ESLTIS26: ENHANCING STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH INNOVATIVE SCHOLARSHIP 2026
PROGRAM

Days: Thursday, July 16th Friday, July 17th

Thursday, July 16th

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11:10-12:30 Session 2: Conference Open and Keynote - Plenary Session
Location: High Tor 2
11:10
Welcome to ESLTIS (abstract)
11:20
Welcome from University of Sheffield (abstract)
11:35
Enhancing Student Learning by Prioritising Student Engagement (abstract)
12:30-13:30Lunch Break
13:15-14:45 Session 3A: Parallel Session - AI for Inclusion
Location: High Tor 2
13:15
Enhancing Inclusive Education Through AI: Supporting Neurodivergent Students and Staff in UK Higher Education (abstract)
14:15
AI as a Confidence Bridge: Supporting Academic Writing Development in Non-Traditional University Students (abstract)
14:30
What do students tell us about how they are using generative AI in their assessments? (abstract)
13:15-14:45 Session 3B: Parallel Session - Inclusion, Belonging and Decolonising
Location: High Tor 3
13:15
Navigating the "Hidden Curriculum": A Qualitative Exploration of Belonging Among Neurodivergent Students in Higher Education (abstract)
13:30
Decolonising the curriculum. An inclusive practice to support students’ belonging and wellbeing (abstract)
13:45
Listening to Understand: Improving Inclusion & Outcomes for At-Risk Student Groups (abstract)
14:00
Overcoming Classroom Participation Barriers for Chinese Students in UK Higher Education. (abstract)
14:15
From Siloes to Connection: Collaborative Intercultural Encounters as a SoTL-Informed Response to Belonging and Inclusion in Higher Education (abstract)
14:30
(Neuro)Diverse Dialogues to encourage and support students to see their potential (abstract)
13:15-14:45 Session 3C: Parallel Session - Assessment and Feedback
Location: High Tor 4
13:15
A critical reflexion on a Gen-AI Assessment aimed at fostering critical evaluation and ethical awareness (abstract)
13:30
A comparison of formative and summative approaches to Readiness Assurance in Team-Based Learning (abstract)
13:45
Feedback That Cares: Putting Well-being at the Heart of Assessment (abstract)
14:00
Enhancing Learner Development Through Structured Clinical Reflection and Feedforward: A Metacognitive Framework for HE Supervision (abstract)
14:15
Academic alibis: Exploring how self-worth protection strategies influence student experience in higher education (abstract)
14:30
Alternative Assessment to Demonstrate Inclusive Pedagogical Practice – podcasting (abstract)
14:50-15:20Coffee Break
15:10-17:25 Session 4A: Parallel Session - Curriculum Design & Programme Innovation
Location: High Tor 2
15:10
Working together: successes and struggles in symbiotic curriculum development (abstract)
16:10
Co-creation of capstone project module resources - students supporting students (abstract)
16:25
Rethinking Core-Complex Modules: Structuring Student Experience in Challenging Contexts (abstract)
16:40
Challenges and Opportunities with Large Group Work in Engineering (abstract)
16:55
Students as researchers: co-designing a classroom experiment on engagement and learning (abstract)
15:10-17:25 Session 4B: Parallel Session - Educator Identity & Scholarship Development
Location: High Tor 3
15:10
Scholarship and career development for education-focused staff: Using the DARSHE to build your profile as an educational expert. (abstract)
16:10
“I quickly began to believe in myself”: Empowering professional services colleagues through professional recognition of their teaching and learning (abstract)
16:25
From Angst to Action: Supporting Student Success through a Professional Development Initiative at TU Dublin. (abstract)
16:40
Helping Colleagues to Shape their Professional Identities, Stream Workload, and Innovate Sustainably: A Case Study of UEA Law’s Scholarship Café (abstract)
16:55
The bi-directional benefits of a transatlantic collaboration between dental schools: Developing professional identity for a career in global healthcare (abstract)
15:10-17:25 Session 4C: Parallel Session - AI in the Curriculum
Location: High Tor 4
15:10
Common Standards for Complex Times: Re-centring the Human through the Sheffield Common Approach to AI in the Curriculum (abstract)
15:25
Mapping the terrain of AI, judgement and teaching across transnational programmes (abstract)
15:40
Repurposing Maths & Computation Education for an AI‑Driven World (abstract)
15:55
GenAI - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly (abstract)
16:10
Designing for Learning in AI-Rich Engineering Education: GTA Perspectives on Iteration, Structure, and Student Engagement (abstract)
16:25
What Still Matters in the Age of AI? Graduate Reflections on Skills, AI Adoption, and Degree Alignment (abstract)
16:40
On This Day: A low-stakes introductory activity for a high-stakes AI world (abstract)
16:55
AI Avatars for Exam Preparation in Foreign Language Learning: Enhancing C1-C2 German Proficiency Through Simulated Job Interviews (abstract)
Friday, July 17th

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10:00-11:10 Session 6A: Parallel Session - Educator Identity
Location: High Tor 2
10:00
Co-creating an Education-Focused Academic Identity Toolkit: Supporting Sustainable Practice and Student Learning (abstract)
10:00-11:10 Session 6B: Parallel Session - Belonging at Masters' Level
Location: High Tor 3
10:00
Fostering Belonging and Wellbeing during Master's Dissertation Phase: Can Peer Support help? (abstract)
10:00-11:10 Session 6C: Parallel Session - Connection, Co-creation & Engagement
Location: High Tor 4
10:00
Title: Walking the Talk: Enhancing Postgraduate Engagement and Education through NetWalks (abstract)
10:15
Fostering Citizenry: An initiative to increase student-teacher collaboration and feedback response rates through small rewards. (abstract)
10:30
Research based learning in multidisciplinary, vertically integrated teams: the VIP model (abstract)
10:45
“You get to talk about something you love and are passionate about—how cool is that!” Using a public speaking competition to develop students’ communication skills and confidence (abstract)
10:50
Investigating the Impact of Student Educational Background on their Transition into Studying Chemistry at University (abstract)
10:55
How do we measure the success of an inclusive curriculum? Using data to evidence the closing of the attainment gap in Foundation Year Maths & Statistics (abstract)
11:00-11:30Coffee Break
11:35-12:25 Session 7A: Parallel Session - Communities of Practice
Location: High Tor 2
11:35
Stepping outside Silos to Co-create Learning from Evaluation – A Community of Practice approach (abstract)
11:35-12:25 Session 7B: Parallel Session - Classroom Dynamics
Location: High Tor 3
11:35
Dealing with Disruption in the Classroom: Understanding and Addressing Student Incivility Together (abstract)
11:35-12:25 Session 7C: Parallel Session - Reshaping Practice
Location: High Tor 4
11:35
Techno-Wellbeing and Flourishing in Higher Education: Student Experiences of Using Generative AI (abstract)
11:50
Working-Class Educators and the Reimagining of Excellence in Higher Education (abstract)
12:05
Reshaping the use of a Learning and Teaching platform by overcoming technological and pedagogical determinisms (abstract)
12:20
Introducing the Gothic through GenAI (abstract)
12:45-13:45Lunch Break