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Nurturing Bright Futures is UEA’s annual Higher Education conference for teachers and advisers.
Bookings Now OpenDate: Monday 29 June (1pm - 10pm) and Tuesday 30 June, 2026 (9am - 4pm)
Venue: University of East Anglia, Julian Study Centre
Optional complimentary on-campus accommodation is available for delegates on Monday 29 June
Our conference is a free, CPD accredited event, hosted by experts in Higher Education from UCAS and UEA. The event will provide you with the knowledge you need to best advise your students considering and applying to university. All sessions will be collaborative, so you’ll have the opportunity to connect, debate and network with like-minded professionals from across the sector.
What’s on
View the programme for each day below
Session descriptions
Want to know more about what each session will involve? Find out below:
Getting here
Travelling to UEA: Please visit our website for directions on how to get here.
Parking at UEA: If you are driving to campus, please park in the Main Car park and enter your registration at the welcome desk. Please note: car parking is limited and cannot be reserved. There is strictly no visitor parking available at the Enterprise Centre, The Sportspark or Earlham Park– we are unable to validate parking at these venues and they are a separate entity to the University.
Conference venue: Conference sessions will be taking place in the Julian Study Centre (JSC) (57 on map). This is a few minutes’ walk from the Main Car Park and will be signposted.