SCITTS Symposium

The SCITTS Symposium is coming to The Cavendish Building on Thursday 3 December, running from 10:00am to 3:00pm. It's a day for SCITT leaders, SCITT and Trust CPD leads, and administrators to connect with University of Derby staff and talk through how they want to work together going forward.

The morning sessions are led by university academics and are set up as open dialogue rather than presentations, so you'll be expected to get stuck in. They cover new routes into teaching through the university's apprenticeship offer, early insights from the Ofsted ITE framework trial, and professional development. The whole thing is built around student experience, so that's the common thread running through the different topics.

The afternoon opens up into a facilitated conversation on shared challenges, with inclusion, belonging, and the impact of AI and other disruptive technologies on the top of the list. It's less about being talked at and more about talking through the things that actually come up in the day-to-day, so it works best if you've got something to bring to the table.

Beyond the sessions, the symposium is a forum to meet key University staff and catch up with colleagues from across the partnership. Lunch and networking are included, so there's time to step away from the discussions and just chat. You'll find it in Room CB506 of the newly opened Cavendish Building on Agard Street, Derby, DE1 1DZ, from 10:00am to 3:00pm on Thursday 3 December.