The theme of this one-day conference, hosted by the University of Bolton on behalf of the NW Network Group (the universities of Bolton, Central Lancashire, Chester, Manchester & Cumbria, and the colleges of Bradford, Burnley, Stockport, West Cheshire and Blackpool & the Flyde) was student expectations, experiences and encounters, and exploring staff perceptions through innovative research partnerships between staff teaching higher education in universities and further education colleges.
I was originally asked (back in December) to be the keynote speaker, but was relegated to first-up after lunch to accomodate a presentation on the issues that have arisen from research undertaken on the student experience. After listening to 30 minutes of figures and looking at graphs which couldn't be read from 10 metres away - and I was at the front of the 60+ audience! - I fully understood why the organisers had decided to start the second half with someone (i.e. me!) less likely to induce a post-pastry snooze-a-thon. Not an easy thing to do if your talk is on "why and how HE in FE staff can get involved in scholarly activity, the value that both sides attach to, and can get from, working in partnerships"...
Feedback forms are getting sent out to the delegates along with the day's presentations, so it'll be a couple of weeks before we find out whether visiting the Final Year Students' exhibition on the ground floor would've been a better way to while away an hour or two.
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