The Medway Learning and Teaching Festival is jointly organised by the University of Kent, University of Greenwich and Canterbury Christ Church University. The aims of the festival are to share, celebrate and promote best practice across the Medway campus.

This year the festival will be held on Thursday 15 September on the Medway campus.

The theme for 2022 is Student Voice and how we can best listen and respond to those we hear and those we do not hear. This is a consistently strong theme in the sector and a priority for all three universities and collaborative partners. The Student Voice has been brought increasingly into focus since we have moved back to on-campus teaching and are working together to create a vibrant student and staff experience in Medway.

As in previous Medway Learning and Teaching Festivals, the event enables us to reflect on our own development needs and career aspirations as we start the new academic year. Attending or presenting can help colleagues to evidence professional development or maintain ‘good standing’ for Advance HE.

Call for workshop proposals

We are now inviting practitioners, researchers, students and staff to offer ideas for sessions ranging in length from 20 minutes to an hour. Co-authored presentations with students are particularly encouraged.

We welcome contributions on practices that:

• Foster student engagement on-campus
• Promote communities of learning, student belonging and inclusion
• Demonstrate collaborative approaches to learning and teaching
• Facilitate authentic engagement between staff and students

Please send the proposed title and brief summary of your session to Annikki Laitinen A.Laitinen@kent.ac.uk by 17:00 on 17 June 2022.