Keynote:
Learn & Get Inspired
The UEL Learning and Teaching Symposium is the university’s largest learning and teaching event of the year. Every January we invite renowned keynote speakers and presenters to discuss various aspects related to learning, teaching and assessment.
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The event will feature outstanding keynote speakers Dr Carl Hendrick and Professor Sarah Jones.​
Professor of Learning Sciences at Academica University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam and serves on the UNESCO IBE Science of Learning Advisory Board.
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Bio: Dr Carl Hendrick is an internationally recognised expert on the science of learning. He began his career as an English teacher in an inner-city London state school before becoming Head of Learning and Research at Wellington College. He is currently Professor of Learning Sciences at Academica University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam and serves on the UNESCO IBE Science of Learning Advisory Board.
Carl is the author of several books, including the award-winning How Learning Happens (with Paul Kirschner), and holds a PhD in Education from King’s College London.
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This talk draws on more than 100 years of cognitive science to explain how people learn and how to use that knowledge to improve teaching, training, and study. It brings together several core drivers of learning: retrieval practice, spacing, cognitive load theory, metacognition, adaptive learning and responsive instruction. The session also considers what the emergence of AI means for the science of learning. Above all, it provides clear, practical ways to apply these ideas so learning becomes more efficient, more memorable, and more aligned with how the mind works.
Professor Sarah Jones
Pro Vice-Chancellor Education
Southampton Solent University
