Attendance & engagement webinar
Addressing attendance and engagement: adaptations in a post-Covid world
As the world adapts to a post-Covid era, the educational sector faces unique challenges. Many students, having endured nearly 12 months of disrupted education, hold a transformed view of how learning should be delivered. Coupled with rapid global changes and a cost-of-living crisis, traditional full-time study is becoming increasingly out of reach for many.
Recent reports from THE and the Guardian highlight a troubling trend: in-person attendance has plummeted, leading to diminished student motivation, enjoyment, and success.
Key Discussion Points:
Current Trends and Challenges: Understanding the impact of post-Covid changes on student attendance and engagement.
Effective Strategies: Exploring what methods have been successful in re-engaging students and which have not.
Balance in Support: Where is the line between appropriate support, structure and direction versus handholding, and has the line or should the line be moved?
Impactful Changes: Identifying small yet significant adjustments that can make a big difference in the academic experience.
This webinar brings together a panel from across the UK, Ireland and Europe to give a range of perspectives. What unites them all is the success they have had in tweaking the way they run their course using technology as an enabler. We hope that you will come away from the webinar with some fresh thought-starters on how you could do something similar.
Watch our webinar recording
Date: Monday 15th July 2024
Time: 1pm
Duration: 60 minutes
Meet our speakers
Dr. Francesco del Giudice
Dr. Francesco Del Giudice is an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering, and he is a recognised Chartered Chemical Engineer and a Chartered Scientist. Francesco is the head of the Rheological Microfluidic lab at Swansea University Bay Campus. Francesco's interests are in Microfluidics and Soft Matter. Francesco has several roles across national and international institutions, including Functional Chartered Member of the IChemE, ICP Panel member of the IChemE, Council Member of the British Society of Rheology, and core member of the Institute of Non-Newotnian Fluid Mechanics.
See his full bio: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/francesco.delgiudice/
Dr. Celine de Graaf-Konig
Dr. Celine de Graaf-Konig is a lecturer in the Department of Finance at Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam. Teaching Corporate Finance and Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management, Celine and her colleagues recently won the school's best course award as voted for by students. She brings a wealth of experience in industry, having worked for many years for the Boston Consulting Group.
See her full bio: https://www.rsm.nl/people/celine-de-graaf-koning/
Dr. Dónal Palcic
Donal is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Limerick. His primary area of research is in public sector economics with a particular focus on infrastructure policy, public enterprises, privatisation and public-private partnerships. He has over fifteen years lecturing experience and currently teaches economics on a range of programmes in UL. He also has considerable international teaching experience and has been a visiting professor at Cornell University, Ecole de Management Strasbourg, Audencia Business School in Nantes, and Grenoble Ecole de Management.
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