BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:936@m25lib.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230815T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230815T160000 DTSTAMP:20230810T130101Z URL:https://www.m25lib.org.uk/events/sla-conference-2023-tg4-sla23/ SUMMARY:SLA Conference 2023 - Empathy to Empowerment: understanding coachin g and mentoring skills [TG4/SLA23] DESCRIPTION:Twitter: @cpd25_M25 #cpd25\n\nREGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS N OW CLOSED\n\nAnnual SLA Conference 2023 - Empathy to Empowerment: understa nding coaching and mentoring skills\n\nCPD25 is pleased to bring you our a nnual SLA (Senior Library Assistant) Conference\, designed for those who s upervise staff\, services or both.\n\nThe SLA conference has been on pause for a few years since the start of the pandemic\, so we are delighted to be able to restart this popular and well-loved event\, giving our members the invaluable opportunity to meet again and network in-person. This year will focus on coaching and mentoring and how to make the most of these opp ortunities to build confidence and progress your career.\n\nIf you would l ike to contribute to the day by sharing a 5-minute presentation of your ex periences with coaching and/or mentoring\, please contact us at cpd25@lond on.ac.uk with details by 28th July.\n\nThere will also be an opportunity t o visit UCL’s Student Centre or the London School of Hygiene and Tropica l Medicine during the event.\n\nThe conference will be in-person and will be a highly participative day with plenty of opportunities for networking – enabling attendees to share their experience and best practice. This e vent is open to all\, but would benefit in particular Senior Library Assis tants\, Information Services Supervisors\, Library Assistants\, Informatio n Assistants or their equivalent.\nProgramme:\n9.30- 10am – Registration - tea /coffee\n\n10 -10.10am – Welcome and introduction\n\n10.10 – 10 .40 - Keynote speaker: Andrew Preater\, Director of Library Services\, Gol dsmiths\, University of London\n\n10.40 – 11.10 - Break\n\n11.10 – 12. 30 – Visits to London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine or UCL Stu dent Centre\n\n12.30 – 1.30 - Lunch\n\n1.30 –  1.50 - Delegate presen tations - Experience of Coaching and Mentoring\n\n1.50 - 3.50 - Ant Babaje e\, CRM Manager and LGBT+ Network Co-Chair\, and Katerina Loukopoulou\, Senior Academic Developer\, Middlesex University – with 15 minute break\ n\n3.50 - 4.00 -  Close and feedback\n\n \;\n\nSpeakers:\nAndrew Prea ter (pronouns: he/him) is Director of Library Services at Goldsmiths\, Uni versity of London. Andrew joined Goldsmiths in 2023 and provides leadershi p and strategic direction for the Library.\nPrior to this\, his experience in higher education included posts at University of West London\, Imperia l College London\; Senate House\, University of London\; and the Universit y of Durham where he began his career working in library systems.\nAndrew ’s professional interests include the role of academic libraries in equi ty and widening participation\, working-class experiences of higher educat ion and libraries\, and the application of critical librarianship to libra ry leadership. He is an Executive Board member and Trustee of SCONUL\, and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.\nKaterina Loukopoulou \nAs a Senior Academic Developer at Middlesex University’s Centre for Ac ademic Practice Enhancement (CAPE)\, I work collaboratively with academics and professional services\, including the Library\, to support excellence in learning\, teaching and assessment practices. My previous professional experience has included part time work at Goldsmiths College Library\, a job I very much enjoyed doing\, even shelving\, for the sheer pleasure of being surrounded by books. Prior to my current role at Middlesex\, I navig ated my HE career from novice Graduate Teaching Assistant and Library Assi stant to Researcher\, Lecturer and Academic Advisor at Universities with d ifferent identities (Goldsmiths College\, Birkbeck\, UCL and UAL). Since 2 008\, I have gradually moved into the field of Academic Development\, driv en by my passion to advocate for Higher Education as a cradle for Equality \, Diversity and Inclusion. My philosophy has been shaped by my alma mater \, Birkbeck College\, where I gained my PhD in 2010. As the UK’s histori cal bastion of continuing education\, Birkbeck influenced my approach towa rds lifelong learning\, summed up as ‘Cease not to learn until thou ceas e to live’.  This background underpins my learning journey into coachin g and mentoring\, currently working towards accreditation for a Coaching P rofessional Apprenticeship Diploma.\n\nAnt Babajee | he/him. Ant is co-cha ir of the LGBT+ Network at Middlesex University\, where his day job as CRM [Customer Relationship Management] Manager is based in the Digital Market ing team. Diagnosed with HIV in 2007 and describing himself as being ‘un ashamedly undetectable’\, he is a former BBC journalist\, award-winning activist\, public health graduate and coaching professional apprentice. An t has more than a decade’s experience as a peer mentor at Positively UK as well as at Terrence Higgins Trust\, where he was also a trustee between 2013 and 2017.\n\nAnt is a Mental Health First Aider and volunteers in nu merous roles\, including as branch LGBT+ officer and regional LGBT+ commit tee member of UNISON\, and as a member of the London chapter of the Impuls e Group\, which aims to engage\, support and connect queer men globally to community health initiatives.\n\nFor the past decade\, Ant has used his m edia skills to raise awareness about HIV and has been interviewed on numer ous occasions\, including for ITV News\, Sky News\, 5 News\, BBC Three and Radio 2. He was also invited to speak on discrimination in healthcare at the European Parliament in Brussels in 2014. Ant was awarded Change Maker of the Year by Stonewall in the 2023 Workplace Equality Index for his LGBT + and HIV activism and advocacy.\n\nAnt’s vision for mentoring and coach ing is to make a difference for his clients on their own journey of discov ery. He is on a mission to support people to move forwards after a health diagnosis or a period of illness\; to return to study\; and to be able to bring their full and authentic self to the workplace.\n\nThanks to an ERAS MUS exchange year at the University of Cologne\, Ant speaks German\, and i s passionate about the arts\, Doctor Who and Eurovision. Twitter and Linke dIn: @anthonybabajee\n\nCost:\n\n£200 members\n£400 non member instituti ons\n\nCost includes lunch and refreshments\n\nInformation for joining:\n\ n Electronic CPD attendance certificates can be provided on request. Plea se request via cpd25@london.ac.uk\n\nCancellations less than one week befo re the event will be charged a 50% cancellation fee. In the event of a ‘ no-show’ on the day\, the full fee will be charged.\n\nREGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS NOW CLOSED CATEGORIES:cpd25 Events LOCATION:De Morgan House\, the London Mathematical Society\, 57-58 Russell Square\, London\, WC1B 4HS\, United Kingdom GEO:51.521176;-0.124421 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=57-58 Russell Square\, Lond on\, WC1B 4HS\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=De Morgan House\ , the London Mathematical Society:geo:51.521176,-0.124421 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR