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How can European universities best design and organise staff development activities to improve learning and teaching?
Over the past three years, the EU-funded ‘Staff development for learning and teaching at European universities’ (STAFF-DEV) project has conducted data gathering, research, peer learning and capacity building activities to build higher education institution’s capacity and agency to offer insightful staff development, connecting to the broader institutional framework for enhancing learning and teaching.
The STAFF-DEV final conference will build on knowledge gained and lessons learnt throughout the project. Addressing university representatives, policy makers and other stakeholders in higher education, this event will offer a mix of panel discussions and policy labs, to discuss key takeaways, STAFF-DEV's policy recommendations and what can be done to take learning and teaching enhancement further.
The conference will provide a unique opportunity for participants to exchange with policy makers and higher education professionals from across Europe, in the heart of Brussels. The data and insights on staff development that will be presented will help participants to kickstart impactful staff development within their own institutions and leverage broader policy developments.
This event will be of particular interest for leaders, managers and educational developers responsible for learning and teaching at higher education institutions, as well as policy makers engaged in higher education policy and professionals interested in or committed to teaching enhancement.
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08:45
Registration & coffee
09:15
Welcome words and setting the scene
09:30
Keynote
10:45
Coffee break
11:00
Workshop Round (1): From practice to policy
This first series of workshops depart from examples of practice to reflect and elaborate on how they could inform and inspire policies.
Each workshop will run twice, as a 45-minute session.
Participants will be able to choose two workshops.
Provisional topics:
12:40
Lunch
13:30
Panel discussion
With facilitators from the Workshop Round (1):
Moderated by Thérèse Zhang, EUA
14:30
Workshop Round (2): From policies to practice
In this second round, workshops depart from policy making narratives to address how it could take place in practice at higher education institutions.
Provisional topics
16:10
16:30
Closing session
17:15
End of conference
Registrations will open mid-September.
Participation in this event is free of charge. However, registration is mandatory. Registration includes participation in the whole event, including coffee breaks and lunches. Participants are responsible for their own expenses (travel, accommodation and subsistence allowance).
Each event has a limited capacity, and to guarantee a fair balance amongst countries and institutions, EUA may have to restrict attendance. Registration is subject to an approval process and EUA reserves the right to refuse registrations if there are too many participants from one institution. Priority will be given to those who register early. EUA will not be able to accept additional registrations once the event is full, even if this occurs before the registration deadline.
Your registration will be confirmed by email. Please wait for your confirmation email before making any further arrangements. The deadline for registration is 10 November 2026.
The conference will take place at:
Maison des Associations Internationales
Rue Washington 40
1050 Brussels, Belgium
