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10:15am

Welcome to Wonkfest 1. Auditorium

10:30am

Has Britain blown it? 1. Auditorium

11:40am

Tackling online harassment 6. Guardian Fireside

11:45am

Rise of the robots: putting artificial intelligence to work in universities 3. Futures Theatre

12:00pm

I'm not racist but ... 2. Main Stage

12:10pm

Delivering personalised student service in a world of compliance 7. Wonk Corner

12:15pm

Be a university governor for a day 4. Co-lab

12:40pm

Is it still worth doing a PhD? 6. Guardian Fireside

1:00pm

LIVE PODCAST: Go with me on this - without a focus on life skills a university qualification is worthless 5. Evidence Centre Finding new answers about student wellbeing 3. Futures Theatre

1:30pm

How to be global citizens in fragmented times 2. Main Stage

2:00pm

What stories will the universities of tomorrow tell? 3. Futures Theatre Building a trans-inclusive education 6. Guardian Fireside Selling the dream: the ethics of marketing in higher education 4. Co-lab

2:25pm

Capturing the impact of policy decision-making using real-time data: the story of post-study work 5. Evidence Centre

2:45pm

Challenges crossing the desks of student services 7. Wonk Corner John Kingman: in conversation 2. Main Stage

3:00pm

Learning strategies fit for a digital world; digital strategies fit for a learning world 3. Futures Theatre

3:10pm

What data is driving policy decision-making (and should it be?) 5. Evidence Centre

3:15pm

Shifting the debate from social mobility to social justice 6. Guardian Fireside

4:00pm

Universities facing the future: creating a wonks' manifesto for the general election 1. Auditorium

4:45pm

The 2019 Wonkhe Awards & Reception 6. Guardian Fireside

7:00pm

Party: The Wonkfest Late

9:30am

Is the future tertiary? A new vision for post-compulsory education 1. Auditorium

10:00am

The sustainable campus 7. Wonk Corner Is "fake news" fake news? And what should universities be doing about it? 5. Evidence Centre

10:30am

Parent power: a new approach to widening access 6. Guardian Fireside

10:45am

A toxic environment? Supporting the future research workforce 2. Main Stage

11:00am

What does it mean to be an engaged university in the twenty-first century? 4. Co-lab

11:15am

How do universities plan when the only certainty is uncertainty? 7. Wonk Corner

11:30am

The future of the Teaching Excellence Framework 1. Auditorium

11:50am

What can young people's reading habits tell us about their interests? 6. Guardian Fireside

12:00pm

The power of lived student experience research 5. Evidence Centre Higher education innovation: new providers versus old models 2. Main Stage

12:30pm

Registrarism: Live! 7. Wonk Corner

12:50pm

Forget what you thought you knew: the data says something different 1. Auditorium I, vice chancellor: exploring humanity in higher education leadership 4. Co-lab

1:00pm

The scramble for students: are admissions processes fair? 6. Guardian Fireside How do we build a research agenda for higher education policy? 2. Main Stage

1:40pm

Flipside: How HR and finance can learn from each other on pay and pensions 7. Wonk Corner

2:00pm

The state of the nation 1. Auditorium Show me the money: building financially sustainably universities 5. Evidence Centre

2:10pm

Snowflakes fight back: a new age of student activism 6. Guardian Fireside

2:20pm

Project 2040: how global trends are reshaping universities 4. Co-lab

2:50pm

What is the future of the profession for learning technologists? 2. Main Stage The hidden history of HE: Live! 7. Wonk Corner

3:30pm

Nate Silver: the signal and the noise 1. Auditorium

4:30pm

Closing remarks 1. Auditorium LIVE PODCAST: The Wonkhe Show: Live! 4. Co-lab