Students at the Heart Conference 2024 programme
Wednesday 12 June
9 to 11am - Registration and welcome
9 to 9.25am - Registration
9.30 to 9.40am - Welcome
9.40 to 10.30am - Keynote
10.30 to 11am - Transfer to Student Life Building
11.05 to 11.35am - Block A sessions
Session 1
Development of Game Based Learning Resources for Teaching Chemical Literacy Using AI
Jon Ashley, Faculty of Science
Session 2
CampusConnect: Building a Student Community
Ellen Coyle, Claire Murphy and Megan Birchall, Student Recruitment Marketing and Admissions
Session 3
Understanding Partnerships in Sport and Exercise Sciences
Craig Twist, Becky Murphy and Zoe Knowles, Faculty of Science
Session 4
'Unsung Heroes' - Impact and Community Building with Neurodiverse Learners
Victoria Brennan, Rory McDonald and Paula McNulty, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies
Session 5
Facilitating Future Skills Using LEGO® Serious Play®
Jane Dowson and Rosemary Capper, Faculty of Business and Law and Vicky Farrell, Student Futures
Session 6
Designing Assessments in Higher Education: ChatGPT and Academic Integrity
Susanne Zajitschek, Faculty of Science
Session 7
Supporting Students with Qualitative Analysis
Tom Goodale, Library Services
11.40am to 12.10pm - Block B sessions
Session 8
Lightning Talks
Using a 3D visualisation tool to facilitate flipped classroom teaching
Nick Bryan, Sandra Fawcett and Adrian O'Hara, Faculty of Science
Co-designing a Multi-professional Learning Environment for Advanced Clinical Practice Programmes
Joanna Lavery, Mark Vann, Jiordan McPherson and Eleanor Fenney, Faculty of Health
Stepping Up Psychosis: The Use of Virtual Reality in Pre-registration Mental Health Nursing Education
Christine Roberts and Niall McCann, Faculty of Health
Session 9
More than Just Obtaining a Doctorate: How Good Practice Can Transform a Student's Life
Jagroop Kaur and Helen Poole, Faculty of Health
Session 10
LJMU Engage - Connect, Collaborate, Captivate to Create a Third Space Community for Public Engagement
Zoe Knowles, Faculty of Science and Gemma Reed, Research and Innovation Services
Session 11
Enhancing the Student Community: PGR and Student Experiences of the Critical Academic Mentorship Scheme
Connie Pike, Hilary Currin, Jessica Elia and Paul Doke, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies
Session 12
Criminology Students and their Sense of Community: A Student-driven Assessment of Community-building
Steve Wakeman and Giles Barrett, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies
Session 13
Alternate Assessments - What Do They Look Like?
Denise Lee and Sian Dunne, Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Session 14
The Impact of Epistemic Beliefs and Emotions on Students' Views of Research in Professional Learning
Gillian Peiser, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies
12.15 to 12.45pm - Block C sessions
Session 15
Lightning talks
Understanding How Autistic Students Perceive Transitions Through University and the Impact Upon Their Mental Health
Harvey Stanway and Lizzie Coen, Faculty of Health
The Co-creation of a University Sensory Resource Hub for Neurodiverse Students
Ange Garden and Libby Robinson, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies
Session 16
Igniting Aspirations: Hackathons Paving the Way to In-curriculum Work-based Learning Initiatives
Wendy Johnston, Faculty of Science, Keren Coney and Stuart Philipson, Student Futures and Kaye Richards, Faculty of Health
Session 17
Education for All - From West Derby to LJMU: Using the Authentic Student Voice
Catherine Shillito, Student Recruitment Marketing and Admissions and John Clark and Cameron Askew, Faculty of Business and Law
Session 18
The 'Mistory' Decolonisation Project: Confronting Black Maternal Health Disparities with Midwifery and History Students
Clare Maxwell, Olga Machado-Le Gal and Gina Chapman, Faculty of Health and Andrea Livesey and Eden Woodcock, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies
Session 19
Enhancement Activity to Support Student Continuation in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences
Ian Sadler, Juliette Strauss, Emma Ball and Becky Murphy, Faculty of Science
Session 20
Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners Perceptions of Wellbeing Provision Across the Training Year
Michelle Chatterley, Jody Squirrell and Ella Fitzsimmons, Faculty of Health
Session 21
JMSU: Building Communities - A Mid-point Reflection
Paul Chapman and Sarah Latham, JMSU
1.50 to 3.35pm - Global Collaborative Partner Forum
Building a Global Community through our International Collaborative Partnerships.
