Higher Education Conference: Past, Current and Future Progression Routes to HE
Music Mark is delighted to hold its first in-person Higher Education Conference hosted at the Cardiff University School of Music, to discuss Progression Routes to Higher Education for young people.
When MusicHE was disbanded in October 2024, Music Mark took on responsibility for HE members as a Subject Association for all stages of music education across the UK. One of our primary ambitions is to connect universities and conservatoires to the prior stages of music education through reinforcing the infrastructure necessary to improve progression routes into HE.
This first HE Annual Conference within Music Mark aims to provide an opportunity for colleagues to discuss the role of HE as a vital part of the wider music education ecology. It will offer a space to champion outreach and engagement across the sector and explore potential fixes to the leaks in the pipeline, bringing in the voices of member bodies and partners from across the wider Music Mark membership. The conference will act as a space for colleagues to share best practice and openly discuss the challenges faced by the sector whilst offering proactive and actionable solutions.
Programme
- 8:30-9:00am Arrivals and refreshments
- 9:00-9:15am Welcome
- 9:15-10:15am Breakout sessions
Community & Identity chaired by Dr Roddy Hawkins | Entry to Higher Education chaired by Dr Kerry Bunkhall - 10:15-10:30am Morning refreshment break
- 10:30-11:30am Breakout sessions
Graduate Directions chaired by Bridget Whyte | Transition to Higher Education chaired by Dr Nick Jones - 11:30-12:30pm Roundtable
- 12:30-1:15pm Lunch and networking
- 1:15-2pm HE Outreach Guide and HE MU Toolkit Launch and Music Mark HE Representative Announcement
- 2-3:30pm Breakout sessions
Case Studies in Outreach chaired by Dr Cameron Gardner | Equity and Inclusion chaired by Dr Erin Johnson-Williams - 3:30-3:45pm Afternoon refreshment break
- 3:45-4:45pm Making (It) Work: Reflections on Collaboration and Community | Keynote | Professor Benjamin Oliver, University of Southampton
- 4:45-5pm Closing words
Accessibility
You can find out more on the venue via Caerdydd/Cardiff University’s website. If you have any questions about the day or venue, please don’t hesitate to contact info@musicmark.org.uk.
If you would like to request presentation slides, questions and provocations in advance of the session, please get in touch with us by emailing info@musicmark.org.uk. Speakers may decline sharing this information on the basis of protecting their intellectual property or for other reasons and we cannot therefore guarantee availability for all events.
About the Provider
Music Mark
We are a membership organisation, Subject Association, and an Arts Council England Investment Principles Support Organisation (IPSO) advocating for excellent musical learning in and out of school.
