Bringing together colleagues involved in education across the School to listen to speakers from amongst their teaching peers and share their effective practice. Usually 2 hours in duration. Our forums take place once in Autumn Term and once in Winter Term, with our LSE Education Symposium (a larger event) being held in Spring Term.
Winter Term Forum 2025
Wednesday 19 February (12-2.30pm)
Principled Spaces and Inclusive Pedagogies
In March 2023, the Education Forum focussed on inclusive education. Since then, both LSE and the wider HE sector have experienced significant changes, including the approval of our new Access and Participation Plan and increased emphasis from the EHRC on anticipatory duty and assessment. Additionally, we have faced numerous challenges from the broader world, underscoring the need to ensure that students and staff can fully participate in the classroom at LSE.
This term's Education Forum will focus on the theme of Principled Spaces and Inclusive Pedagogies exploring how educators can create and sustain environments that are enabling for all students. Through panel discussions and interactive interventions, we aim to share insights and strategies for fostering inclusive and supportive educational spaces.
Speakers will include Lauren Amdor, LSESU Activities and Communities Officer, with more to be announced.
You can book a place using the links below. For those attending in-person, the event will start with a lunch and networking - the Forum sessions and online coverage will begin at 12.30pm.
Book a place to attend in-person
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Autumn Term Forum 2024
Tuesday 22 October
Making Feedback work for you and your students
What makes feedback effective for our students' learning and engagement? How can we make the task of giving feedback work efficiently and effectively for staff? Our AT Education Forum looked at learning from colleagues' practices, sharing challenges and concerns, and discussing ways to ensure that our efforts to enhance feedback practices are having a positive impact on students and staff.
Download the schedule here
Watch videos from the event here via our Eden Centre YouTube page
Winter Term Education Forum (Wednesday 14 February)
Generative AI and Education
The rapid rise in Generative AI tools is prompting us all to reflect on our approaches to educational practices. In the Winter Term Education Forum, we aimed to give LSE students and staff the space to explore how and where they are are already using these tools in their teaching and learning and what the implications of this might be for our community.
We heard from members of the Student Education Panel, who explored the theme at a recent meeting, as well as staff who are integrating generative AI into their teaching and assessment. There was a chance for attendees to discuss their own experiences and to raise any questions, concerns, or suggestions about our future approaches.
You can watch videos of our colleagues' presentations here.
| Time |
|
Speaker(s) |
| 2pm |
Welcome and introductions |
Dr Claire Gordon |
| 2.10pm |
How am I currently using AI? Should we incorporate AI routinely into teaching? Should our curriculum and teaching methods change to reflect advances in AI? |
Group discussions |
| 2.30pm |
Student perspectives on Generative AI and education |
Students from the LSE Student Education Panel |
| 3pm |
Staff experiences of Generative AI and education |
Prof Charlie Beckett (Department of Media and Communications), Dr Michael Lerner (Department of Government) and Dr Diana Weinhold (Department of International Development) |
| 3.30pm |
What are the implications of what I've heard today? What would I like to know more about? How can the School support me (and my colleagues) more? In the age of AI, should individual disciplines and disciplinary expertise still be the foundations of how and what we teach? |
Group discussions |
| 3:50pm |
Closing summary |
Prof Emma McCoy |
Autumn Term Education Forum - Thursday 19 October
Student Voice at LSE: moving forward from discussion to impact
Student voice has become a growing area of interest in UK higher education, underlined by recent National Student Survey scores. The Autumn term Education Forum focused on how the LSE community understands student voice and explore ways in which colleagues are embedding student feedback and experiences into their everyday practices in the classroom and beyond. We heard from both staff and students, and worked together to develop a stronger understanding of student voice so that all our students genuinely feel their voices are heard during their time at LSE.
Download the Forum schedule here