Materials available from the Quality Matters Student Engagement Conference 2022
| Date: | November 7 - 2022 |
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Can student-staff partnerships and co-creation be the path to a more socially just education?
This was the question posed by Dr Lucy Mercer-Mapstone who presented a thought-provoking opener at our recent Quality Matters Conference.
Delegates also heard how different student voice mechanisms are being implemented across the sector to gather student feedback and enhance student representation at faculty level, with examples from Aberystwyth University and Manchester Students’ Union. Student Partnerships in Quality Scotland (sparqs) shared their new Professional Standards Framework for Student Engagement, helping practitioners to explain what they do with underpinning knowledge and values. An interactive discussion gave delegates the opportunity to inform redevelopment of QAA’s 2015 guidance Supporting and Enhancing the Experience of International Students in the UK.
Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe, provided a lively closing address, challenging our thinking around authentic student representation and asking how students can be expected engage in meaningful discussion and feedback if they don’t know the minimum standards they’re entitled to.
Recordings of both keynote presentations, as well as presentations and resources from the conference breakout sessions are available on the Membership Resources site.
Thanks to all those who attended and if you weren’t able to attend this year look out for next year’s conference being advertised in our weekly Member Update.
You may also be interested in:
- QAA’s Student Engagement Newsletter which highlights all of our latest opportunities to get involved with QAA outputs and activities.
- Our Student Quality Network which will take place on Thursday 6 December where discussion will include the next steps for the UK Quality Code.
- The opportunity for students to join their subject communities in revising Subject Benchmark Statements
- The popular Student Engagement training programme for members.
If you have any questions or comments about anything we do, get in contact with your Membership Engagement Manager or contact membership@qaa.ac.uk