Tuesday 28 April 2020
09:00 – 10:40
Conference registration, refreshments and a chance to visit the exhibition and network
10:40 – 10:50
10:50 – 11:20: Plenary:
11:20 – 11:50: Plenary:
11:55 – 12:15
Refreshments
12:20 – 13:20: Breakout session one
An absolute beginner's guide to the UCAS Undergraduate scheme
Developing functionality for bespoke questions
Improving your applicant experience for FE students
Recruitment heroes or admissions headaches? Agents and their increasing importance to UK higher education
Reform and reimagine – The future of the admissions service
What makes good universities great? Secrets of universities who are thriving
Crisis – what crisis?
Higher and degree apprenticeships – supporting providers with diagnostic assessment
How has the sector responded to changes to questions about criminal convictions?
13:25 – 14:30
Lunch, and a chance to visit the exhibition and network
14:35 – 15:05: Plenary:
15:10 – 16:10: Breakout session two
Clearing 2020 and beyond – what could it look like?
College higher education in the new landscape: opportunities and challenges
Delivering technological, business process and cultural change in admissions
Getting the most out of Tracker
Supporting disability and diversity in higher education – a student-centred approach to enabling success
T Levels and progression to HE
Struggling with student drop out? Data science has the answers
Verification service 2020 – supporting our customers
Shaping the future of courses data
JCQ Embargo update for 2020
16:15 – 16:25
Grab-and-go refreshments
16:30 – 17:30: Breakout session three
Reform and reimagine – The future of the admissions service
How has the sector responded to changes to questions about criminal convictions?
What will the future hold for recruitment and admissions?
BTEC level 3 suite of qualifications (RQF) – update on student performance and progression
Data security in admissions
French revolution: the new French Baccalaureate (OIB)
Having difficult conversations with applicants and parents
Collaboration in widening participation (WP) *Note listed as medical schools' collaboration in WP in registration website
Survival guide for new or aspiring managers and heads of admissions
The power of face to face marketing – the secret of a good event
18:00 – 19:00
Optional activities
19:30 – 21:00
Evening meal
21:00 onwards
Quiz
Wednesday 29 April 2020
08:15 – 09:00
Conference registration for day delegates, refreshments and a chance to visit the exhibition and network
09:00 – 09:05
09:05 – 09:45: Plenary:
Student panel
09:50 – 10:50: Breakout session four
‘Everybody else is doing okay, so what is wrong with me?’ How to help young people with the transition to university
Decisions and impact – the student voice in UCAS
Students with an Armed Forces background
The dynamic world of an interim in higher education admissions
The UCAS results services – a gallop through the admissions calendar
C&C – how to creatively cut through the marketing noise
UCAS developments – your opportunity to find out what’s next
A world without the insurance choice?
SITS:Vision your questions answered
Admissions in small and/or specialist providers
10:55 – 11:15
Refreshments, exhibition and networking
11:20 – 11:50: Plenary:
11:50 – 12:50: Table discussions:
Table discussions: Sharing experiences and best practice
12:55 – 14:15
Lunch, and a chance to visit the exhibition and network
14:20 – 15:20: Breakout session five
Clearing 2020 and beyond – what could it look like?
Signed, sealed, delivered (I'm yours) – why direct mail is still important
Understanding the new UCAS corporate strategy
University decision making: the role and changing landscape of admissions tests
Communicating with parents
Mapping admissions
How the emerging landscape planned for post-16 vocational education could impact on entry to university
How strategic data-led marketing drives results
15:25
Takeaway refreshments and close of conference