University of Portsmouth-Kaplan Online Learning & Teaching Symposium (Friday, 19 November 2021, 5-9 pm SGT)

You are cordially invited to attend the University of Portsmouth-Kaplan Online Learning & Teaching Symposium. Please register here and upon acceptance of your participation into this free-of-charge symposium,  you will be sent a Zoom link one week prior to event. It takes place on Friday, 19 November 2021, 5pm - 9pm SGT (9am - 1pm GMT).

Programme (subject to change)

5pm: Welcome to the symposium by Professor Jeremy Howells, Executive Dean Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth

5:10pm: Welcome to the student section of the symposium by Mr Mike Christie, Chief Operating Officer, Kaplan Higher Education Singapore

5:15pm: University of Portsmouth’s student engagement activities by Ms Shermin Choban, Student Engagement Officer, International and Cross-cultural Cohesion, University of Portsmouth & Ana Baker, Student Engagement Officer, Faculty of Technology, University of Portsmouth.

5:25pm: Introduction to student well-being services at UoP by Terasa Baraclough, Senior Counsellor at UoP Student Wellbeing Service

5:35pm: Student employability at Kaplan Higher Education Singapore by Ms Charlotte Monica George, Deputy Director, Employability and Student Affairs, Kaplan Singapore

5:50pm Accountancy panel. Panelists:

Ms Lena Itangata, Senior Lecturer, Department of Accounting and Financial Management, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth (facilitator)

Mr Mike Christie, Chief Operating Officer, Kaplan Singapore

Mr Marty Windle, Head of Accountancy and Finance School, Kaplan Singapore 

Ms Rachel Chee, Head of Education for Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

Mr Dean Osman, Senior Lecturer, Department of Accounting and Financial Management, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth

6:35 – 6:45pm Break

6.45pm: Mrs Petronella Beukman, Head of the School of Computing, University of Portsmouth, Surfing the ‘Online Wave’ (Student teaching & learning experience)

6:55 – 7:40pm IT panel

Dr Janka Chlebikova, Associate Head (Partnership) & Senior Lecturer, University of Portsmouth (facilitator)

Mr Abdul Wahab Mohamed Yusoff,  Vice President, APAC, ThycoticCentrify

Mrs Petronella Beukman, Head of the School of Computing, University of Portsmouth 

Ms Vaithilingam Mullaikodi, Head of IT School, Kaplan Singapore

7:40 – 7:50pm Break

7:50pm: Welcome to the academic section of the symposium by Mrs Petronella Beukman, Head of the School of Computing, University of Portsmouth

7:55pm: Introduction to the Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching and recent research on Covid-19 and Higher Education by Dr Jürgen Rudolph, Head of Research & Senior Lecturer, Kaplan Higher Education Singapore

8:15pm: ‘Bittersweet’ and ‘alienating’. An extreme comparison of autoethnographic perspectives from students, non-teaching staff and faculty during the pandemic in the UK and Singapore

By Ms Lena Itangata, Senior Lecturer, Department of Accounting and Financial Management, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth

& Ms Michelle Kane, Technical Services Unit, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth

8:35pm: Appreciative inquiry in higher education by Mr Mohammed Fadhil, Adjunct Lecturer, Kaplan Higher Education Singapore 

8:55pm: Closing speech by Mr David Ward, Associate Dean (Global) for the Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth

9pm. THE END.