EDUCATION

LECTURING

We have 391 accredited Lecturers, 369 of whom are active in the Directory and available for bookings.

12 lecturers have been recruited so far in 2022 from 9 selection sessions. 10 of these newly accredited lecturers have already attended an online Welcome Briefing run by the Education Department and the others will do so later this year. A further three selection sessions are scheduled for 2022.

Since 1 March we have received 1344 reviews (out of an estimated 2,650 possible events), on 95 study days, 7 study courses, 1239 lectures and 3 virtual tours. Of these events, 298 were hybrids, 900 took place in person and 146 were online events. The gradings are shown below and are in line with previous years. We encourage all Society and Area committees to return reviews on all their lectures and other events as these reviews underpin The Arts Society’s accreditation scheme and are of help to both programme planners and lecturers.

LECTURES Outstanding 363 Excellent 648 Very Good 182 Good 39 Passable 4 Poor 3 STUDY DAYS Outstanding 48 Excellent 39 Very Good 8

STUDY COURSES Outstanding 6 Very Good 1 VIRTUAL TOURS Outstanding 1 Excellent 1 Passable 1

The number of reviews received represent 51% of the total lecturers. This means that there is a lot of information which we aren’t able to capture so we would urge all Societies to help keep the ratings meaningful and accurate by sending reviews.

DIRECTORY DAY 2023 Planning has begun for Directory Day 2023. Building on the success of the 2021 and 2022 Directory Days where we experimented with the format of the event and incorporated an online element into the proceedings, for the first time in the event’s history it will be held completely online as a live event. This will enable us to involve many more Society committee members and lecturers in the event whilst lessening our environmental impact and financial outgoings. The event will be held over two days, another new initiative, in October 2023. Committee members will be invited to listen to live presentations from accredited lecturers and to meet with other Societies in social settings. Presentations will be recorded and will be available for committee members to view for up to a year after the event so those who are unable to listen live will not miss out. We will gather feedback from participants after the event to assess satisfaction levels and to inform and determine the future of the event.