ICG HE Community Conference 17 June 2010

Future Expectations: Enabling students to get the most from their HE experience

BPP Leeds   17 June 2010

Programme

Welcome to BPP

• Liz Smart
  Senior Academic BPP Leeds

Keynote session

• Supporting a different learning experience
  Becka Currant, Dean of Students, University of Bradford

Session two: What students need to know about learning in HE

• Student panel: What I wish I had known before starting HE
  Chris Lovell, Maria Gardner, Sony Tseng, Cindy Lithimbi
• Preparing students for learning in HE
  Stella Barnes, Higher Education & Careers Adviser, Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College
• What the National Student Survey tells us about the student experience
  Sami Benyahia, Ipsos MORI
• Have you heard about Futuretrack yet?
  Futuretrack student experience quiz. Futuretrack student experience quiz answers
  Christine Tomkinson, HECSU

Session three: Inside HE

• Refining employability: Developing careers support for undergraduate medical students
  Chris Wadelove, Careers Adviser, School of Medical Education, University of Liverpool
• Careers in Law
  Kate Bassett, Head of Careers Leeds
• Undergraduate Study in the US
  Jamie Dunn, Communication Officer and Educational Advisor, Fulbright Commission

Workshop

• What every student should know about HE 

  What questions should students ask about HE and what resources are needed/available for them and advisers.

  What every student should know about HE (edited summary of workshops)

  Workshop flipcharts: Group 1; Group 2; Group 3; Group 4.

Session four: Back to the beginning - making initial choices 

• Providing transparent and unbiased information for students
  Steven Edwards,  Bestcourse4me.com