Contents
- AI and Higher Education
- Assessment and feedback
- Assessment and inclusion
- Assessment and monitoring
- Attainment gaps
- Classroom practice and student engagement
- Co-creation and collective learning
- Curriculum and content
- Employability and entrepreneurship
- Experiments, games and role-play
- HE sector
- Learning approaches
- Learning environment
- Online and distance learning
- Small-group teaching
- Student outcomes
- Student support
- Support for lecturers
If you presented in this conference and your slides are not listed here, please send them to Martin, m.l.poulter@bris.ac.uk.
AI and Higher Education
AI and Assessment: Preparing Students for AI-Driven Careers
Workshop by Ramin Nassehi, Silvia Dal Bianco & Parama Chaudhury (UCL), Carlos Cortinhas (University of Exeter), Denise Hawkes (Kings College London), Cloda Jenkins (Imperial College), Antonio Mele (LSE), Stefania Paredes Fuentes (University of Southampton)
Beyond the passive chatbot: AI as classmate, tutor, mentor, simulator, and Socratic guide in higher education
Workshop by Gabriella Cagliesi (University of Sussex)
Leveraging large language models to learn research skills in an Intermediate macroeconomic course
Presentation by Marion Prat (University of Bristol)
How are students using GenAI and how can we support them?
Presentation by Cloda Jenkins, Nai Li, Mahammad Ahmadli, Ethan Hsieh, Ece Goktan, Annabelle Osborne Simpson, Dhruv Syam & Iris Yalcin (Imperial College London)
A CTaLE-Stone Centre-Royal Economics Society report: Rethinking economics assessments in the age of generative AI
Presentation by Ramin Nassehi, Silvia Dal Bianco, and Parama Chaudhury (UCL), Carlos Cortinhas (University of Exeter), Denise Hawkes (Kings College London), Cloda Jenkins (Imperial College), Antonio Mele (LSE), Stefania Paredes Fuentes (University of Southampton)
How can institutional GenAI policies be designed to strike a balance between encouraging ethical use of AI in learning and teaching and ensuring academic integrity?
Panel by Cloda Jenkins (Imperial College), Fabio Aricò (University of East Anglia), Parama Chaudhury (University College London) & Denise Hawkes (Kings College London)
Assessment and feedback
The Impact of Assessment Design on Student Attainment: an empirical investigation across dimensions of equality, diversity and inclusion
Presentation by Fabio Aricò & Ritchie Woodard (University of East Anglia), Laura Harvey (University of Loughborough)
Group work as Assessments: Perspectives from UK Educators
Presentation by Arpita Ghosh (University of Exeter), Atisha Ghosh (University of Warwick), Anastasia Papadopoulou (University of Bristol)
Assessment and inclusion
Co-creating group summative assessment with undergraduate student collaborators
Presentation by Satadru Mukherjee (University of Bristol)
Assessment and monitoring
Changes in Economics Assessment Design: Responses to AI and the Pandemic
Presentation by Caroline Elliott (University of Warwick) & Fabio Aricò (University of East Anglia)
Student attitudes and behavioural responses to online versus in-person examinations: Evidence from a UK university in the post-Covid-19 pandemic era
Presentation by Carlos Cortinhas, Martha Omolo & Olayinka Oyekola (University of Exeter)
Curating knowledge: Portfolio-based assessment in international economics
Presentation by Ramin Nassehi (University College London), Ahmed Saade (Bayes Business School & Cranfield School of Management)
Attainment gaps
Academic mindset in Economics Degrees: An International Comparison
Presentation by Carlos Cortinhas (University of Exeter), Jana Sadeh (University of Southampton), Douglas McKee (Cornell University), Brandon Sheridan (Elon University) & Emily Marshall (Cornell University)
Women into Studying Economics (WiSE): Understanding gender imbalances in economics education
Presentation by Peter Hughes, Bianca Orsi, Juliane Scheffel & Lucy Munro (University of Leeds)
Assessing assessment: The role of institutional data in understanding awarding gaps
Presentation by Gabriella Cagliesi & Valeria Terrones Rodriguez (University of Sussex)
Classroom practice and student engagement
Would they produce a higher quality of work if they felt they were being more authentic? The (de)valuing of authentic connections in teaching and learning
Presentation by Mike Reynolds (University of Leeds)
Assessing students’ comprehension and feedback in a small group setting using the One Minute Paper (OMP) technique
Presentation by Andreas Markoulakis (University of Warwick)
Using adaptive reading to improve student engagement and attainment
Presentation by Justine Wood, Ahmad Hassan Ahmad & Ali Choudhary (Loughborough University)
Social Media as a Pedagogical Tool: Engaging Students and Promoting Research-Led Teaching
Workshop by Sofia Izquierdo Sanchez (University of Manchester) & William Tayler (Lancaster University)
We’re writing what? A review of published evaluations of interventions in economics classrooms
Presentation by Jana Sadeh (University of Southampton) & Annika Johnson (University of Bristol)
What determines the sense of belonging of economics students to their university?
