5th Birmingham Business School Education Conference

Welcome to the Birmingham Business School Education Conference 2025

Date: Thursday 11 September 2025

Location: University House, University of Birmingham

The 5th Birmingham Business School Education Conference brings together educators, researchers, students, and professional services colleagues to critically explore the future of business and management education in an era shaped by digital transformation, generative AI, and demands for greater inclusion, authenticity, and impact.

Building on the success of previous years, this one-day event offers a rich programme of over 30 paper presentations, 6 interactive workshops, keynote addresses, and roundtable discussions - all designed to spark dialogue across disciplines and professional roles.

Conference Highlights:

• Keynote Addresses from leading international voices in business education, including:

o AI and the Future of Assessment: Innovation, Integrity, and Impact

o Authentic Business Learning: From Curriculum Design to School-wide Strategy

o Embedding External Engagement: Building Bridges Between Business Education and the Wider World

• Thematic streams and workshops addressing:

o Authentic business learning and assessment

o Graduate employability and industry collaboration

o AI integration and digital transformation in teaching and professional services

o Inclusion, responsibility, and decolonising business education

o Embodied and reflective pedagogies for transformative skills

· Workshops offering hands-on opportunities to:

o Decolonising business education through creative methodologies

o Harness generative AI to design inclusive teaching and learning content

o Build sustainability mindsets through LEGO® Serious Play

o Gamify teaching to spark engagement and innovation

• Interactive discussions and roundtables on key issues such as university rankings, sustainability, professional services innovation, and internationalisation.

The conference offers a dynamic platform to:

• Share innovative practices in teaching, learning, and assessment
• Engage with debates on the role of AI, sustainability, and equity in higher education
• Connect with academics, practitioners, and professional services colleagues
• Contribute to shaping the future of business education at local, national, and global levels

This conference is aimed at academic and education professionals and is free to attend, but registration is essential. For more information, including the draft programme, please see the conference website: Education Conference 2025 - University of Birmingham

Conference Programme: bit.ly\2025EduProg

Conference Book of Abstracts: bit.ly\2025EduBook