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HUMANE Seminar

Harnessing the student journey: strategies to maximise student success

Thursday, 8 October 2026

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKER

12:00

Registration and lunch

13:30

Welcome and Introduction

Marcin Dabrowski, Chancellor,  SGH Warsaw School of Economics, PL; Nadine Burquel, Director General, HUMANE BE

13:45

Developing holistic dynamic institutional strategies to support student retention and success

Geoff Green, Registrar, Leicester University, HUMANE Board member, UK

14:30

Key enablers to support student retention and success: approaches to enhance the student campus experience and wellbeing

Mike Nachtegael, Academic Administrator, Ghent University, BE

15:15

Coffee break

15:45

Panel: Early intervention and academic monitoring – working with predictive tools (student quantitative and qualitative data sets)

Moderated by Geoff Green

Ed Foster, Head of Student Engagement and Analytics, Nottingham Trent University, UK; Beata Mierzejewska, Deputy Chancellor, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, PL

17:00

Supporting PhD students with labour market skills

17:40

What business is interested in SGH Warsaw School of Economics: student involvement in corporate projects

Piotr Czajkowski, Director of the Centre for Corporate Relations, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, PL

18:00

Return to hotels

19:00

Dinner

Friday, 9 October 2026

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKER

09:00

Equity of Success: policies and approaches for student-led initiatives in the curriculum for students from all walks of life

Karen Triquet, Senior Central Monitoring and Evaluation, Educational Development – Vrije University Brussels (VUB); EUTOPIA educational developments coordinator, BE

09:45

Panel: Creating Community. Policies and approaches for student-led extra curriculum initiatives – implications for professional services and resources

Małgorzata Głogowska, Head of Student Support, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, PL; Pierre Degott, Vice President Student Life Council, University of Lorraine, FR

11:00

Coffee break

11:30

Artificial Intelligence to support Professional Services: addressing student dropout, improve retention and success

12:15

Concluding remarks

Nadine Burquel, Director General, HUMANE, BE; Marcin Dabrowski, Chancellor, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, PL

12:30

Closing lunch

Important information:

HUMANE and the SGH Warsaw School of Economics fully intend to deliver the HUMANE Seminar in Warsaw. If however, restrictions require it to be postponed, participants will be notified with as much notice as possible.

Neither HUMANE nor the SGH Warsaw School of Economics are liable for any losses, accidents or damage to persons or objects during the HUMANE Seminar in Warsaw. Participants attending the HUMANE Seminar in Warsaw do so at their own risk and responsibility.