{"id":3248,"date":"2026-05-08T09:06:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/festivaloflearning\/?page_id=3248"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:29:38","slug":"external-keynote-lecture-2026-morning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/festivaloflearning\/external-keynote-lecture-2026-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"External keynote lecture 2026 morning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:228px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-palette-color-3-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-83c05883f8bd45764629fcb600e06e6a\">External keynote lecture<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-aecef19bd0b8ee8c430621a0bf2fbc90\"><strong>Professor <strong>Susannah Quinsee<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Truth or dare? What role does digital literacy play in transforming universities?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"\"><strong><em>\u201cThe problem with quotes on the Internet is that you can&#8217;t always be sure of their authenticity.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em>(Abraham Lincoln)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In this keynote we will explore what a university education means in a changing world, where technological innovations are rapid and disruptive, where we have limited resources, where student needs are changing and where staff morale is low. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Taking a collaborative approach and assuming a playful mindset, we will together explore responses to the higher education landscape we find ourselves in, unpick what we mean by &#8220;digital literacy&#8221; and explore what pedagogical innovation might look like to support the changes we need to empower both staff and students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Learning from each other, we will commit to individual actions we can take away to make a positive difference in our work with students and staff.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-palette-color-3-background-color has-background no-mb\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2026\/04\/SQ-photo-cut-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Head and shoulders portrait photo of Professor Susannah Quinsee\" class=\"wp-image-129000008772 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2026\/04\/SQ-photo-cut-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2026\/04\/SQ-photo-cut-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2026\/04\/SQ-photo-cut-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2026\/04\/SQ-photo-cut-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2026\/04\/SQ-photo-cut-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2026\/04\/SQ-photo-cut-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2026\/04\/SQ-photo-cut-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2026\/04\/SQ-photo-cut-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2026\/04\/SQ-photo-cut-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2026\/04\/SQ-photo-cut.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Susannah Quinsee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Professor Susannah&nbsp;Quinsee&nbsp;is Vice-President (Digital and Student Experience) at City St George\u2019s, University of London. As Vice-President, she is the strategic lead for digital transformation as well as leading institutional projects and strategy to support student experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">She is an EMCC accredited coach, a National Teaching Fellow, a SEDA Senior Fellow and&nbsp;AdvanceHE&nbsp;HEA Principal Fellow, and was an&nbsp;AdvanceHE&nbsp;Learning and Teaching Excellence Ambassador. She researches on university digital futures and playful practice and leadership and is a Lego Serious Play practitioner.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out more about the FoL 2026 morning keynote lecture. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":975,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3248","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/festivaloflearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/festivaloflearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/festivaloflearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/festivaloflearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/festivaloflearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3248"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/festivaloflearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3271,"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/festivaloflearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3248\/revisions\/3271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/festivaloflearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/festivaloflearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}