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PGR Teacher Conference: Programme

‘Evolving Experiences in Postgraduate Teaching: Navigating Changing Landscapes, Practices, and Technologies’

Friday 27th June 2025
Scarman Conference Centre and online

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Conference programme*

For session abstracts, click here

 

 
Room 41

Stream A: Online link

Room 42

Stream B: Online link

09:30-10:00

Conference Introduction - Warwick Postgraduate Teaching Community 2024-5 Teacher Champions

Session A
10:00-11.30

Room 41 & Room 42:
Oral presentations (20 mins; 10 mins Q&A)

10:00-10:30

‘Opening the Bandura's Box of Experiences: Exploring GTAs' Sense of Plausibility about ESL Teaching’ (online)

Akshay Kumar, Faculty of Arts (he/him)

10:00-10:30

‘Setting your students up for failure’

Eva Zaat, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine (she/her)

10:30-11:00

‘When cultures talk to each other: Teaching French culture from a British-Mauritian perspective’

Adam Agowun, Faculty of Arts (he/him)

10:30-11:00

‘From Chalkboard to Code: Integrating AI to Transform Problem-Based Learning in Higher Education’

Shuiqing Wang, Warwick Business School (she/her)

11:00-11:30

‘Two Voices, Many Languages’: A Duoethnographic Look at Multilingual Identity in Teaching Spaces in a UK University’

Yanyan Li, Kaiqi Yu, Faculty of Social Sciences (she/her)

11:00-11:30

‘Curriculum from the Margins: Building a Dalit-Feminist Business English Programme for Aspiring Entrepreneurs’ (online)

Nisha Kumari, Cross Faculty Centre (she/her)

BREAK - downstairs lounge
11.30-12.00
Session B
12:00-13:00

 

Room 41: Micro talks

Room 42: Oral presentations

12:00-12:15

‘Teaching unfamiliar content can lead to brilliant teaching: A data-driven reflection’

Junjie Li, Faculty of Social Sciences (he/him)

12:00-12:30

‘Dialogues Matter: My critical reflections on my pedagogical approach as a senior graduate teaching assistant’

Nusrat Gulzar, Faculty of Social Sciences (she/her)

12:15-12:30

‘Teaching with Openness: How Neuroqueer Positionalities Shape Inclusive Pedagogies’

 Lauren Wilkinson, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine (she/her)

12:30-13:00

‘Strategies for Integrating Self-Care into Academic and Professional Life’

 Abayomi Adeyini, Dr. Modupe Jimoh & Prof. Olantunji Kolawole

Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine

12:30-12:45

‘Building Resilience: Promoting Mental Well-being in Graduate Teaching Assistants Through Structured Institutional Support’

 Usoro Akpan, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine (he/him)

 
LUNCH – dining room
13:00-14:00
Session C
14:00-15:00

Room 41: Workshop

‘Creating Machines?: GAITs for reflective practice in education’

Greta Timaite, Mercy Lio, Xinyi Lin & Peter Iziomo

Faculty of Social Sciences

Session D
15:00-15:30

 

Room 41: Pre-recordings

15:00-15:10

‘Bringing a student perspective into teaching: renovating a module for the school of engineering’

Ines Carotti, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine

 

 

15:10-15:20

‘An Active Learning Approach for Applied Engineering Concepts’

Maryam Sattari, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine (she/her)

 
15:20-15:30

‘Between Uniform and University: Navigating Positionality as a Law Enforcement Officer and Educator in Higher Education’

 

Md Emran Ahmmed, Faculty of Social Sciences

 
Session E
15:30-16:00

 

Room 41: Workshop

Plenary Session -

Warwick Postgraduate Teaching Community 2024-5 Teacher Champions

16:00-16:30

Introduction to Issue 5 of the Journal of PGR Pedagogic Practice (conference special) & Closing Remarks

 

 

*Timings may be subject to change.