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Symposium on Academic Integrity (SAI)
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The Festival of Teaching and Learning 2026 marks a significant milestone in the Gulf’s higher education landscape. Taking place on 8–9 May 2026 at the University of Birmingham Dubai, UAE, the Festival brings together three landmark events under one unifying platform:

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  • The Advance HE Gulf Fellowship Network Forum 2026

  • The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Conference

  • The Symposium on Academic Integrity

 

This powerful convergence creates a unique regional space for higher education leaders, researchers, faculty developers, Advance HE Fellows, and academic integrity advocates to engage in meaningful dialogue and collaborative exchange.

 

By combining these three influential streams, the 2026 Festival fosters collaboration across pedagogy, SoTL research, integrity leadership, and faculty development. It empowers institutions across the Gulf to strengthen educational quality, promote evidence-informed practice, and cultivate a sustainable culture of academic trust and responsibility.

 

The Festival positions integrity not as a standalone concern, but as the foundation of teaching excellence and institutional credibility across the region.

FOL'26 Theme - Recognising Excellence, Building Integrity, Inspiring Change

Symposium Objectives

  1. Recognise and Showcase Excellence in Integrity Practice
    To highlight exemplary institutional policies, assessment designs, and leadership initiatives that strengthen academic credibility and ethical scholarship.

  2. Build Sustainable Integrity Frameworks
    To advance practical, research-informed approaches that embed academic integrity across teaching, learning, assessment, and governance systems.

  3. Address Emerging Ethical Challenges in Education
    To critically examine contemporary issues including generative AI, contract cheating, digital misconduct, and evolving integrity risks in higher education.

  4. Inspire Transformative Institutional Change
    To empower educators, leaders, and policymakers to move beyond compliance-based models toward proactive, culture-driven integrity ecosystems.

What is Pecha Kucha?

 

Pecha Kucha follows a dynamic 20 × 20 format:20 slides, each presented for 20 seconds, advancing automatically. This creates a focused, high-impact presentation lasting 6 minutes and 40 seconds. This format encourages clarity, creativity, and concise communication of innovative ideas, case studies, research findings, or policy initiatives related to academic integrity.​

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Symposium Details

  • ​Festival of Teaching & Learning 2026

  • Abstract Submission: 3 April 2026

  • Acceptance Decision: 15 April 2026

  • Deadline to Register and Pay: 25 April 2026

  • Agenda and Program: 30 April 2026

  • Symposium: 9 May 2026

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Under the theme "Recognising Excellence, Building Integrity, Inspiring Change",
the Symposium on Academic Integrity invites submissions for Pecha Kucha presentations.

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Submission Guidelines

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Submit an abstract of maximum 250 words including:

  • Title of presentation

  • Author and co-author name(s)

  • Institutional affiliation(s)

  • Contact email address(es)

  • Brief bio of the presenter(s)

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Symposium Terms and Conditions 

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