1. 2016 Teacher and Adviser Conference #uoltac16

2. Programme 09.30 – 10.50Welcome Address Professor Mark Peel – Provost 9.50 – 10.30Key note speaker Jane Esuantsiwa-Goldsmith - former University of Leicester student and Students' Union President 10.30 – 11.25 Admissions tutor panel Monica Kulkarni – Student Recruitment Manager, Ian Jarvis – Department of Engineering, Dr Mark Goodwin – School of Biological Sciences, Martin George – Leicester Law School 11.25 – 12.05Break The Square, Students’ Union 12.05 – 12.50Breakout session 1 - 13.00 – 14.00Complimentary lunch Charles Wilson building, 1 st floor park side lounge 14.05 – 14.50Breakout Session 2 14.55 – 15.40Breakout Session 3 15.45 – 16.30Closing remarks and reception Charles Wilson building, 1 st floor park side lounge

3. Leicester: partnerships, the fabulous first year and major/minor pathways Mark Peel, Provost

4. Working with schools and colleges a focus on effective partnerships for student success providing a range of resources and relationships: some examples of established and emerging partnerships

5. Fabulous first year teaching, assessment, transition to independent study and transition to independent life universal peer mentoring and student-to-student engagement the ‘learning gain’ project: developing measurements and interventions for increased success professional dispositions: entitlements, obligations, values and behaviours

6. A new undergraduate offer: major/minor pathways three kinds of pathways: single (one subject area), major/minor (Subject A WITH Subject B) and joint (Subject A AND Subject B) the distinctively flexible quality: students create their own major/minor combinations, and can (normally) adjust after the first year first cohort of major/minor students enrol in September, with more than forty minors in combination with new and existing discipline majors rolling out across science disciplines for 2017-8 applications working on ‘student journey’ for students enrolled in minors

7. Dr Jane Esuantsiwa Goldsmith Former student and Students’ Union President

8. Admissions tutor Panel Monica Kulkarni – Student Recruitment Manager (Chair) Ian Jarvis – Department of Engineering Dr Mark Goodwin – School of Biological Sciences Martin George – Leicester Law School

9. Break Refreshments – The Square, Students’ Union building

10. Breakout session 1 Advising your pre-16 learners - Ken Edwards seminar room 527 Applying for Medicine – Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 1 IAG for mature learners – Ken Edwards seminar room 526 What is the Students’ Union – Ken Edwards seminar room 322 Campus and library tour – Students’ Union

11. Breakout session 2 Breakout Session 2 - Careers and employability at the University of Leicester - Ken Edwards seminar room 322 Access to the professions – Ken Edwards seminar room 526 The UCAS process; a student perspective – Ken Edwards seminar room 527 Campus and library tour Charles Wilson first floor

12. Breakout session 3 Breakout Session 3 – The importance of parental influence – Ken Edwards seminar room 526 Accommodation in the first year and beyond – Ken Edwards seminar room 322 Supporting your students through Clearing and Adjustment – Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 1 Campus and library tour – Ken Edwards foyer