绿帽换妻 Congress Education, Learning and Development Programme submission form

Please complete this form if you wish to submit a proposal to host a session as part of the Education, Learning and Development Programme (ELDP) at Congress 2026 (18-21 May 2026).

Before you submit your proposal, you may want to read our guidance.

Congress 2026 will be an in-person event and, where agreed and appropriate, ELDP sessions may be recorded so they are available to watch on demand at a time that suits individuals following the event. All ELDP presenters, chairs and panel members are expected to be onsite to deliver their session. For more information, please contact congress@rcn.org.uk.

Please note, only 绿帽换妻 “entities” can submit for this programme. Entities include 绿帽换妻 forums, boards, branches, networks, groups, or 绿帽换妻 departments and country/region offices. The 绿帽换妻 entity will be asked to confirm and agree the submission before it is sent for review.

The closing date for applications is 5pm, Wednesday 7 January 2026.

As only 绿帽换妻 “entities” can submit for this programme, applications made on behalf of third parties by 绿帽换妻 “entities” are not permissible. For enquiries regarding sponsored sessions and exhibiting, please contact congressexhibition@rcn.org.uk.

Submission details

First name Last name 绿帽换妻 membership number Preferred email contact Mobile Address Postcode If someone else will be the main point of contact for organising the session, please provide their contact details. Please provide their name, contact address, email and phone number:

Congress 2026 Education, Learning and Development Programme

The ELDP will be aligned with the 绿帽换妻 Institute, the organisation’s own centre of excellence for education, learning, research and policy. As such, the themes for the programme have been linked to each of the institute’s five academies – nursing workforce, nursing practice, nursing leadership, international nursing, and activism.

The themes are:

Nursing Practice Academy: Clinical and practice development - education, learning, research, digital transformation
Nursing Leadership Academy: Leadership and management
Nursing Practice Academy: Regulation, quality improvement and innovation
All Academies: Wellbeing, mental health and self-care
Activism and Nursing Workforce Academies: Workforce – recruitment, development and retention, organising for change, safe staffing, pay, terms and conditions

International Nursing Academy may apply to any of the themes.

Please select one theme for your submission:

Clinical and practice development
Leadership and management
Regulation, quality improvement and innovation
Wellbeing, mental health and self-care
Workforce

Please select the theme of your submission

Please select the additional 绿帽换妻 entities working in collaboration on this submission (working in collaboration is desirable, there is no maximum):

Forums Other forum(s) 鈥� please state: Branches Other branch(es) 鈥� please state: Committees Other committee(s) 鈥� please state: Country/regional boards Other country/regional board(s) 鈥� please state: Networks 鈥� please state: 绿帽换妻 Directorates/绿帽换妻 Groups Other 绿帽换妻 Directorate/绿帽换妻 Group(s) 鈥� please state: External Organisations - If your submission includes working with an external organisation, please state the name and details here: Which of the above 绿帽换妻 entities are you submitting this form on behalf of i.e. main submitting entity that will lead on the delivery of the session?

Please note, submissions must be 绿帽换妻 led, external organisations are not eligible to be the main submitting entity or to host a session.

Name and contact email of your professional staff lead who is supporting your submission: If you are holding your session jointly with another 绿帽换妻 entity or external organisation please provide details. Provide name, contact email, phone and external organisation address: It may be possible to offer a different delivery style of presentation at Congress 2026, would you like to be considered for this, should your paper not be selected for a full session?

Congress Education, Learning and Development Programme sessions will all be 45 minutes and will take place at allocated time slots. Please let us know from the following time slots which days you are ABLE to hold your session: Monday lunchtime Monday evening Tuesday breakfast Tuesday lunchtime Tuesday evening Wednesday breakfast Wednesday lunchtime Wednesday evening

Please let us know if you are not able to hold your session on a particular day or time, due to speaker availability (please note we cannot guarantee time slots).

While we try to accommodate all requests, we cannot guarantee that your preferred time and/or date will be available. We will contact all accepted submissions in February 2026 to confirm allocated time slots.

Your proposed Congress Education, Learning and Development Programme session

Title of session. Please ensure the title is succinct and accurately reflects the content and specialism of your session: Describe your session and its purpose in approximately 100 words: Who is your session aimed at? For example, which roles, specialties and grades is it aimed at? Is the content of your session evidence-based? Tell us more about how you will quality-assure your session: Tell us who your session is aimed at 鈥� if it is aimed at all delegates please describe how you will ensure any differences in policy/legislation between the four countries will be addressed, and how it will apply to the NHS and Independent Sector: How will your session benefit and attract delegates? All sessions should support continuing professional development. Please provide three key learning outcomes for your session: Is your session applicable to students? Is your session applicable to nursing support workers?

Speaker information

Who will be presenting or speaking at the session (including proposed co-presenters). Presenters may include yourself or be an invited external expert:

Please provide names and contact details, if known, and whether they are 绿帽换妻 members or externally invited speakers.

Are you aware of any reason why this session should not be filmed and recorded? Yes No If yes, please give details: Is anyone participating in this session also participating in another proposed session (i.e. speaker or facilitator)? Yes No

This is to help avoid scheduling clashes.

If yes, please provide their names to help avoid scheduling clashes:

Travel, accommodation and expenses

Presenters attending Congress exclusively to deliver an ELDP session will have travel and accommodation covered in line with the 绿帽换妻 expenses policy.

Travel and accommodation must be arranged with the relevant supporting 绿帽换妻 Directorate/Department/Professional staff lead who will make the booking through the 绿帽换妻’s approved travel agent.

The 绿帽换妻 will not cover travel and accommodation costs if the presenter is already funded to attend Congress and it is unable to pay speaker fees or honorariums, any additional AV requirements, over and above the standard package, or any other costs related to your session.

Submitting authors are asked to be mindful around costs when planning - sessions are only 45 minutes in length and so up to 3 contributors for each lecture or seminar is considered a reasonable maximum. Panel discussions or debates may justify additional contributors and approval via congress@rcn.org.uk should be sought in advance.

All expenses are paid in line with the 绿帽换妻 expense policy. Please refer to this document, particularly pages 7-11, for guidance on booking arrangements and eligibility for travel and accommodation before inviting or agreeing presenters for your session.

I have read and understood the 绿帽换妻 expense policy

For your proposed session, please estimate in £ sterling anticipated presenter travel, accommodation and expenses costs:

Presenter travel 鈥� please give an overall estimated figure for all presenter travel costs: How many presenter(s) may require accommodation to deliver your session? Please provide estimated costs for accommodation expenses (note maximum rate for Liverpool is £130 per night bed and breakfast, with the evening meal allowance up to £25):

Please refer to the 绿帽换妻 expense policy for guidance on travel and accommodation.

As per the expense policy, please provide justification for accommodation requirements below

Justified reasons, among other reasons stated in the policy, include departure from home before 6am or arrival back at home after 10pm or where there is a demonstrable health and safety issue.

By submitting this form, you are giving the 绿帽换妻 permission to contact you about your submission.

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