Wedensday 10 June (pm)
The Gathering – Showcasing Personal
Development Planning (PDP) Through
Creative Activities.
Type
Supporting students to transition to and from Sophie Morrison and Gail McGuigan,
Staff-led Workshop
short internship placements: Internship
University of Dundee, Scotland
Module and Business Management
Internship Module at the University of
Dundee.
Empowering Students Through Transitions:
Student-led Presentation
Introducing Students to Resources, Skills, &
Services
Diane Scott and Hannah Tweed, University of
Glasgow, Scotland
Outdoor Learning in Scotland in January:
Amanda Corrigan, University of Strathclyde, Student-led Presentation
what happens when you challenge first year Scotland
students to go beyond their comfort zone?
14
Session No Day and time
Title
Presenters
Type
Museum Objects as a Resource of Effective
Transition
Peter Tuka and Jana Jankuliakova,
University of Glasgow, Scotland
Student-led Workshop
7
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
Transitions to teaching
Hilaire Graham, Catherine Ogilvie and Kate
Goodhand, Robert Gordon University,
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
8
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
The Changing Landscape of Legal Practice
in Scotland: Enabling Students Become
Legal Professionals
Richard Whitecross and Isla McCrone,
Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
8
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
Transitions and Tranformations: A
Philosophical Overview
James Moir, University of Abertay, Scotland Staff-led Presentation
8
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
Developing Open Educational Practices to
Support Transitions
Pete Cannell, Opening Educational Practices Staff-led Presentation
in Scotland Project, Scotland and Ronald
Macintyre, The Open University in Scotland,
Scotland
8
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
Transitioning to Students as Partners,
Producers, Collaborators and Co-creators:
Are We Serious?
Neil McPherson and Gordon Heggie,
University of the West of Scotland, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
8
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
Making the Connection: Enhancing the
Student Transition Journey through Higher
Education
Robert Ingram and Yvonne Wayne, Glasgow Staff-led Presentation
Caledonian University, Scotland
8
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
15
Session No Day and time
Title
Presenters
Type
Enhancing engagement of local ‘commuter’
students at induction to support transition
and promote student retention and success.
Alison Browitt and Neil Croll, University of
Glasgow, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
8
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
Pre-entry Widening Participation
Programmes at the University of Glasgow:
preparing applicants for successful
transitions to degree study
Neil Croll and Alison Browitt, University of
Glasgow, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
8
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
Constructing ‘belonging’: enhancing the
Claire Mackie and Georgina Gray, University Staff-led Presentation
transition experience of direct entry students of the West of Scotland, Scotland
to university in Scotland.
8
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
The Young Applicants in School Scheme
(YASS) Scotland - higher education in the
classroom
Kitty Chilcott, Open University in Scotland,
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
8
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
Making Internships Work: A Practical
Workshop to Getting Started … and Getting
it Right.
Martha Caddell, The Open University in
Scotland, Scotland and Fiona Boyle, Queen
Margaret University, Scotland
Staff-led Workshop
8
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
Voluntary Activities as Part of Student's
Curriculum
Peter Tuka, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Student-led Presentation
8
Thursday 10 June (pm)
From home to halls and beyond: Selfreflection for smoother transitions
Caelum Davies, Glasgow University
Students' Representative Council, Scotland
Student-led Presentation
8
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
16
Session No Day and time
Title
Presenters
Type
Creating a student lead network: Our journey John Gaughan, Glasgow Caledonian
and guide to yours
University Students' Association, Scotland
8
Wednesday 10 June (pm)
Supporting International Students’ Transition Moira Fischbacher-Smith,, Michael McEwan, Staff-led Presentation
from Pathway Programmes: A Study of the
Ming Cheng, s, Josephine Adekola, Gayle
University of Glasgow
Pringle Barnes, John Kerr and Margaret
Milner, University of Glasgow, Scotland and
Panos Dendrino and Anna MacVicar,
The enhancement of outward student
Robert Sutter and Fiona Milne, University of Staff-led Presentation
mobility: Benefits of International
the West of Scotland, Scotland
collaboration to encourage transition.
9
Thursday 11 June (am)
9
Thursday 11 June (am)
Developing effective work placements for
non-vocational, social science programmes:
Case study – the ‘Community Links’ module
at the Abertay University Dundee.
