Photo of UCL students at the CAN conference
Photo of UCL students at the CAN conference - UCL hosted the Change Agents' Network (CAN) Conference between Wednesday 11 and Friday 13 May, bringing together students and staff from the UK and overseas to share expertise and insights on building student-staff partnerships in Higher Education. The Conference was organised by UCL's Vice-Provost (Education & Student Experience) team and attracted over 100 delegates and guest speakers from an array of universities, professional networks, and businesses. The Wednesday and Friday sessions were held online, with Thursday's sessions taking place on-campus at UCL. The Conference began with an opening address from Derfel Owen, Director of Change and Improvement at UCL, and Sarah Knight, Head of Learning and Teaching Transformation at Jisc. This was followed by the first appearance of the ChangeMakers Student Fellows at the Conference, as Arthur Davis and Stephanie Cunningham had a keynote discussion on student partnership with Professor Jenny Marie, Head of Quality Enhancement at University of Greenwich. How students co-led the CAN Conference . Students from UCL and beyond had key roles throughout the conference schedule. The ChangeMakers Student Fellows planned and co-hosted sessions, including ' How to refresh and reignite student-staff partnership schemes' and 'How can we centre wellbeing at the heart of assessment discussion and design for students and staff?'.
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