Association of National Teaching Fellows Symposium 2027
11th-12th May 2027
Bournemouth University
Dear colleagues, let’s call a spade a spade – it is not an easy time to being working in higher education. We hope that the ANTF Symposium, being held in the Fusion Building, Talbot Campus, 11-12 May 2027 might be an opportunity for us to celebrate what is great about working in higher education – the positive impact we can make on our students, on our colleagues, and on society.
We’d like the symposium to be a showcase for the excellent education practices that occur across BU and as a way of recognising the contributions you make. We’d like to nudge you to submit an abstract and take the opportunity to present so that BU colleagues, and colleagues from HEIs across the country, can benefit from your insights and experiences, that they might then implement your great work into their own education practice. Thank you in advance for considering this.
Interested? We hope so! Please read on for how to submit an abstract.
Call for Contributions for the annual ANTF symposium 2027, at Bournemouth University!
The call is open to all National Teaching Fellows and aspiring National Teaching Fellows, CATE award winners, and aspiring CATE award winners. You are all warmly invited to join some of the most inspirational national educators in the UK for our two-day symposium. This year we are venturing south to Bournemouth University.
Come and present, showcase your work, join our workshops and sessions, and meet others who are focussed on enhancing learning , or find out more about the NTF and CATE schemes and how to get involved.
We are continuing with our WISER themes again this year, embracing everything from wellbeing to equity to innovation. Find out more about these themes here.
Submissions
Please submit an abstract of no more than 150-words using this form before 17.00 GMT, 14th December 2026. The form will also ask you to include three keywords and a Bluesky social media message about your session that we can use on our Bluesky channel. Whether you want to contribute an interactive workshop, a 15-minute presentation or showcase a resource, we look forward to your submission.
We will also ask you whether you would be willing to write a synopsis of your session for our blog page, so please don’t forget to indicate this on the form.
We are restricting the number of proposed contributions to a maximum of two for each person to ensure a diverse range of voices and contributions. Please do ensure you can fund your attendance at this event before submitting a proposal to minimise disruption to the programme. The cost for the symposium will be £75 per day attendance (Dinner will be an optional additional cost – details to follow).
Preferences
If you have a preference to present (if accepted) on a particular day, then please indicate this when you make your submission. We cannot guarantee to be able to accommodate this, but we will make every attempt possible!
Conference website and social media
Visit our website for further information and updates https://ntf-association.com/antf-symposium-2027-see-you-in-bournemouth/
We will be using the hashtag #ANTF2027 on social media; if you’re posting about coming, please do the same so we can find you and share! You can follow us here:
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ntfellows.bsky.social
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/association-of-national-teaching-fellows/
We look forward to receiving your contributions and to seeing you all in Bournemouth!
On behalf of the ANTF Symposium Conference Committee
