How Flexible can HE be (Are we?)?
Access & Admissions Conference
Thursday 10th June 2010
After a third consecutive year, the Access & Widening Participation Unit (AWPU) and Central Recruitments Section (CRS) have successfully delivered an informative and thought- provoking conference for our academic, support staff and external colleagues.This year, the conference examined flexibility within higher education, focusing specifically on; flexible access, recruitment and admission to the University of Greenwich. The conference provided an opportunity for discussion and sharing of best practice, in the form of workshops and presentations. Professor Simon Jarvis, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Greenwich, opened the day with a presentation on ‘How are we responding to flexible learning?’ focusing specifically on the University of Greenwich provisions.
The keynote speaker, Professor Mike Thorne, Vice-Chancellor from Anglia Ruskin University gave an insightful analysis on ‘Flexibility within Higher Education’. He examined flexible recruitment, learning, staff and systems from a sector wide perspective and cross examined a variety of case studies from various Universities worldwide.
The conference delivered a range of workshops which allowed a wide scope of analysis of flexibility within higher education. The following links will provide the relevant presentations and notes made on the individual sessions.
- Introduction: How are we responding to flexible learning? - Professor Simon Jarvis
- Keynote Address: Flexibility within HE - Professor Mike Thorne
- Applied Professional Studies: APS Introduction / APS Presentation - Debbie Hayes
- Flexible Recruitment- Beverley Woodhams
- AccessAbility / Disorder Reference Sheet - Mustapha Ahmed & Mark Graham
- Use of Media within HE- Iain Gray
- Level 3 Support- Verna Rhodes & Liz Griffiths
- UCAS Tariff & Level 3 Support: Presentation / Slides / Notes - Jenny Miller (UCAS)
- Student Ambassadors- Emma Elliman & Andrea Whyte
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We welcome suggestions and research papers/proposals for our next conference. Please contact Lina Jimenez; jl28@gre.ac.uk for further details.