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Schools and colleges

Teacher and Careers Adviser Conference

Tuesday 12 December 2023, 9.30am to 3.30pm

People talking in the Creative Centre atrium

The 2023 Conference is suitable for those who attended our 2022 event. The programme includes new information and sessions.

Learn more about York St John University and meet with key staff from our Student Recruitment, Widening Participation and Admissions teams.

You'll be able to learn about our campus, and find out about new facilities. These include our mock Nursing ward, new Health Science laboratories, and the recently opened £15 million Creative Centre.

We'll provide you with key updates on new courses, plus information about the UCAS admissions process and our contextual offer scheme. You'll also learn about how we support our students and how we are responding to provide support with the cost of living crisis.

Current students will answer your questions about life at York St John, giving an authentic student perspective. Some students may even be from your own institutions!

If you want to suggest content or find out more about the Conference, contact studentrecruitment@yorksj.ac.uk.

Conference schedule

Time Activity
9.30am Arrival and refreshments
10.00am

Introduction and keynote speech (Professor Karen Bryan, Vice Chancellor)

Presenters will also include Matthew Taylor, Director of Marketing, Student Recruitment and Admissions and Grant Saker, Head of Student Recruitment & Widening Participation.

11.00am

Choose 1 from:

  • Campus tour for our new delegates (including Haxby Road Sports Park)
  • Emergency services simulation day and Nursing facility tour for our returning delegates.
12.15pm Lunch
1.00pm

CPD sessions. Choose 1 from:

  • Contemporary Issues in Education: 3 speakers will each provide a talk on current issues in the education setting shown through research:
    • Dr Emma Walker: Critical Literacy Project with Schools
    • Dr Spencer Swain: Decolonising the Curriculum - What is it? Why do it?
    • Dr Simon Kumar: The Relationship Between Perfectionism and Burnout in Pre-Service Primary School Teachers
  • Personal, Pedagogic Play: How and what do we learn from playing video games? Dr Jack Denham will provide a session on how and what young people are learning from video gaming and how we can bring those discussions into the classroom. This session will be focused around our published work in the journal Pedagogy, Culture and Society.
2.00pm York St John's approach to student support and wellbeing
2.45pm Break
3.00pm Student panel
3.30pm Plenary
3.45pm End of conference

How to book

Bookings for the conference are now open. To book your place, fill out our short form.

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