Inspiration day for science teachers 2025

Date: 20 October 2025
Time: 08:00 – 16:45
Location: LINXS, 3rd floor at The Loop at Science Village (linxs.se)

Tentative programme

8:00 Registration and coffee. 
8:30 Welcome – Purpose of the day (Charlotta Turner, vice dean)
Welcome to LINXS Institute of advanced Neutron and X-ray Science (Trevor Forsyth, director)
8:45 Keynote speaker: Dr. Rachel Forsyth (Educational Development Officer, Unit for Educational Services). “Riding the teaching rollercoaster: framing our approaches to change in education”. See abstract below.

10:00 Coffee with mingle and opinion boards / posters with pedagogical ideas

10:30 Short lecture 1. Linda Hartman (Senior Lecturer and Excellent Teacher Practitioner at Mathematical Statistics). “Challenging your students: an efficient classroom experience to learn data analysis”.
10:50 Short lecture 2. Dr. Hannah Herde (Associate senior lecturer, Department of Physics). A Day in “Electronics for Physicists: Lesson planning for student engagement.”
11:10 Short lecture 3. Dr. Terese Thoni (Education Coordinator at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, CEC). “Sustainability competencies: preparing students for a changing world”.
11:30 Short lecture 4. Professor George S. Attard (Visiting Professor at the Department of Chemistry). “Lessons in chemistry: the survival version”.

12:00 Lunch at "Lokal 4", restaurant at the Loop

12:45 Introduction to the afternoon – two parallel workshops (Charlotta Turner)
13:00 Workshop 1 (in Swedish) with Dr. Fredrik Haller (Head of the Malmö Theatre Academy). ”Skådespelarträning för lärare”
Workshop 2 (in English) with Malin Olbe and Karl Ljung (Labour Market Council at the Faculty of Science). ”Are we teaching the right things? Labor market demands and student expectations.” The presentation is followed by discussions in smaller groups.

14:30 Coffee with mingle 

15:00 Workshop 1 (in English) with Dr. Fredrik Haller, ”Actor training for teachers”.
Workshop 2 (in Swedish) with Malin Olbe and Karl Ljung. ”Utbildar vi rätt? Arbetsmarknadens behov och studenternas förväntningar.” Presentationen följs av diskussioner i mindre grupper.
16:30 Summary and outlook (The Dean Team of Faculty of Science).
17:00 After Work at own expense (location: Motel L Lund, Skybar at Brunnshög)

Last day to register is 29 September. Please register as soon as possible, 50 spots available.

Keynote abstract

Riding the teaching rollercoaster: framing our approaches to change in education.

Dr. Rachel Forsyth.

In this session, we will think together about how we can approach change and external demands on teaching whilst maintaining and reinforcing teacher agency and autonomy, and even contributing to our personal career development. We will look at accessible ways to build more effective and inclusive classroom relationships, based on research about trust and inclusive practices. As a bonus, we will use Generative AI as a case study of responding to external factors whilst maintaining subject integrity and developing your career.

Rachel Forsyth is a senior educational developer in the Unit for Educational Services, Lund University. She is the author of Confident Assessment in Higher Education (Sage, 2022) and co-author of GenAI in Higher Education: Redefining Teaching and Learning (Bloomsbury, 2025) as well as many articles on inclusive practices, higher education assessment and trust.

Registration 

Fully booked – if you are interested in joining, please do email Carina Jarl carina [dot] jarl [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (carina[dot]jarl[at]science[dot]lu[dot]se) as there’s always a chance that a spot may open up.