Symposium on LEARNING WITHOUT BOUNDARIES

Friday 12th May 2017, Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

09.30 - 10.00 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

10.00 - 10.15 Chairs welcome

Debbie Sawyer - University of West London and Chair of SEEC

10.15 - 11.00 Free movement of credit barriers and enablers for international credit recognition
Dr Liz Marr - Director of Teaching (Learning and Teaching Innovation), The Open
University

11.00 - 11.45 How universities can help by recognising existing learning amongst refugees and
migrants
Hila Azadzoy - Co-founder and Director of Academics, Kiron to be confirmed

11.45 - 12.30 Opportunities in recognising credit across FE and HE boundaries

Ian McGregor Brown - Lecturer, Bradford College and Project Worker, Leeds Trinity
University

12.30 - 13.15 LUNCH

13.15 - 14.00 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Recognising credit to support social mobility
Prof Tim Blackman - Vice-Chancellor, Middlesex University

14.00 - 15.15 Alternative providers and the extent to which they have credit recognition
arrangements with mainstream HE sector
Sarah MacDonald - Vice Principal (Academic Quality and Enhancement), Pearson
College London

15.15 16.00 Credit for MOOCs

Mark Lester - Director of Partnerships Development, FutureLearn

16.00 16.15 Final remarks and evaluation

16.15 CLOSE