Staff-led Presentation
9
Thursday 11 June (am)
A strategy for effectively mapping and
Jason Robertson and Neil Mcpherson,
embedding enterprise across (screen-based University of the West of Scotland, Scotland
media) degrees for transition into
employment.
Staff-led Presentation
9
Thursday 11 June (am)
The development of an e-toolkit for direct
entry students to aid transition into Higher
Education: The Dissertation Maze
Jacqueline Brodie and Kay Penny,
Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
9
Thursday 11 June (am)
The Imperial College Success Guide: Time
Critical Support
Mary Morrell, Jemma Strachan, Pamela
Agar, Pascal Loose and Debra Humphris,
Imperial College London, England
Staff-led Presentation
9
Thursday 11 June (am)
Nuala Killeen, Abertay University, Scotland
17
Student-led Workshop
Session No Day and time
Title
Presenters
A Strategic Vision for Transitions in Life
Sciences Programmes
Linda Morris and Nicholas Brewer, University Staff-led Presentation
of Dundee, Scotland
9
Thursday 11 June (am)
Student Researchers as Defining,
Researching and Constructing Routes to
Enhancement
Richard Stewart and Heather McKnight,
University of Brighton Students' Union,
England
Staff-led Presentation
9
Thursday 11 June (am)
Building an Evaluation Approach to Evidence Fiona Wager, Ana Zeron-Rodriguez and
Impact: Edinburgh Napier University’s
Veronique Johnston, Edinburgh Napier
Graduate Employability Project Experience
University, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
9
Thursday 11 June (am)
It gave me taste of what to expect”:
Abby Shovlin and Chris Doye, University of
Empowering students through activity based Edinburgh, Scotland
and student- led inductions
Staff-led Workshop
9
Thursday 11 June (am)
9
Thursday 11 June (am)
Transition to fourth year and beyond - The
Final Year Conference
Type
Alison Green, University of Stirling, Scotland Staff-led Presentation
Session No Day and time
The FOCUS West Programme: Innovation in Bernadette Sanderson and Graeme
Transitions through Widening Participation
Thomson, FOCUS West, University of
Routes to Higher Education
Glasgow, Scotland
Staff-led Workshop
9
Thursday 11 June (am)
Critical thinking ability depends on whom you Luke Timmons, The Social Research Unit at
live with
Dartington, England and Steve Draper,
University of Glasgow, Scotland
Student-led Presentation
9
Thursday 11 June (am)
18
Title
Presenters
Type
Transnational Student Engagement
Rebecca Maxwell Stuart, MARIHE, Scotland Student-led Presentation
Cultural Awareness and Knowledge
Exchange Scheme (CAKES): A creative
approach to supporting transition among
international students
Jane Mckay, Deborah O'Neill and Lina
Petrakieva, Glasgow Caledonian University,
Scotland
PhD Student Transitions to New Worlds of
Knowing
Irene Malcolm, Jemina Napier and Rob
Daley, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
Session No Day and time
9
Thursday 11 June (am)
Staff-led Presentation
10
Thursday 11 June (am)
Staff-led Presentation
10
Thursday 11 June (am)
Students’ perceptions of employability within Yvette Wharton and Janet Horrocks, Abertay Staff-led Presentation
their degree programme: highlighting the
University, Scotland
disparity between what academics believe is
included and the student experience.
10
Thursday 11 June (am)
Abertay Employment Law Clinic: Facilitating
students' transition from classroom
simulation to real-life legal practice
James Murphie and Nicola Tully, Abertay
University, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
10
Thursday 11 June (am)
Do you know what I know?: Investigating the Lesley Roberts and Jamie McDermott,
transition into a pre-registration Occupational Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
Therapy Masters programme.
Staff-led Presentation
10
Thursday 11 June (am)
Student Researchers in Unions as a Route to Richard Stewart and Heather McKnight,
Success
University of Brighton Students' Union,
England
Staff-led Presentation
10
Thursday 11 June (am)
19
Title
Presenters
Type
Transitions to Research: Experiencing new
paradigms
Anne Tierney and Gráinne Barkess,
Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
10
Thursday 11 June (am)
Reconceptualising Transitions: Whose
Transition is it Anyway?
