Sharing best practice for the world after COVID-19
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Since March, universities have delivered in weeks the kind of digital transformation that would normally take years. This online summit, brought to you by Emerge Education in partnership with Universities UK and JISC, will help senior leaders tackle the challenges of building on this hard work to accelerate digital strategies in the wake of the COVID crisis.
Join for all or part of the programme, including opening remarks from Alison Johns (CEO, Advance HE), Paul Feldman (CEO, Jisc), and Chris Hale (Director of Policy, UUK); a keynote from Brian Fleming (VP, Southern New Hampshire University), sessions on the future of assessment, employability, and student recruitment after Covid-19, and a Vice-Chancellor panel on thinking strategically past the time of Covid-19.
Jisc/Emerge May 21st 2020 HE online summit resources
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3:30pm–3:45pm § Welcome and introduction
Opening remarks from Advance HE CEO Alison Johns, Jisc CEO Paul Feldman, and Universities UK director of Policy Chris Hale.
3:45pm–4:25pm KEYNOTE § Plenary presentation by Brian Fleming (SNHU) and breakout discussions
Brian Fleming, Vice-President for Innovation and Strategy at Southern New Hampshire University, will share how SNHU developed their long-term strategy to 2030 and beyond to support quality teaching at scale and become one of the largest universities in the US.
4:25pm–4:55pm DEEP DIVES § Parallel breakout sessions: the world after COVID-19
These two-way interactive sessions, led by senior leaders in UK HE, tackle some of the most urgent challenges facing universities, as voted on by sector colleagues. Choose which session to join to learn about upcoming green papers from the Jisc / Emerge Education research series and discuss their implications for the sector today and in ten years’ time.
Digital assessment
Led by Chris Cobb, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Chief Executive, University of London
Employability and diversity
Led by Quintin McKellar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Hertfordshire
Student recruitment
Led by Katie Bell, Chief Commercial Officer, Middlesex University
4:55pm–5:20pm PANEL DISCUSSION § The long-term strategic opportunity of edtech for UK HE