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THE Student Success UK&IE 2025

Elevating every step of the student journey

12-13 November, 2025 | Edinburgh, UK

PebblePad is trusted by hundreds of institutions worldwide including:

Empowering student success through innovation

PebblePad is proud to be part of this prestigious event in Edinburgh, where educators come together to explore how data-driven insights, student support services and innovative teaching methods can enhance learner success.

Discover how PebblePad supports this mission by uniting ePortfolios, workbooks and assessment tools in one flexible platform that spans the entire higher education journey. Whether you’re designing reflective learning experiences or planning to modernise your assessment practices, PebblePad gives you the tools and adaptability to meet your goals.

Visit us at booth 2 to explore what’s possible – and get inspired by the future of learning.

Responding to AI assessment disruption

Speaker: Professor Lydia Arnold, Harper Adams University

Generative AI is reshaping the skills students need for future careers – yet universities remain cautious and unsure how to navigate its impact on learning, teaching and, especially assessment.

In her talk, Professor Lydia Arnold, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor at Harper Adams University, explores how GenAI is disrupting traditional assessment, prompting a rethink of what truly matters in learning, including:

Responding when staff and student reactions to AI range from unconditional excitement to informed resistance

Building assessments at programme level that value process over product, nurture curiosity and restore a sense of joy in learning

Designing for transparency and trust, helping students make thoughtful choices about how they use AI.

Join us for the presentation at 11:50 AM – 12:20 PM on Day One (12^th November).

ePortfolio Features & Functionality Checklist

Download PebblePad’s free checklist to identify the features, functions and tools you need to source the best ePortfolio for your institution’s needs. Essentials to consider include:

Intuitive features that scaffold, record, reflect and evidence learning
Clear functions that support teaching, learning, feedback and assessment
Automated processes that integrate ePortfolios with existing LMS ecosystems.

Designed for the ambitions of higher education

Explore how PebblePad supports teaching, learning, and assessment ambitions across these five key themes:

Meet the team

Come meet the PebblePad team at booth 2, who can answer your questions and share insights on using technology to support student success:

Andrew Taylor

Chief Revenue Officer

Ali McHugh

Global Marketing Director

Paul Duvall

Head of Learning Services and Senior Solutions Consultant

Claire Weir

Business Development and Partnerships Manager

Nia Humphreys

Enterprise Business Development Manager

Want to talk before or after SSUK&IE?
Contact the PebblePad team to learn more about our implementation approach, discover powerful customer use examples – and explore how we are helping institutions seize a generational opportunity to modernise assessment practices across entire programmes.

About PebblePad

PebblePad is the only ePortfolio, workbook and assessment platform designed to unify the entire learning journey, from pre-arrival to alumni.

Built to meet the evolving needs of higher education, PebblePad provides educators with powerful tools to support learning, teaching and authentic assessment at scale. Our platform seamlessly supports all activities, from the classroom to work experiences and temporary placements like study abroad.

PebblePad is an essential solution for institutions committed to fostering confident, capable graduates ready to embrace the opportunities – and face the challenges – of our ever-changing world.

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your world, please get in touch today.

Mission Possible: The DNA of a bespoke professional development program

Talk description: The diversity of students in higher education dictates that there cannot (and should not) be a single ‘silver bullet’ approach to address the complex challenge of career readiness learning. However, the reality of modern university structures is that delivering bespoke experiences for each student is a challenge in and of itself. And yet, all things are possible with creative use of PebblePad to streamline delivery (for the university) and make it highly personalised (for the student).

Bio: Gayle Brent is a Learning and Teaching Consultant (Employability) at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. Gaye’s specialist area of interest is developing and implementing strategies to enhance staff and student understanding of employability in both curricular and extra-curricular contexts. She completed a Master of Education and Professional Studies Research to explore the potential barriers and challenges to embedding employability-based learning in higher education curriculum and is currently completing a Doctor of Philosophy exploring the impact of an extra-curricular employability program on the individual student experience.

