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Retention and Progression in Higher Education #HEretention
19 Apr 2012

Headline Speakers

Through the recent reforms to funding and the Higher Education White Paper, the government have placed an even greater emphasis on student retention and progression. Although huge amounts of the access infrastructure have been removed - such as AimHigher - this conference looks at how institutions have responded and what new national initiatives are in place.

The conference also looked at the schemes and best-practice from the third sector, as well as the increasingly important task of measuring and recording universities' success at improving student retention.

Programme
09:50
Aaron Porter, Higher Education Consultant and Journalist
Welcome and introduction from conference Chair

10:00
John Widdowson CBE, Principal, New College Durham; and Chair, Widening Access Participation Strategic Advisory Committee, HEFCE
The new landscape for student retention and progress

10:20
Professor Sir Martin Harris CBE, Director, Office for Fair Access (OFFA)
The role of access agreements in improving retention

10:40
Professor Les Ebdon CBE, Vice-Chancellor, University of Bedfordshire
Putting widening access and improved retention at the heart of the institutional strategy

11:00
Panel discussion: Session speakers
Can retention really be improved in the new funding environment?

11:20
Refreshments, networking and exhibition
11:50
Janet Graham, Director, Supporting Professionalism in Admissions SPA
The role of admissions in improving retention

12:10
Dr Graeme Atherton, Head, AccessHE
Collaborating across institutions to improve access and retention

12:30
Dr Alison Stenton, Director (Students & Learning), Extended Medical Degree Programme, King's College London
Developing a formative curriculum to improve retention

12:50
Panel discussion: Session speakers
Does higher education have the infrastructure in place to do more to retain students?

13:10
Lunch, networking and exhibition
14:00
Susan Nash, Projects and Operations Manager, Helena Kennedy Foundation
Improving retention and outcomes for disadvantaged students

14:20
Usman Ali, Vice President Higher Education, NUS
Ensuring the student voice is built into retaining students

14:40
Dr Diane Nutt Head of Student Retention, Teeside University
Enhancing university infrastructure to improve retention

15:00
The positive impact of targeted bursary management Session speakers
Peter Lake, Group Business Development Director, Aspire; Selena Bolingbroke, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of East London

15:20
Questions and discussion
15:30
Refreshments, networking and exhibition
15:50
Dr Sue Robbins, Principal Lecturer and University Teaching Fellow, Oxford Brookes University
How can we use Personal Tutoring to improve student engagement, retention and success in higher education? Key Issues Seminars - One

15:50
Pam Zigomo, Programme Manager, Brightside
e-mentoring to improve retention

16:30
Close of Conference