Come and hear from our Global Partners about the innovative ways they ensure student experience is at the heart of what they deliver. Through presentations and a panel discussion we will explore opportunities to work together to build a truly global LJMU student community.
Please note
The Global Collaborative Partner Forum will be held in the Student Life Building.
1.55 to 2.25pm - Block D sessions
Session 22
Lightning talks
Using Writing Groups to Strengthen the Postgraduate Researcher Community
Jo McKeon, Doctoral Academy
Understanding the Experience of Digital Learning: A Study of LJMU MSc International Students
Vivian Adegor, Faculty of Business and Law
Stupid Genius: Utilising Podcasts to Build Thriving Communities and Enhance Student Experience
Mollie Bryde-Evens, Faculty of Business and Law and Emily Wharton, Faculty of Science
Session 24
Beyond Accessibility: Empowering Students through Assistive AI
Sara Mursic, Student Advice and Wellbeing
Session 25
Working in a Wellness Community: Assessing the Benefits to Student Curators in a Creative Collaboration
Juliet Carroll, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies
Session 26
Community and Collaboration: Co-creating Resources to Promote Opportunities for Disabled and Neurodivergent Students
Jennie Tannett, Keren Coney, Student Futures and Refaat Eletr, Jasmine Summerville, Jack Mousley, Co creation Interns
Session 27
Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) - Promoting Sustainable Laboratory Practices at LJMU
Emma Fadden, Faculty of Science
Session 28
Developing a Business Clinic Approach: Collaborative Work and Value Creation
Jan Brown, Fredrick Agboma, Track Dinning and Boma Omuso, Faculty of Business and Law
1.55 to 3pm - Workshop
Session 23
Improving impact reporting: a game-play approach to understanding theory of change
Emma Smith, Fenna Boerkamp, Natalie Holland and Elena Zaitseva, Teaching and Learning Academy
2.30 to 3pm - Block E sessions
Session 29
How supported do students with disabilities feel at LJMU?
Stewart Chidlow and Heather Ward, Faculty of Engineering and Technology and Philippa McCabe, Faculty of Science
Session 30
What happens to academic integrity when we allow students to use GenAI for their assessment?
Emma Smith, Fenna Boerkamp, Natalie Holland and Elena Zaitseva, Teaching and Learning Academy
Session 31
Bringing communities together: The LJMU MA Short Film Festival as an educational, professional, and community-building experience
Lydia Papadimitriou and Martin Jones, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies
Session 32
Community, culture and young people: piloting our first work experience programme
Julia Daer and Beatrice Png, Human Resources
Session 33
Fostering inclusive and supportive communities of international students on MSc Management programmes through peer mentoring
Amanda Mason, Faculty of Business and Law
Session 34
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Online Timetables
Louise Medlam, Jenny Kay and Erika Raffle, Academic Registry
2.30 to 3.35pm - Workshop
Session 30
Improving Impact Reporting: A Game-Play Approach to Understanding Theory of Change
Emma Smith, Fenna Boerkamp and Elena Zaitseva, Teaching and Learning Academy
3.05 to 3.35pm - Block F sessions
Session 35
Building an LJMU Shared Assessment and Feedback Toolkit: Resources and Strategies
Jim Turner, Teaching and Learning Academy, Charlie Smith and Elizabeth Malone, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies, Phil Denton, Faculty of Science and David Mcllroy, Faculty of Health
Session 36
Shaping Futures - Collaborative Outreach to support the local region
Kevin Hornblower, Shaping Futures (Based as University of Liverpool) and Peter Dolan, Student Recruitment Marketing and Admissions
Session 37
Utilising ‘Feedback fruits’ to enhance counselling and psychotherapy students understanding of contact work
Lesley Dougan, Faculty of Health
Session 38
HR Resourcing Team in the Community and Promoting Inclusion
