Parallel Sessions 1 (10.25)
This year's conference has two blocks of parallel sessions delivered by colleagues from around the University. There are eight parallel sessions to choose from in each block. Some of these are a single 45 minute workshop, others contain three shorter presentations with a coherent theme.
A1 Designing AI Thinking Partners: Custom instructions for academic practice
Turn AI into a genuinely useful colleague, not a shortcut generator. This session explores how carefully designed AI thinking partners can support reasoning, creativity and reflection while keeping learning outcomes firmly in students’ hands.
A2 Seeing learning differently: a practical introduction to using Photovoice in the classroom
An experiential introduction to Photovoice, enabling students to reflect and communicate learning through images, supporting inclusive dialogue.
A3 Race Across the Library – Demystifying the Library Space
An activity-based session showing how playful approaches can help students navigate library spaces and academic support with confidence.
A4 Facilitative Teaching: Your toolbox to activate student engagement
An interactive session introducing facilitation techniques that actively engage students in seminars, workshops and online learning.
A5 Simulation for everyone made easy: Designing competitive, student led learning experiences across disciplines
This interactive workshop uses an escape room challenge to develop teamwork, communication, and knowledge integration.
A6 Meeting Students Where They Are
Huddersfield students: numbers, maps and behaviours
You probably have a good idea who the students are in your classes. This session uses institutional data to explore who our students really are, how they engage with learning spaces, and what this means for inclusive curriculum and assessment design.
Supporting first-year students’ academic writing using a self-paced learning package on Brightspace
This presentation describes a self-paced Brightspace learning package designed to support first-year academic writing, sharing insights into design decisions, student engagement and adaptation across disciplines.
Gamifying AI Literacy: A Bingo Activity for Non-Technical Learners
This teaching tip shows how a simple, adaptable bingo activity can help non-technical students develop confidence and critical awareness around AI, supporting inclusive engagement without specialist knowledge.
A7 Employability & Professional Futures
Developing creative art placements with Hoot Creative Arts
A case study of employer-engaged creative placements, highlighting transferable lessons for embedding authentic, employability-focused learning experiences.
Using Metaphors to Creatively Explore Professional Identity and Career Development
A reflective approach using metaphor to help students articulate professional identity, supporting confidence, self-awareness and career development across subjects.
A8 Student Voice, Feedback & Co-Creation
Students’ voices and choices in supporting their learning
Practical examples of centring student voice in learning design through collaboration between academic and academic-skills teams.
Co-creation, Reflective Practice and Leadership Formation
An overview of an innovative co-creation model supporting reflective practice and leadership development within a postgraduate programme.
Innovation in Practice Education: Healthcare Education & Leadership (HEaL) Placement
An innovative placement model combining academic learning with authentic practice, offering transferable insights into student partnership.