10.00

11.00

Time to connect to the event, get a coffee and review #IBelong resources

10.40

11.40

Talks and videos

Welcome from Lynda Brady,Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience) & University Secretary, Edge Hill University, UK

Overview of #IBelong by Dr Marieke Meeuwisse, Associate Professor in Educational Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL and #IBelong project leader

The Edge Hill experience of #IBelong, Dr Dawn Warren, Assistant Head, Department of Children, Education and Communities, Edge Hill University, UK

The importance and approach of #IBelong: Stories of diversity and success

12.00

13.00

Activities and discussion groups

Challenges experienced during the pandemic, facilitated by Professor Liz Thomas, Edge Hill University, UK

Engaging in online learning, facilitated by Pravini Baboeram, ECHO, Expertise Center for Diversity Policy, NL

Parallel sessions: Adapting to online and blended learning
Participants will be able to join one of the Discussion Groups:
1. Induction and transition
2. Teaching and assessment
3. Large group teaching
4. Student mentoring
5. Staff development and training
6. Co-curricular, extra-curricular and social activities

13.00

14.00

13.40

14.40

Student panel on belonging during lockdown, facilitated by  Dr Sofia Marques da Silva, University of Porto, PT and Miriam Burfeind, Osnabrueck University, DE

15.25

16.25

Activities, discussions and panel

Challenges of belonging in online learning environments, and the importance of the whole team, facilitated by Professor Liz Thomas, Edge Hill University, UK

Taking a colour-brave approach, facilitated by Pravini Baboeram

Building team and institutional capacity panel, facilitated by Mary Tupan-Wenno, with #IBelong team members

Parallel sessions: Addressing challenging scenarios in the classroom

15.30

16.30