Day 2 Friday 27th April 2018 Breakfast 8.00 – 9.00 9.00 – 9.10 Welcome to Day 2 Delegates Liz Marr, Director of Teaching, Learning and Teaching Innovation, The Open University 9.10 – 9.45 Keynote address Shona Littlejohn, Depute Director, Open University in Scotland 9.50– 10.30 Symposia ‘Targeting students from under-represented ethnic backgrounds – challenges to, and from, the sector’ Professor Jacqueline Stevenson, Sheffield Hallam University and Joan O’Mahoney, Higher Education Academy ‘Opportunities knock? Transitions to online learning for widening access and success in HE’ Dr John Butcher, the Open University Wendy Fowle, the Open University 10.30 – 10.45 Break 10.50 – 12.20 Breakout sessions Digital inclusion Ethical dilemmas of targeting widening participation students – policy and practice Progression - the social mobility conundrum and access to postgraduate studies Recording online tutorials: a consideration of the issues Joanna Robson & Donna Smith The Open University, UK Scaling up inclusive education within STEM: Sharing experiences across HE Samantha Child, Kate Lister, Gareth Davies, Trevor Collins. The Open University, Plymouth University, UK ‘I made the leap': Accessing postgraduate study with art and design Sam Broadhead Leeds Art University, UK Building Cost-Effective and Sustainable Solutions for Information, Advice and Guidance Celeste Cheung & Lauren Bellaera The Brilliant Club, UK Exploring the self: the impact of widening participation policies on adult learners' self-concept Wendy Fowle The Open University, UK A Study of Disability Identity and Disclosure for Students with Invisible Disabilities Latacha Hamilton St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA
Widening disabled learners’ participation to HE through the use of MOOCs Francisco Iniesto The Open University, UK Time Better Spent? Disabled student perceptions on the impacts of administrative processes Tim Coughlan & Kate Lister The Open University, UK Transition as transformation: developing student identities and academic literacies through a university pathways programme in Australia Jennifer Stokes University of South Australia 12.25 – 1.00 Keynote address Huw Morris, Director Skills, Higher Education and Lifelong Learning, Welsh Government 1.00 – 1.45 Lunch 1.45 – 2.30 Keynote address Chris Millward, Director of Fair Access and Participation, Office for Students 2.35 – 3.35 Breakout sessions Digital inclusion Ethical dilemmas of targeting widening participation students – policy and practice Progression - the social mobility conundrum and access to postgraduate studies Digital learning in a secure environment Ruth McFarlane and Shaun McCann The Open University, UK Linguistic and visual metaphors around widening participation: galvanising activity or tired clichés? John Butcher The Open University, UK / Edinburgh Napier University, UK Contrasting undergraduates’ experiences of higher education, plans for life after graduation and perceptions of postgraduate study. Joshua Stubbs University of Oxford, UK Student perceptions of the language of disability, deficit and empowerment Kate Lister & Tim Coughlan The Open University, UK Questioning the ethics of targeting widening participation students Wendy Fowle The Open University, UK Sandwich placements: Negating the effect on graduate prospects Michael Kerrigan Nottingham Trent University, UK 3.40 – 4.15 Round table discussion led by Session Chairs 4.15 – 4.30 Closing plenary Dr John Butcher, Associate Director (Curriculum and Access), Learning and Teaching Innovation, The Open University