Programme

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Day one streams

E. Facts and Figures

1. Mission Groups iv
2. Accessing institutional data
3. Give us a KIS! Helping prospective students make more informed choices

I. Student Union Marketing (SUM)

1. Getting the most from social media
2. Public relations – what can we learn from the charity sector
3. NUS Digital

B. Academic Support and Retention

1. Measuring, benchmarking & induction to enhance retention
2. Assessment, feedback and personal tutor systems
3. Learning agreements

G. Building an Evidence Base

1. HEAR is here: What next?
2. A guide to market research
3. What students want: HEA 1st year's survey on curriculum

C. Student Engagement

1. Creating an integrated picture of Scottish HE & FE
2. Student engagement toolkit
3. Student academic partners

D. Student Support

1. Sharing the load: working with your university’s support services’
2. Understanding the value & impact of services that support students
3. Engaging students in financial capability activity

1. Blue Skies: What do leaders in Higher Education think about the future?
2. Responding to the higher education white paper - what are the implications?
3. The new preventing violent extremism agenda

A. Admissions and Access

1. Whither Widening Participation
2. Students' Unions: Key Players in the Changing World of Access
3. Access Agreements

H. Human Resources

1. Practical strategies for developing talent
2. Employment law update- what's new and what's on the way
3. TOWIE: The only way is Essex's

Plenary and Masterclasses

Day One
Plenary
Pensions Reform: Auto-enrolment, NEST & the new NUS Pension Scheme
Enabling Outstanding Leadership

Day Two
So they're back from APL

RSS Feed

Day two streams

R : Workers in Democracy and Representation (WIDAR)

1. The value of representation work
2. The future of representation
3. Election statistics
4. Excellent elections showcase

J: Leadership Putting People First

1. Creating community in a disconnected world
2. Principles of outstanding leadership
3. 360 degree feedback
4. Creating the right culture for performance management

M: Strategy and Impact

1. Demonstrating and defining impact
2. What is impact reporting?
3. Measuring the social impact of your students’ union
4. Rockets and boats; strategic turnaround

N: Member Focus

1. Enhancing student employability
2. Using the NUS/AMSU survey
3. This is what students want, let’s make it happen
4. Psycho-geography II

K: Campaigning Organisations

1. Occupations: the good the bad & the ugly
2. The importance of monitoring and evaluating your campaign
3. How to win campaigns and impact on people
4. Why does online campaigning often fail to lead to offline commitment?

P: Changing Students Lives

1. What makes a successful behaviour change project?
2. Transformative effect of sport
3. London 2012: Find you inspiration
4. Bursting the Bubble: students, volunteering and the community

Q: Research and Welfare Staff (RAWS)

1. Measuring welfare
2. Housing: getting money back for students
3. Pick and mix! sharing good practice
4. Student funding in the new fees landscape

L: Equality and Diversity

1. Network for Black Professionals – supporting students’ unions
2. The Justin Campaign: football, sexuality & equity
3. Student parents
4. Challenging statistics: how can women become leaders in the student movement?

O: Organisational Sustainability

1. Political Doomsday scenarios
2.Innovative enterprise, ideas for responding to disappearing block grants
3. Tapping into the goldmine of student activities