Oliver Sproston, Natalie McCarthy and Michelle Kayll, Human Resources
Session 39
Curriculum for Wellbeing: Year 2, Growth, Findings and Reflections
Kalum Bodfield, Aisling Culshaw and Eleanor Hadfield, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies and Andrew Doyle and Mollie Bryde-Evens, Faculty of Business and Law
Thursday 13 June
9 to 11am - Registration and welcome
9 to 9.25am - Registration
9.30 to 9.40am - Welcome
9.40 to 10.30am - Keynote
10.30 to 11am - Transfer to Student Life Building
11.05 to 11.35am - Block G sessions
Session 40
Students as Agents of Change: Integrating the UN SDGs in Business School Curriculum
Konstantina Skritsovali, Sam Davies and Amelia Ingall, Faculty of Business and Law
Session 41
Our experience of using weekly assignments with 300 level 4 business students
Bob Cumiskey and Michelle Spruce, Faculty of Business and Law
Session 42
Making personal tutoring work: A focus on non-standard programmes
Jayne Erlam, Ester Ragonese and Georgia Marriott-Smith, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies and Bassam Hamadeh, Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Session 44
Realising a more human city: Engaging students with community social infrastructure in Liverpool
Gerwyn Jones and Liz Edwards, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies and Grace Harrison, Local Community Business
Session 45
Making Every Contact Count for Mental Health at LJMU
Christine Roberts, Faculty of Health, Andy Keegan, Human Resources and Scott Foster, Faculty of Business and Law
Session 46
Lightning talks
Collaborative Learning in a multi-linguistic and cultural space
Maureen Royce and Amanda Mason, Faculty of Business and Law and Casey Beaumont, Library Services
Enabling Collaborations - A Legal Perspective
Lois Wiegand and Ros Leahy, Legal and Governance Services
11.05am to 12.10pm - Workshop
Session 43
Working with survivors of sexual misconduct to improve the LJMU experience
Yvonne Turnbull and Jo Bleasdale, Student Advice and Wellbeing, Alexandria Jones, JMSU and Martha Gaughan, Faculty of Science
11.40am to 12.10pm - Block H sessions
Session 47
Lightning talks
Using social media to increase the community feel
Sylvia Terbeck, Faculty of Health
Finance Training Development - Finance for Non-Finance
Phil Murray, Finance
Session 48
Engaging with the community in Liverpool through civic engagement placements
Raji Thomas, Noeleen Ryan, Katie Edwards, Victoria Graham, Jennifer Walker, Catherine Smith and Gill Langton, Faculty of Health
Session 49
Associate Deans for Diversity and Inclusion: Local approaches to embedding inclusion
Phil Bakstad, Student Advice and Wellbeing, Komang Ralebitso-Senior, Faculty of Science, Denise Lee, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Tunde, Faculty of Business and Law and Graham Downes, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies
Session 50
School of Education Little Book of Hope
Elizabeth Malone, Peter Wood, Sophie Bresnahan, Jamie Berry and Aaliyah Owens-McVery, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies
Session 51
Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Insights from Real-world Experiences
Christos Kontovas, Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Session 52
Towards an understanding of how students express ideas around participation and engagement in their own learning
Phil Carey and Fenna Boerkamp, Teaching and Learning Academy
12.15 to 12.45pm - Block I sessions
Session 53
Assessments don't have to be essays - using live events to demonstrate learning
Andy McNicholl and Valerie Makin, Faculty of Business and Law
Session 54
First Year Experience Survey: understanding the experiences of various student groups when joining LJMU
Natalie Holland and Fenna Boerkamp, Teaching and Learning Academy
Session 55
Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime Taxonomy
Holly Done and Aine MacDermott, Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Session 56
Providing AI guidance through COMPASS: Did students take the right direction?
