Free event for members (£50 for non-members)

Join us in Bournemouth to share insights, ideas, and resources focusing on how the community currently supports and develops students, empowering and enabling them to take ownership of their own learning journey. The discussions of the day will celebrate neurodiversity in relation to the OfS condition of registration B3 that states a “provider must deliver positive outcomes for students on its higher education courses” in the areas of continuation, completion, and employability (or further study).

Booking Deadline

Deadline to book to attend is 2nd September 2024 or when all 40 seats are filled (whichever is soonest).

Programme

Time	Activity	Location
9.00 – 9.30	Informal Networking	Fusion Cafe
9.30 – 9.40	Welcome from Hosts	FG06
9.40 – 10.15	Keynote: Michelle Morgan – Student Minds	FG06
10.15 – 10.45	B3: student outcomes	FG06
10.45 – 11.00	Comfort break
11.00 – 11.20	Neurodiversity: MythBusters and reality checks	FG06
11.20 – 11.50	Tour of The Retreat	The Retreat
11.50 – 12.30	Pecha Kucha presentations	FG06
12.30 – 1.30	Lunch and networking	FG06/Cafe
1.30 – 2.00	Lived Experience: The neurodiverse educator	FG06
2.00 – 2.30	Practical session: Policies, purpose and practicalities: Neurodiversity in university and employability	FG06
2.30 – 3.00	Collaborative research: scoping opportunities	FG06
3.00 – 3.30	Swap Shop. Wrap up and close	FG06
Extended invitation (weather dependent)	Wellbeing: Beach walk, fish & chips	Bournemouth beach

Additional information

• Wifi will be available.
• Two quiet rooms in our Retreat have been reserved for the event.

Food and drink

• Please bring a water bottle (water fountains around campus).
• Delegates will receive a lunch voucher that can be used in the Fusion café. The café is located outside the event room, serving hot/cold food, costa coffee, snacks etc.
• No food/drink is provided outside of the lunch voucher. There is a café right outside the event room where delegates will be able to purchase food/drink.

Location and Directions

• Fusion Building, Talbot Campus, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
• Directions to campus
• Directions on campus

Parking

• Parking is in the ‘visitor and events car park’, the event is in the Fusion building, a 2 minute walk.
• Up to 50 spaces are reserved in the events and visitor car park. On arrival to the visitor car park please advise you are attending the regional event. Please do not park in any other carpark. They are operated by cameras.

Disabled Parking

Bournemouth University will need the registration numbers for anyone who parks in a disabled space.  If you are a Blue Badge holder and intend to park in an accessibility bay between 7am – 4pm, Monday to Friday, whilst attending the event, you will need to call a reception point to register your vehicle register number: Talbot Campus – 01202 965001. Please ensure you display a valid and current blue badge when parked in the accessibility bay.

Call for proposals for this event.

The deadline to submit a proposal is 14 August 2024.

We welcome submissions for five-minute Pecha Kucha style presentations on the following topics:

• Strategies you have adopted in creating the conditions for positive learning outcomes for neurodiverse learners
• Success stories/examples of good practice of inclusive Learning Development practice
• Thought pieces on the way forward for creating positive learning outcomes for all

What is a Pecha Kucha style presentation?

Meaning ‘chit chat’, Pecha Kucha presentations have their own distinctive style. For the purposes of this event, your presentation should last no more than 5 minutes. You should have a maximum of 10 slides and should not speak to a slide for more than 30 seconds. Each slide should include a predominant image(s) and text should be kept to a minimum.

If you would like to present on any of these topics, please send us a brief outline of your proposal to FMCLearningdevelopment@bournemouth.ac.uk by 14 August 2024.