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Watch this space for exciting news about the 2025 FACE Conference. Details coming soon...

Every year FACE holds a significant conference bringing together policy makers, practitioners, researchers and all those with a keen interest in the widening participation and social mobility agendas.

Details of our 2025 conference will be coming out soon.

What informed you the most?

“Everything was incredibly informative; I couldn’t choose one part of the programme.”

“The research informed paper sessions were fantastic – interactive and inspiring. I learned so much about how things run in other teams and institutions.”

“The discussion with other delegates informed by the key notes /panels/paper sessions.”

“The keynote speakers were excellent… i like how they made a clear link to the whole lifecycle of widening participation.”

What inspired you most?

“Meeting people as equally passionate as myself at HE – I can get bogged down in the beurocracy at my institution. FACE gave me the opportunity to place my work in the wider context.”

“Being around like-minded colleagues, and the discussions that many of the keynotes in particular sparked.”

“The people! Everyone I met was incredible, it was so lovely to be part of a like-minded community, with people in similar roles who I can learn from and share best practice with. And also a really nice sized group – it didn’t feel intimidating, and there was time to get around most people and build my network.”

Do you believe anything from the conference will influence your practice or research? If so, what?

“It’s got me thinking about how I can evaluate the impact of my work outside the OfS/ institution-imposed measures of success.”

“Absolutely – there are at least 10 new ideas that I will be using to inform the development of our team’s existing programmes and also to put some new ones into place.”

“Gosh, so much! I haven’t had time to really think it through yet, but I actually want to do some research and have the opportunity to present in the future.”

“…exploration into student voice.”

“Yes – Student partnership working, looking at how we develop agency with our students and reflecting on the importance of our ways of being. I have to say, i was so happy about how welcoming and encouraging everyone was. The conference gave me much more confidence that i should be there and that people are interested in what i have got to say. I will definitely come back.”