Philip Denton, Faculty of Science
Session 57
A case study on Level 5 Student engagement and participation in a core: New ideas
Sarah Stirk and Fleur Lawrence, Faculty of Business and Law
Session 58
Decolonising maths for a globalised world
Ivo Siekmann, Sandra Ortega and James Baker, Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Session 59
Supporting Students from Diverse Communities
Billie-Gina Thomason, Student Advice and Wellbeing
1.55 to 2.25pm - Block J sessions
Session 60
The disutility of 'disabled' as a category in HE analytics: An LJMU case study
Alex Wilshaw, Faculty of Science
Session 61
Muslim Students and The Paradox of Invisibility
Lila Tamea, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies
Session 62
Person-centred communities of practice: Challenging hegemonic notions of education and learning
Freya Wood, Deborah Evans, Madeline Hall and Peter Blundell, Faculty of Health
Session 63
The use of VLE assessments in the presence of AI technology
Mohamed Kara-Mohamed, Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Session 64
"If I only knew then what I know now": Listening to the voices of departing students
Wayne Turnbull, Steven Altham, Cathy Brady, Janine Melvin, Sara Parker and Janette Porter, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies
Session 65
Counting Fears: Unravelling the Origins of Math Phobia and its Degree-wide Impact
Philippa McCabe and Helen Burrell, Faculty of Science
Session 66
Building Community in Clinics
Paula Doran, Liz Jones, Abighail Weirdu and Liz Jones, Faculty of Business and Law
2.30 to 3pm - Block K sessions
Session 67
The further education of care leavers: Navigating A-levels and the care cliff
Chantelle Lunt, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies
Session 68
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - Pedagogy in Practice
Andrea Mallaburn, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies and Linda Seton, Faculty of Science
Session 69
Building communities of practice through your module
Josh Jariwala, Danielle Gore, Megan Currall and Brogan Ward, Faculty of Business and Law
Session 70
The Role of Academic Liaison Tutors to Support Degree Apprenticeship Students
Thomas Dowd and Sian Dunne, Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Session 71
Seagull Project - collaborating with students to raise digital security awareness for LJMU student community
Tina Forrester, Legal and Governance Services, Sarah Haynes and Paula Baines, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies and Track Dinning, Faculty of Business and Law
Session 72
Development - A community approach supporting individual achievement
Maureen Royce, Faculty of Business and Law
Session 73
Engagement Analytics to Support Student Engagement and Continuation
Phillip Rothwell, Teaching and Learning Academy, Caroline Robson and Malarvizhi Ram, Strategy Support Office, Sarah Maclennan, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies and Iona Horsburgh, Student Experience
3.05 to 3.35pm - Block L sessions
Session 74
Discussing the enhancement of the Degree Apprentice Experience through effective tri-partite meetings
Elizabeth Whitfield and Suzanne Gapper, Academic Registry and Joanne Fisher and Eleanor Fenney, Faculty of Health
Session 75
Community at the Heart: School Industry Advisory Boards - role, challenges and useful lessons
Beverley Caddick-Kala, Jennifer Dean and Carlo Panara, Faculty of Business and Law
Session 76
Black in the Ivory Exhibition
Dominique Walker, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies
Session 77
Reflections on how student retention co-ordinators can foster a student's sense of belonging at LJMU
Amber Pugh and Jennifer Graham, Faculty of Business and Law
Session 78
White, male and first-in-family: Understanding student experience and helping them to succeed
Elena Zaitseva, Teaching and Learning Academy, Matt McLain, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies, Casey Beaumont, Library Services and Eve Groome, Faculty of Health
Session 79
All aboard! Please mind the gap - the development journey for technicians
Ollie Manton, National Technician Development Centre and John Trantom, Organisational Development
Session 80
The Who, How, What and Why of Participatory Research: Public engagement practices at LJMU
Gemma Reed, Research and Innovation Services, Lucious Ofeni, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies and Jenna Rice and Krisztina Rudolf, Faculty of Science
3.40pm - Conference close
Conference closing reception with BBQ
Professor Mark Power, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive
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Session abstracts
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