SHIFT has always reflected our response to meeting challenges, enabling us to engage in professional development and share effective practice, innovative pedagogies and celebrate successes. As in previous conferences, SHIFT 2017 will allow us to reflect on our own development needs and career aspirations as we start the new spring term. The UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) encourages us to be scholarly in our approach to teaching and learning – preparing or attending a presentation for this conference goes a long way to evidencing that aspect of academic life; sharing is good for the soul AND the career (and will contribute to a GOLD application.)
Developed by the university’s Teaching Fellow Network and Educational Development Unit, our learning and teaching conference this year intends to address some or all of the key themes through its keynote presentations and parallel sessions.