Introduction

							                                                                       programme
 'Which way now to widen participation? Lifelong learning, Economy & Society' | 30 June – 2 July 2010
Southampton Solent University Conference Centre, 157 – 187 Above Bar Street, Southampton, SO14 7NN


     Wednesday 30 June 2010
        10:00    Registration begins
        12:30    Lunch
                 Welcome & Introduction to Conference
        14:00    Professor Jane Longmore, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Southampton Solent University
                 Professor John Storan, Chair, FACE
                 Keynote Speaker: Sarah Howls
        14:30
                 Head of Widening Participation, HEFCE
        15:15    Refreshments & Networking
        15:45    Paper Session One
        16:45    Roundtable – Sustaining Aimhigher
                 Welcome Reception at the Southampton City Art Gallery
        19:00
                 The Mayor of Southampton
        20:00    Informal buffet followed by drinks and entertainment

     Thursday 1st July 2010
        08:00    Breakfast
        09:15    Keynote Speaker: Pat Bacon
                 AoC President and Chief Executive / Principal, St Helens College
        10:15    Paper Session Two
        11:15    Refreshments & Networking
        11:45    Paper Session Three
        12:45    Lunch
        13:45    Keynote Speaker: Bev Thomas
                 Deputy Director, Widening Participation, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
        14:45    Refreshments & Networking
        15:15    Paper Session Four: International Postgraduate Student Experience
        16:15    Roundtable – International Policy Exchange
        17:15    FACE Annual General Meeting
        19:30    Coaches depart for Gala Dinner at the Dock Gate 4 Restaurant

     Friday 2nd July 2010
        08:00    Breakfast
        10:15    Keynote Speaker: Jane Neuburger (tbc)
                 President-Elect, National Association for Developmental Education (NADE)
        11:00    Refreshments & Networking
        11:30    Paper Session Five
        12:30    Closing comments
        12:45    Lunch
        14:00    CONFERENCE ENDS