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Gaining CPD with PebblePad

PebbleBash 2024, a biennial international PebblePad conference, to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in June 2024. PebbleBash brings together PebblePad practitioners from around the globe to share practice and discuss the opportunities and challenges that the use of a learning and teaching platform like PebblePad presents.

As many of PebblePad’s customers are undertaking initiatives to reshape the curriculum, PebbleBash provides an opportunity to exchange insights, best practice and renew ideas for creating exceptional learning experiences, aligned with evolving student needs.

Attendees will benefit from the opportunity to:

Learn about methods from expert practitioners who have overcome similar challenges
Learn how PebblePad is being used to help education institutions tackle some of the key themes in the HE sector: Authentic assessment and feedback, Flexible learning design, Belonging, wellbeing and success, Employable and future-ready and Professional identity and capability
Learn about strategies for implementing PebblePad at scale, resources and processes for training and support, reporting and learning analytics, integrations and administration.
Network within the community and meet and speak with the PebblePad leadership, implementation and development teams.

Education is an Experience That Should Be Designed

Talk description: We have any number of problems and opportunities as universities, and universities must adapt to help students from diverse backgrounds develop the knowledge and skills they need to thrive and make a positive impact in the world. Key to those adaptations is understanding that we provide students with an experience. We ought to design them with intention and purpose. This talk with take up this argument and ground it within a large educational transformation project at the University of Leeds.

Bio: Jeff Grabill is Deputy Vice Chancellor for Student Education at the University of Leeds. Prior to joining the University of Leeds, Grabill was at Michigan State University (MSU) in the United States for nearly 20 years. He served Michigan State University as the Associate Provost for Teaching, Learning, and Technology. In that role, he was responsible for facilitating innovation in learning and educator professional development via his role as Director of the Hub for Innovation in Learning and Technology. Grabill’s research focuses on how digital writing is associated with citizenship and learning. That work has been located in community contexts, in museums, and in classrooms at both the K-12 and university levels. Grabill is also a co-founder of Drawbridge, an educational technology company.

Curriculum Transformation at the University of Edinburgh: co-creation and the relationship between local innovation and institutional change

Talk description: I will use the themes of reflection and experiential learning, skills development and assessment (including programme level assessment and changes in assessment practice) to explore this process in more detail. This includes the link between disciplinary and institutional curriculum reform, learning from local innovations and changes, and using this to inform University level changes and support.

Bio: My current position is leading the University wide Curriculum Transformation Project. This is a major and long term initiative for the University considering all areas of the University’s undergraduate and taught postgraduate curriculum. Prior to this Jon set up and led the Institute for Academic Development (IAD) at the University of Edinburgh. The IAD provides University level support for teaching, learning and researcher development, including direct support for students and staff, and support for enhancement and innovation in curriculum development, the student and researcher experience. Jon has a PhD in petroleum geology.

Dr Melissa Highton. Assistant Principal, University of Edinburgh

Talk description: A journey through the stories told by wicca data. How a neglected research data set was used by students to overturn historic injustice and shed new light on the lives of women in Scotland.

Bio: Melissa has worked for many years in higher education at some of the UK’s finest and most ancient institutions. In each place she enjoys discovering the hidden histories and less heard voices which can be surfaced in new ways using the most up to date and open technologies. She is a champion of playful and curious approaches to engagement with audiences on campus and online, and is an invited speaker at events about dangerous women.

Disclaimers

The event agenda is correct at the time of publishing. As with all events, we may need to alter or modify aspects of the agenda.

While we take every precaution to ensure the safety and security of our events, Pebble Learning Ltd recommends you review insurance policies to ensure adequate coverage, especially in the realm of business travel.

We will be recording (audio/video) the presentations during the event. A conference photographer will also be capturing moments for our highlights reel. The video and photography will be used to share insights and market PebbleBash to the wider HE community. We do not give automatic refunds, please see the cancellation policy in the FAQs.

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