Thursday 11 January
| 19:00 | Awards and Gala Dinner – Awards Night Eleganza Extravaganza The evening starts with a drinks reception sponsored by Unifrog from 18.30, doors open at 19:00. We ask that all delegates are seated by 19:15 for the awards presentation to start. The awards and gala dinner will be followed by a disco. |
Friday 12 January
| 7:00 – 9:00 | Breakfast opens for full delegates N.B. Full delegates can also use the leisure facilities from 7am | |
| 9:00 | Arrival and registration for day delegates | |
| By 9:15 | Check out for delegates N.B. Bags can be left with the Hotel until conference close | |
| 9:30 | Workshop 5 5.1 UCAS Events – The Student Perspective Aimee Okafor & David Penney | UCAS Room: Northumbrian 5.2 How to build a widening access curriculum Jon Coe & Megan Rostern-Thomson | University of Sheffield Room: Locomotion 2 5.3 Student Advisory Panels Joanne McKenna | Edge Hill University Room: Rocket 5.4 Positive and Purposeful Disruption with AI Ben Whitaker | Round Peg Square Holes Ltd Room: Locomotion 1 5.5 Making sense of policy David Kernohan | Wonkhe Room: Invicta 5.6 Postgraduate Open Days: Can they work alongside UG? Katie Marshall-Gamston & Claire Brown | Cardiff Metropolitan University Room: Planet | |
| 10:30 | Refreshment break | |
| 10:50 | Workshop 6 6.1 Everything you ever wanted to know about Degree Apprenticeships Karen Hinton | University of Suffolk Emma Chu | Manchester Metropolitan University Room: Locomotion 1 6.2 A decade of UniTasterDays insights – five tips for building lasting relationships with schools and colleges Jon Cheek | UniTasterDays Room: Rocket 6.3 Innovation in Literacy Outreach: Oral Storytelling in West London Jordan Campbell | University of West London Room: Locomotion 2 6.4 Scaling the power of communities across the student journey Emma Froud & Amy Downes | Unibuddy Andy Jackson | University of South Wales Room: Northumbrian 6.5 Working with Partners: we have an MoU, now what? Moyra Throssell | London Metropolitan University Room: Planet 6.6 Using Employers in Postgraduate Recruitment Steven Joesbury | The University of Law Room: Invicta | |
| 11:50 | Refreshment break | |
| 12.10 | KEYNOTE Kim Eccleston – Head of Strategy and Reform, UCAS | |
| 13.00 | Conference close | |
| 13.30 | Networking Lunch or Grab & Go Sandwich Available |