Presentation by Karishma Patel & Robert Riegler (Aston University)
Co-creation and collective learning
The budding economists' symposium: A student-staff collaborative experiential learning initiative
Presentation by Ravshonbek Otojanov (Queen Mary University of London)
Curriculum and content
Teaching the history of economics
Panel by Jeff Powell (University of Greenwich), Danielle Guizzo (University of Bristol), Luigi Ventimiglia (Queen Mary University of London) & Alvin Birdi (University of Bristol)
The PSI pedagogy in a level 5 microeconomics course
Presentation by Thanos Athanasopoulos (University College London)
Programming resources that provide real-life challenges
Workshop by Yichen Zhu (Aston University) & Ralf Becker (University of Manchester)
Employability and entrepreneurship
Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Employability at Undergraduate level through Experiential Learning and Work Experience Acquisition
Panel by Atisha Ghosh (University of Warwick), Dean Garratt (Aston University), Ritchie Woodard (University of East Anglia), Anthi Chondrogianni (University of Bristol)
Support and skills development: Key factors shaping the quality of work placement experience
Presentation by Panagiotis Arsenis (University of Surrey) & Miguel Flores (National College of Ireland)
Embedding careers in the curriculum: evaluation of a programme level approach for economics undergraduates
Presentation by Mathilde Péron & Yaprak Tavman (University of York)
Experiments, games and role-play
Using an interactive class experiment to improve the teaching of mixed strategies
Presentation by Chris Wilson (Loughborough University) & Matthew Olczak (Aston University)
Lucas Islands Game in intermediate macroeconomics
Presentation by Tatiana Kirsanova (University of Glasgow), Nigar Hashimzade (Brunel University London) & Oleg Kirsanov (University of Glasgow)
Punish or perish? Strategic thinking in a commons game
Presentation by Maria Psyllou (Imperial College London) & Atisha Ghosh (University of Warwick)
You’re (not just) having a laugh: What standup and improv comedians can teach economics
Workshop by Andrew Mearman (University of Leeds), Prab Riat (Think Fast Collective) & Martin Poulter (The Economics Network)
Props and role-play to engage economics students
Presentation by Geethanjali Selvaretnam & Vladimir Maltsev (University of Glasgow)
HE sector
The UK economics degree in 2025 and its future
Presentation by Annika Johnson (University of Bristol) & Ashley Lait (The Economics Network)
Learning approaches
Student experiences of problem-based learning: Lessons for a new module
Presentation by Ning Xue, Adrian Gonzalez, Eleanor K.K. Jew, Judith E. Krauss & Yaprak Tavman (University of York)
Learning environment
Online and distance learning
The ‘forum effect’: how does participation in online forums affect student retention and academic performance at a distance learning university?
Presentation by Emilie Rutledge, Julia Chukwuma, & Roberto Simonetti (The Open University), Michael Ng (University of Roehampton)
Small-group teaching
Exploring team formation among students in the UK: A theory of planned behaviour
Presentation by Yidi Sun, Chenyang Wang & Ralf Becker (University of Manchester)
Student outcomes
Student Absenteeism in Undergraduate Economics Education: Comparative Evidence from Lectures and Tutorials
Presentation by Hiren Nisar, Carlos Cortinhas, Olha Matviiets, & Samuel Odewunmi (University of Exeter)
Through Student Eyes: Graduate Attributes in the Economics and Finance Curriculum
Presentation by Kulnicha Meechaiyo, Ian Smith, & Gosia Mitka (University of St Andrews)
The effects of socioeconomic deprivation on academic outcomes
Presentation by Yin Zhang & Martin Jones (University of Dundee)
Student support
Determinants of students’ engagement with programming tools in economics education and their usefulness
Presentation by Ahmed Pirzada & Sophie Lythreatis (University of Bristol)
Student perspectives on engaging with economics content support schemes
Presentation by Melisa Williams Higgins (University of Bristol)
Support for lecturers
How is the role of teaching-focused academics evolving in UK economics departments?
Presentation by Cloda Jenkins (Imperial College), Christian Spielmann (University of Bristol), Fabio Aricò (University of East Anglia), Alvin Birdi (University of Bristol), Caroline Elliott (University of Warwick) & Ashley Lait (The Economics Network)
The unwritten path: Mid-career transitions and challenges for economics educators
Presentation by Stefania Paredes Fuentes (Southampton and National Bank of Slovakia) & Tim Burnett (Aston University)
Who Should Attend?
Anyone interested in teaching economics at HE level (whether to economics or other students), especially:
- Lecturers in higher and further education
- Graduate teaching assistants
- Library and information staff
- Teaching support staff
- Staff developers
