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Annual Conference 2015

25 September 2015

15th-17th September 2015
Queen’s University Belfast

The ½¿É«µ¼º½ conference went back to Belfast after over 15 years since we were last here. Attended by over 700 delegates, this was the first conference ran completely in-house by the newly appointed Events Manager, Marie Blythe.

This conference celebrated the inaugural Presidential Address by Professor Gemma Moss, as well as keynotes from Professor Paul Connolly and Professor Cynthia Coburn.

View the photo gallery here.

View the videos here

View the programme here.

Press releases:

Schools visits

Want to get a good night’s sleep, kids? Turn off Facebook and Twitter, say researchers
Horton, Kimberley – Cardiff University; Taylor, Chris – Cardiff University; Power, Sally – Cardiff University











High take-up of private tuition by primary school pupils revealedTodd, Liz – Newcastle University; Laing, Karen – Newcastle University; Tanner, Emily – NatCen; Chanfreau, Jenny – NatCen; Challanan, Meg – NatCen; Skipp, Amy NatCen


Schools’ use of technology linked to lower pupil test scores
Macintyre, Tom – The University of Edinburgh

Scottish and English teenagers split on whether university should be free
Riddell, Sheila – University of Edinburgh; Blackburn, Lucy Hunter – Freelance Consultant; Minty, Sarah – University of Edinburgh; Whittaker, Susan – University of Edinburgh

Schools ‘need a moral purpose beyond exam results’
Knapton, Helena – Edge Hill University

Number of children classed as having special needs falling dramatically
Curran, Helen – Bath Spa University


How Video Lecture Capture affects Student Engagement in a Higher Education Computer Programming Course: A Study of Attendance, Video Viewing Behaviours and Student Attitude
McGowan, Aidan – Queen’s University Belfast; Hanna, Philip – Queen’s University Belfast