Mind the Gap Event Programme
Wednesday 4 November 2026
King’s College London
Mind The Gap Event Programme: Wednesday 4 Nov 2026
| Time | Session | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Morning — Arrival & Welcome | ||
| 10:00 | Doors open — arrival and networking Tea, coffee and pastries in the breakout area. | |
| 10:55 | Online participants join Teams | |
| 11:00 | Event opens | Dr Helena Lim, evasys Daniel Robson, King's College London |
| 11:10 | Welcome from King's College London | Professor Mark Peace, Academic Director King's Experience, King's College London |
| 11:20 | Opening keynote — TEF and the student voice How institutional feedback ecosystems show up in the evidence base for TEF, what the 2027–28 cycle is likely to reward and expose, and how the student voice is threaded through the strategic narrative rather than bolted on to it. | Professor Elizabeth Jones, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Exeter |
| Pillar 1 — Governance | ||
| 12:00 | Practitioner presentations What we ask students, when and why — how institutional confidence in the survey system is built, how good practice is defined, and how survey activity is kept in close alignment with student success. | Dawn Kemp, Leicester Emily Chapman, SOAS |
| Mini-panel Q&A | ||
| Pillar 2 — Staff Engagement | ||
| 12:35 | Practitioner presentations Moving from staff awareness of student feedback data to staff actively deploying it for module and programme enhancement — and the cultural shift required to make that happen. | Professor Steve King, York Daniel Robson, King's College London |
| Mini-panel Q&A | ||
| Break | ||
| 13:10 | Lunch Working sandwich lunch in the breakout area. Break for online delegates. | |
| Pillar 3 — Student Engagement | ||
| 14:10 | Joint practitioner and Students' Union presentation What it looks like when the relationship between institution and Students' Union is genuinely built into the feedback system, not bolted on. Institutional voice sets the context; SU voice reflects on what it feels like when it works — and where the gaps remain. | Professor Ciaren Graham, Queen's University Belfast and Nadine Curtis, Queen's Students' Union PresidentDr Emily McIntosh, Harper Adams University and Zena Rittenhouse, Student Voice Coordinator, Harper Adams Students' Union |
| Mini-panel Q&A | ||
| Afternoon — Closing Keynote & Close | ||
| 14:50 | Closing keynote Sector context, the role of institutional culture, and what intentional design looks like across the framework. | Dr Debbie McVitty, Wonkhe |
| 15:30 | Closing: Minding your gap Key themes from the day, threads across the three pillars, and what the framework offers as a practical next step. | Helena Lim, evasys |
| 15:45 | Event closes | |
| 16:00 | Informal networking and social In-person attendees only. | |
The day is single-track throughout, with all sessions broadcast live via Microsoft Teams for online delegates. The three pillar sessions are the heart of the day: Pillars 1 and 2 pair two practitioners in back-to-back presentations followed by a mini-panel Q&A across both speakers; Pillar 3 is a joint institution–Students’ Union presentation followed by a structured prompt taken from the whole audience. The day is bookended by two keynotes — Liz Jones opening with TEF and the student voice thread through to accountability and Dr Debbie McVitty closing with the sector context and the framework.
Timings shown are working timings and will be confirmed once all speakers are in place.