View programme: Unlocking the Future of Fair Access event

10.30am  

Registration and arrival refreshments 

11am  

Welcome

Dr Alexandra Lumbers, Academic Director, Jesus College, Oxford University

Chair: Dr James Robson, Director, Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), Oxford University

11.15am 

Keynote presentation: Defining the student interest: Student voices in Higher Education policy

John Blake, Director for Fair Access and Participation, Office for Students

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Chair: Eleanor Miller, VP Undergraduate Education and Access, Oxford SU

11.40am

Joint presentation: What matters to students?

Dr Liz Polding, Public Policy Research Officer, Department of Education; Dr Elizabeth Rahman, Senior Evaluation Officer, Education Policy Support; Dr Hau Ming Tse, Honorary Norham Fellow, Department of Education (all Oxford University) with  Linh Hoang, Access & Participation Research and Evaluation Officer, University of Southhampton

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Chair: Isaiah Wellington-Lynn, DPhil Student, School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, Oxford University

12noon

Disability reflections and audience poll commentary 

Keir May and Yanrong Tan, Graduate Interns, 2024 Student Experience Internship Scheme, Centre for Teaching and Learning, Oxford University

Chair: Kathy Noren, Co-Director, Student Welfare and Support Services and Head, Disability Advisory Service, Oxford University 

12.10pm

Lightning talks 

Molly Pemberton, Social Sciences and Arts College Officer, Sheffield Hallam SU

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• View word cloud, How do you picture student activism?

Jordan Byrne, Research Assistant, Cambridge University

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Ben Hart, DPhil Student, Department of Education, Oxford University 

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Chair: Addi Haran Diman, President, Oxford SU

12.50pm

Q&A with speakers from the morning's sessions

Chair: Dr James Robson, Director, Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), Oxford University

1.15pm

Lunch (provided)

2pm

Presentation: Oxford’s commitment to student voices

Professor Martin Williams, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education), Oxford University

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Chair: Professor Rhona Sharpe, Director, Centre for Teaching and Learning, Oxford University

2.20pm

Presentation: What’s an intervention, anyway? What we ‘do’ to ensure student success in HE

Professor Liz Austen, Interim Associate Dean Teaching & Learning, Sheffield Hallam University and the Evaluation Collective

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Chair: Lauren Schaefer, VP Postgraduate Education and Access, Oxford SU

Panel discussion

Panel members:

• Professor Liz Austen, Interim Associate Dean Teaching & Learning, Sheffield Hallam University and the Evaluation Collective
• John Blake, Director for Fair Access and Participation, Office for Students
• Francesca Morosini, Head of Communications and Engagement, TASO
• Dr James Robson, Director, Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), Oxford University
• Piers Wilkinson, Senior Policy and Campaigns Lead, Inclusive Education Team, D&A
• Dr Matthew Williams, Access Fellow, Jesus College, Oxford University.

Chair: Isaiah Wellington-Lynn, DPhil Student, School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, Oxford University

Closing comments

Dr James Robson, Director, Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), Oxford University