2025 SOLSTICE and CLT conference

This annual international teaching and learning conference is an excellent professional development and networking opportunity.

Message from Prof Mark Schofield, Dean of Teaching and Learning Development at Edge Hill University:

Dear Colleagues,

This conference is fundamentally about enhancement of student learning. The pursuit of learning and teaching excellence is not only right, but importantly, is high on the international higher education agenda.

The event provides an opportunity to both focus on and share evidence and insights into current successes and challenges in the modern world and modern university. To this end, the conference provides a rich arena; a metaphoric Homer’s ‘Agora’, a meeting place, where rich exchanges can occur. The conference series has been running since 2003 and has continued to attract colleagues from around the globe, convening around mutual commitment to the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching.

In 2006 Edge Hill was awarded a Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) for using digital technologies and online spaces. This SOLSTICE legacy lives on in the conference alongside a rich culture of collegiality, and sustained advocacy for excellence and the research teaching nexus.

Please come and join us to present, participate and contribute to imagining and delivering the best possible opportunities for our students in the UK and around the world.

Themes

Proposal information

Proposals
The call for proposals is now open. Deadline: Friday 28 February (Midnight).

Proposals will be assessed in relation to:

• relevance to the focus of the conference and to the interests of the wider learning and teaching research and practice community
• clarity and focus of the proposal
• focus on impact and enhancement of the student experience
• And where appropriate:
• use of literature and evidence bases
• significance to educational practice, research, policy or theory

And for all:
potential to generate interest from delegates, debate and subsequent enhancement of learning and teaching.

Instructions for proposals:
Proposals (up to 300 words) should be submitted via the online proposal form by midnight on Friday 28 February 2025.

The timings for sessions will be confirmed once the programme is finalised. The information below is a guide.

1. Paper – paper presentations (Guide: 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for discussion. With potential for publication)
2. Presentation – presentations (Guide: 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions. Significant work-in-progress)
3. Workshop/demonstration– workshops (Guide: 40 minutes and allow for discussion and interaction during the 40-minute slot).
4. Short Presentation– short presentations (Guide: 10 minutes). These short presentations may be grouped together.
5. Poster Presentations– posters will be displayed throughout the day and may be physical or electronic. Two 20-minute timeslots will be made available for informal discussions in the display area (usually during the refreshment breaks).

Please specify the name(s) of the author(s) clearly, as both individual and collaborative contributions within one or across institutions are welcome.

If you wish to submit more than one proposal, you will need to complete a separate online proposal form for each one.

We will inform you of the outcome by Friday 21 March 2025. (If you need to contact us, please email: [email protected])

Conference fees

Cost: £60 one day. £100 both days.

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