Student Education Conference
LITE is proud to be responsible for the University's annual Student Education Conference (SEC). Held every January, the conference brings together our community of staff and students who are committed to positive change to the learning and teaching experience through research, scholarship and innovation.
Employees at the University of Leeds can find out more about the conference at the SEC hub on our SharePoint site. Watch our 2025 round-up video on YouTube to get a sense for what SEC is all about.
Did you miss SEC2026?
Visit the SEC2026 Rewind on our intranet site to catch up with the most recent Student Education Conference.
Previous conferences
Watch recordings and review programmes from previous Student Education Conferences.
SEC2025
Our 2025 keynote speaker was Margaret Bearman from the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) at Deakin University, who discusses sustainable innovation in university teaching and learning practices.
SEC2024
Want to listen again to the inspirational student panel? Couldn’t get to all of the parallel sessions you were interested in? Would you like to hear from our keynote speaker Paul Ashwin, discussing whether Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) can transform educational policies and practices?
SEC2023
Our two-day hybrid conference focussed on the topic of ‘A Curriculum for the Future – Rising to Grand Challenges’.
SEC2022
The Covid pandemic and the challenges of adapting to a new way of working and delivering the student education experience has placed sense of belonging at the heart of discussions around student education. The theme of 'Belonging and Community' seemed an appropriate choice for the 2022 conference.
The standout for many was the student voice, whether from students delivering parallel and snap sessions or the inspiring and thought provoking student panel.
The standout for many was the student voice, whether from students delivering parallel and snap sessions or the inspiring and thought provoking student panel.
SEC2021
To support our community in reflecting on and sharing lessons from the experiences of adapting to remote learning the theme for 2021 was 'Lessons from a hybrid teaching world'.
There was a record turnout for the 40 parallel and snap sessions, all delivered online, as well as the keynote presentation from Prof. Tansy Jessop, Pro Vice Chancellor for Education, University of Bristol.
There was a record turnout for the 40 parallel and snap sessions, all delivered online, as well as the keynote presentation from Prof. Tansy Jessop, Pro Vice Chancellor for Education, University of Bristol.