SHU TeachMeet – Reaching every learner: Engagement strategies for teaching library and academic skills

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Event Start June 4, 2026 9:30 am	Event End June 4, 2026 4:00 pm	Booking closes May 28, 2026 4:00 pm
Location Sheffield Hallam University City Campus, Building/Room TBC

This session will run in person at Sheffield Hallam University.

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About this Event

We are delighted to invite you to the 6th Sheffield Hallam University Library and Skills Centre Teachmeet, which will take place in-person on Thursday 4th June 2025, 9:30am – 4pm. This free regional event will involve the sharing of ideas, experience, and innovative teaching practice through presentations, activities and discussions. The Teachmeet is aimed at higher and further education library staff and academic study skills practitioners working in the North and the Midlands.

Theme – Reaching every learner

Our theme this year is Reaching every learner: Engagement strategies for teaching library and academic skills. We have chosen to define engagement not only by attendance, but also awareness of available support and active participation during teaching sessions.

Academic and library skills professionals face significant challenges to engage students’ attention, particularly within a context of institutional constraints and competing demands on students’ time. For example, students are increasingly time-poor, with over two-thirds undertaking paid employment alongside their studies (Neves et al., 2025). This event will explore realistic, practice-based approaches that support authentic and meaningful engagement at scale.

Topics could include:

• Reaching time-poor students with accessible support

• Promoting and publicising library/skills teaching provision

• Understanding and working with student needs

• Supporting non-traditional students (e.g. commuter students, international students)

• Engaging with students who are reluctant to seek help

• Developing & delivering content which goes beyond passive attendance

• Teaching practice beyond a deficit model

How can our teaching practices enable and encourage engagement from all students who would benefit from library and academic skills provision?

Applying to be a presenter-participant

If you are interested in sharing your practice on this theme at the event, please complete our presenter-participant application form by Friday 17th April, 4pm. Presentations will be 10 mins each, with time after each presentation for questions.

Booking

We request that no more than three attendees/presenter-participants from the same institution book onto this event, since the purpose of the event is to enable sharing of teaching practice between different institutions. Recordings of presentations and materials from the activities will be shared after the event.

Practical Information

The event will take place on Sheffield Hallam University City Campus – exact location to be confirmed. Visual directions and information about the room will be shared with all attendees before the event.

The day will run from 9:30am-4pm. There will be three breaks including lunch and time for optional networking. Refreshments will be provided upon arrival. Please note that while lunch will not be provided, there is a range of good value food available from campus outlets, supermarkets, and cafés within a comfortable walking distance.

Further information about the event is available on the Teachmeet online guide: https://libguides.shu.ac.uk/teachmeet2026

References

Neves, J., Freeman, J., Stephenson, R., & Rowan, A. (2025). Student Academic Experience Survey 2025. Higher Education Policy Institute. https://www.hepi.ac.uk/reports/student-academic-experience-survey-2025/