Future Facing Learning 2027

Skills, enterprise and industry-linked learning:
designing curriculum for an AI-enabled economy

7 - 9 April 2027

This conference explores a bold new educational paradigm in which AI is embedded across disciplines, reshaping what we study, how we learn and how we prepare students for changing professional identities.

Bringing together researchers, educators, students, practitioners, and policymakers, the conference addresses four urgent challenges at the centre of global higher education

Conference opportunities

Inspiring keynote talks, expert panels, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities exploring the future of education, work, and AI-enabled professional practice.

Share your work with an international community shaping the future of education, skills, AI-augmented education, digital transformation, and emerging pedagogies.

Practical workshops and demonstrations focused on curriculum redesign, assessment innovation, AI tools, and transformative teaching practices across disciplines.

Critical discussions on strategy, leadership, policy, governance, and institutional change in response to AI and intelligent technologies.

Exploration of ethical, inclusive, transparent, and human-centered approaches to the adoption of AI in higher education and society.

Call for papers

Future Facing Learning and AI in Higher Education 2027

The conference brings together scholars, practitioners, students, and innovators to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping higher education.

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What guests from previous years have shared...

I have a better understanding of the university position on AI and feel more confident to use it.

Dynamic, fascinating enjoyable.

This was an intellectually stimulating event.

Thought-provoking, interesting and learnt a lot from the conference. Looking forward to 2025.

An excellent meeting of leading HE instructors to discuss innovations in teaching and learning.

Really impressed by the quality of the key speakers and the positivity and motivation I left with.

 

Organising committee


Professor Chrisina Jayne

Professor Chrisina Jayne

General conference chair

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement and Partnerships)
Teesside University


Dr Ann Thanaraj

Local conference chair

Associate Professor & Head of Digital and AI Innovations
Teesside University


Paul Durston

Paul Durston

Local conference chair

Digital Innovation Manager
Teesside University

Programme chairs


Dr Andrew Bingham

Dr Andrew Bingham

Teesside University, UK


Dr Matthew Watson

Dr Matthew Watson

Teesside University, UK


Dr Ann  French

Dr Ann French

Teesside University, UK


Jo Burgess

Jo Burgess

Teesside University, UK

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