The Touching Hearts and Minds Conference took place at the ASK-UK building, Coventry University on Monday 18th June, 2012. It was a lively day that was attended by 50 educators, researchers and education policy makers who had travelled from all around the country.
As the sessions were interactive, they sparked energetic debates about many aspects of disparities in student attainment and ways of reducing the attainment gap. However, due to time constraints many people who wished to comment did not have the opportunity to do so. In response to this we have opened a blog for further discussion appertaining to disparities in student attainment. Please visit the DiSA Project Blog and eave your reflection of the day, your comments or questions and respond to those of other contributors.
The Disparities in Student Attainment (DiSA) programme has been funded by the HEA and investigated by the Universities of Wolverhampton and Coventry, under the direction of Professor Glynis Cousin. The programme has produced a wealth of findings about how disparities in student attainment can arise; the most evident of these revolving around the quality of relationships that students have with their lecturers. The Hearts and Minds Conference presented these findings in depth, exploring all aspects of student and lecturer relationships, the impact this has on attainment and thus the attainment gap. The day also provided the opportunity to explore theoretical issues apropos to disparities in attainment, such as raciality and post-race.
For more information about the day including the posters and presentations have a look the DiSA Conference Agenda
Speakers
Click on the picture below to see a full version of the poster.
