The inaugural I-LEAD Mini conference brings together educators and innovators to share breakthroughs in teaching and learning, address emerging challenges, and build meaningful connections within the wider education community. Participation is completely free, both for attendance and submissions.

Agenda

12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch
13:30 - 15:30 | Session 1 : Education and Inclusion (three parallel tracks)
15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break
16:00 - 18:00 | Session 2 : Building skills and embracing the future (three parallel tracks)
18:00 - 18:30 | Drinks & Poster Reception (Bush House, 8th Floor)

Session 1: 13:30 - 15:30

Track 1: Education, Social Mobility & Justice

Chair: Ian Hill (King's Business School)

Decolonising and Diversifying Quantitative Methods Teaching: Insights from Inclusive Curriculum Redesign in Business Education
Alison McFarland (King’s Business School)

Transformative Multicultural Pedagogies for Addressing Inequalities in Higher Education: A UK Case Study
Ifeoma Dan-Ogosi (UWE Bristol)

Decolonising the University; Learning wider inclusion lessons
Hardeep Basra and Zara Hooley (De Montfort University)

Increasing employability through entrepreneurial skills development
Ema Talam (King’s Entrepreneurship Institute)

Track 2: Ai in Education – Learning

Chair: Christine O'Dea (King's Business School)

Assessing Generative-AI’s impact on Student Research, Writing and Assessment Production activities in Higher Education: An Activity Theory Perspective
Ian Hall (Lancaster University)

A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial: Enhancing Meta-Cognitive Learning using GenAI in Essay Writing Workshops for Undergraduate Students
Rebecca Upsher (King’s College London)

Using Gen AI to facilitate collaborative story-telling
Penny Simpson (King’s Business School) and Sarah Hamilton (King’s Digital)

Beyond the Hype: Inclusion and Equity Considerations in the Use of AI in Business Schools
Zsófia Tóth (Durham University) and Cristina Galalae (The Open University)

 

Track 3: Assessment and Feedback

Chair: Noushin Pouraghaei (King's Business School)

What's the purpose of assessment? Lessons from the QAA funded C-BAss project
Dom Henri (Hull)

Piloting SHARP: Co-Creating Assessments for Inclusive and Effective Student Learning
Zeenat Soobedar de Villeneuve and Sophie Bennett (King’s College London)

Rethinking Assessments for the GenAI Future
Parama Chaudhury (UCL)

Reimagining Employability: Reflection, Creativity and Career Readiness in an MSc Programme
Zahra Abdulla (King’s College London)

Session 2: 16:00 - 18:00

Track 1: Nurturing Student Engagement and Belonging

Chair: Pratibha Ram (King's Business School)

Effectively bridging the transition into university at undergraduate and postgraduate taught level
Michelle Morgan (Dean of Students, University of East London) and Jonathan Neves (Head of Research & Surveys, Advance HE)

Reimagining Learning Through Design Thinking: An Interactive Case Study
Riyukta Raghunath and Chiara Alfano (Northeastern University London)

Multifaceted, tailored approaches to belonging for Postgraduate Online Students in Higher Education
Jenny Crow (Glasgow)

The Impact of Student-Created Case Studies on Inclusive Education Practice
Manuel Rodrigues (King’s Business School)

Track 2: Ai in Education – Practice

Chair: Oksana Yarema (KCL/Ternopil National Pedagogical University)

Symbiotic Learning in the AI Age: Reflective Practice, Enquiry, and Quantum Thinking for Inclusive and Adaptive Pedagogy
Xavier Matieni (University of Northampton)

Red Pill or Blue Pill? Will ChatGPT revolutionise marking and feedback in undergraduate law assessments?
Simon Sneddon (University of Northampton)

A taxonomy of applications and lessons from 4000 reports of AI/ML use in business, education and government
Darryn Mitussis (Queen Mary University of London)

Normalising the use of Generative AI in (Hospitality) Education
Loykie L. Lominé 

Track 3: Employability and work-related learning

Chair: Christopher Hazlehurst (King's Business School)

UCD Smurfit School MBA LEAP: A Case Study in Co-Created Authentic Assessment & Employability Development in the Curriculum
Bernie Burke (University College Dublin)

Events, Crises and Elegant Solutions
Claire Drakeley (University of Northampton)

So, What Does a Sustainability Consultant Actually Do? Designing an Authentic Sustainability Consulting Modul
Yasmin Kulasi (University of Westminster) and Dain Robinson (Deloitte)

Enhancing student engagement through Vygotskian inquiry-based learning: An essay competition, workshops, and student-led research journal
An Nguyen and Canh Dang (King’s Business School)