Divya Jindal-Snape, University of Dundee,
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
10
Thursday 11 June (am)
Transitions from study to employment and
back again
Alison Kuiper, University of Sydney, Australia Staff-led Presentation
10
Thursday 11 June (am)
Fostering a River of Talent: a Systems
Approach
Andrew Grosovsky, University of
Massachusetts, USA
10
Thursday 11 June (am)
Adopting a pluralistic approach in
undergraduate teaching: Analysis of the
impact of student self-help groups on the
student learning experience with specific
reference to the transition period from
Secondary to Tertiary Education
Christine Wilson and Mathew Adie, University Staff-led Workshop
of Stirling, Scotland
10
Thursday 11 June (am)
A student-led approach to enhancing the
student experience of articulation
Dacid McKay, Heriot-Watt University,
Student-led Workshop
Scotland, Alasdair Clark, Fife College
Students' Association, Scotland and Hannah
Clarke, sparqs, Scotland
10
Thursday 11 June (am)
Student Partnership and it's role in the
Development of a Quality Enhancement
Process
Nicola Poole and Sophie Leslie, Cardiff
Metropolitan University, Wales
11
Thursday 11 June (pm)
Staff-led Presentation
20
Staff-led Presentation
Session No Day and time
Title
Presenters
Type
Session No Day and time
Benchmarks for MOOCs: the OpenupEd
quality label
Jon Rosewell, The Open University, UK
Staff-led Presentation
11
Thursday 11 June (pm)
Managing transitions by understanding
conceptions of learning in post-graduate
students
Karen Thomson, Glasgow Caledonian
University, Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
11
Thursday 11 June (pm)
Skills for Professional Practice in Biosciences Frances MacInnes and Ellen Gibson,
2 – A cross-disciplinary approach to student Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
transition
Staff-led Presentation
11
Thursday 11 June (pm)
The role of professional bodies in aiding
student transition into employment
Helen Rowe, The Textile Institute, England
Staff-led Presentation
11
Thursday 11 June (pm)
What transitions do internships really
support? Critical insights from Third Sector
Internships Scotland
Martha Caddell and Rosemarie Mcilwhan,
Staff-led Presentation
The Open University in Scotland, Scotland
and Fiona Boyle, Queen Margaret University,
Scotland
11
Thursday 11 June (pm)
“We’re not going to hold your hand”: Does a Elizabeth Mortimer, University of Edinburgh,
tough-love approach empower students
Scotland
when delivering support through transitions?
Staff-led Workshop
11
Thursday 11 June (pm)
Cosmopolitan Transitions for International
and Home Students
Student-led Presentation
11
Thursday 11 June (pm)
Tanya Lubicz-Nawrocka, University of
Edinburgh, Scotland
21
Title
Presenters
Type
Using student engagement to support
transition into, and out of, Post-Graduate
Taught education
Stephanie Millar, sparqs, Scotland
Student-led Workshop
11
Thursday 11 June (pm)
Staff-led Presentation
12
Thursday 11 June (pm)
A sectoral response to a sectoral challenge:
The emergence of a national voice in Irish
teaching and learning
Eloise Tan, Sarah Moore and Terry Maguire, Staff-led Presentation
National Forum for the Enhancement of
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education,
Ireland
12
Thursday 11 June (pm)
Creating an optimum learning environment
for mutual adaptation of international and
home students
Bart Rienties, The Open University, Divya
Staff-led Presentation
Jindal-Snape, University of Dundee, Scotland
and Peter Alcott, Surrey University, England
12
Thursday 11 June (pm)
Opening up a Third Space: A pilot project to
support and engage undergraduate
exchange students
Lorena Georgiadou, Johanna Holtan and
Alette Willis, University of Edinburgh,
Scotland
Staff-led Presentation
12
Thursday 11 June (pm)
Assessing employment opportunities from
Robert Kielty, Glasgow Caledonian
student internship programmes: A case-study University, Scotland
from Scottish Professional Foobtall
Staff-led Presentation
12
Thursday 11 June (pm)
Post-experience MBAs: The transition into
the workplace for FT students
Staff-led Presentation
12
Thursday 11 June (pm)
A research led approach to enhancements in Hazel Marzetti, University of Edinburgh,
assessment and feedback practice on
Scotland
undergraduate degree programmes.
William Sutherland and Ken Russell, Robert
Gordon University, Scotland
22
Session No Day and time