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Festival of Education

Empowering world-class educators and fostering innovation through collaboration and scholarship - join us at the Queen Mary Festival of Education 2025 on 7 March and 10 June.

Festival of Education

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The Queen Mary Festival of Education 2025 will take place across two days at the Mile End campus.  

Day One on 7 March will focus on employability, teaching excellence and scholarship. The full programme is available below. Day Two on 10 June will focus on Assessment and Feedback and AI, with a chance to share your practice in our poster showcase session.

Time Session
09:30 Arrival, coffee and networking
10:00

Excellence in Employability: Embedding Employability in the Curriculum - Panel 

Queen Mary is committed to ensuring our students are supported in obtaining the careers to which they aspire. This opening panel will explore issues and successes in embedding employability in the curriculum across different disciplines.   

Chair: Professor Tony Michael

Speakers: Dr Radhika Desai, Dr Sally Faulkner and Professor Rachel Male.

11:00

Introducing Queen Mary’s Graduate Attributes Tool

TELT, alongside students and academics, will present a newly developed bespoke tool to support students identify, reflect and communicate their Graduate Attributes.

11:15 Coffee, exhibitors and networking
11:45

How can we best prepare students for the future? Embedding employability and skills in the curriculum

Future ready: Embedding employability and skills in the curriculum

There is increasing demand from students for integrated employability within degrees. But what could and should this look like in practice? How do we support students to develop employability skills and Graduate Attributes they will need? This practical workshop will offer you the chance to explore how employability can be best embedded within your education practice through the new QM Employability & Skills Framework. We will discuss successful strategies that colleagues are already using, and will also hear from students about their priorities in terms of employability.

Speakers to include: Dr Paraskevi Argyriou (SBBS), Dr Steph Fuller (QMA), Matthew Halfin (Careers), Dr Esther Lee (FMD), Al-Habib Mraish (QMSU), Dr Lisa Morrison (SBM), Jonny Otter (QMSU), Anna Fons Garcia (Careers), Lindsey Shirah (Careers), Susan Smith (Careers).

13:15 Lunch, exhibitors and networking
14:00

Scholarship in Action

This session will begin with a short presentation delving into the heart of educational excellence at Queen Mary University of London, followed by a panel discussion exploring what excellence means in our context, how it aligns with our strategic drivers, and how we can put it into action – "scholarship in action" – to ensure our teaching and learning have a genuine impact.

Chair: Dr Helena Lim

Speakers: Professor Chie Adachi, Professor Ishani Chandrasekara, Dr Usman Naeem and Tahmid Ahmed Khan

15:00

Engage and connect: Scholarship Exchange

This active session aims to break down siloes and start conversations, bringing people together to share and learn from each other's scholarship ideas.  

Key topics include: AI, LEA, Assessment and Feedback, Large group teaching, Civic engagement, Online learning, Employability and Inclusion.

Facilitator: Dr Jayne Dennis

  Closing remarks
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