Spotlight25: Future-Proof: Empowering Staff for the Next Wave of Digital Transformation
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Date
29 April 2025
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29 April 2025
Online 10:00 - 16:30
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About the Event
The UCISA Spotlight on Digital Capabilities Conference is a virtual conference run by the Digital Capabilities and Digital Education Groups. It brings together university leaders, IT professionals, learning technologists and academics to discuss the latest trends and challenges in digital capabilities.
As technology continues to evolve, the need for a digitally fluent workforce in higher education has never been more pressing. This conference delves into:
- Strategies for preparing staff to navigate the next wave of digital transformation, from AI and automation to the metaverse.
- The exploration of practical approaches to upskilling, fostering digital capabilities, and building a culture of lifelong learning within your institution.
- Learning how to future-proof your workforce and ensure that your staff are not only keeping pace with emerging technologies but are equipped to leverage them to enhance teaching, research, and administration.
The conference will feature keynote speakers from leading universities and organisations with the opportunity to follow-up with a collaboration event later in the year.
Event Schedule
Tuesday
10:00
Welcome and introductions
Alison Waters, Digital Capabilities Manager, Cranfield University10:05
Sharing a whole institution approach to embracing and enhancing digital capabilities in a world of AI
Rob Howe, Head of Learning Technology, University of Northampton10:30
Developing a shared understanding of digital confidence
11:00
From IDEAs to Impact: empowering faculty and engaging students at Imperial
Richard Banks, Director of Digital Education, IDEA Lab, Imperial Business School and Stephen Vaz, Director of Learning Innovation, Imperial Business School11:30
Pause for reflection
11:35
Comfort break
11:45
Empowering our staff to embrace generative AI responsibly through discourse and exploration
12:15
Working across the institution: supporting Digital Transformation through collaborative relationships
12:45
Pause for reflection
12:50
Lunch break
13:30
Google for Education and the University of York: utilising Google technologies to develop the workforce
14:00
Pause for reflection
14:05
Comfort break
14:15
Cultivating collaboration for strategic change - building digital confidence and adaptability using Jisc’s framework and maturity model for digital transformation
14:45
An exploration of the tensions, and implications for professional practice’/graduate attributes when using Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education.
- Charlotte Haines Lyon, Associate Professor, York St John University
- Dr Caroline Elbra-Ramsay, Interim Head of the School of Education, Language and Psychology, York St John University
- Dr Yeji Han, Senior Lecturer in Korean and Linguistics, York St John University
- Professor Divine Charura, Registered Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council in England (UK), York St John University
- Callum Glen, Guest Lecturer and Postgraduate Researcher, York St John University
- Richard Skidmore, Senior Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education, York St John University
15:25
Pause for reflection
15:30
Connect and collaborate Q&A session
Chaired by:- Tamsyn Smith, Senior Learning Designer Team Lead, University of Southampton
- Timothy Smale, Digital Skills and Training Manager, Keele University
- Rob Howe, Head of Learning Technology, University of Northampton
- Izzy Simonet, Learning Consultant Lead, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Satu Kapiainen, Head of Digital Skills, Design and Training, University of Edinburgh
16:20
