The Higher Education Academy’s 2017 STEM annual conference is being held at the Manchester Conference Centre on 1 and 2 February. The theme at the 2017 event is ‘achieving excellence in STEM teaching and learning’. Sessions will focus on areas such as aspects of teaching practice that support engaged learning, improving learning environments and graduate success. The conference includes a mixture of workshops, presentations and keynote speeches and is an opportunity to collaborate and learn from other higher education professionals within STEM disciplines and share best practice. It also provides a forum for individual STEM disciplines. More information is available at HE Academy STEM Conference 2017