Former NUS President Aaron Porter has been confirmed as Keynote speaker for the annual SALT Excellence in Learning & Teaching Conference, which will take place on Monday July 2nd 2012.

Aaron Porter is a higher education consultant and freelance journalist. He served as President of the National Union of Students 2010-11, and has served as a non-executive board member for UCAS, the Higher Education Academy and the Office of the Independent Adjudicator. He was also the first NUS President as an observer to the HEFCE Board. Aaron graduated with a BA English from the University of Leicester, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/aaron-porter

The conference is shaping up to be a lively day full of presentations, workshops  and discussion on a wide variety topics.

More information can be found on the conference site  http://salt.swan.ac.uk/conference2012//