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Posted on behalf of Callum Hutchinson – second year student at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) Last year I took on the role of the Student Learning Technologist (SLT) for my cohort. The core task for myself and the other Technologists is to promote, encourage and support students at the RVC in the use of […]

Posted on behalf of Clare Killen: The Student Fellowship Scheme (SFS) at The University of Winchester recruits and trains students to work on targeted educational development projects alongside academics and professional staff.  The SFS evolved from the Jisc-funded FASTECH project, a collaborative project involving staff and students at The University of Winchester and Bath Spa University that advanced  […]

I’ve been in a rather fortunate position having been commissioned to undertake an evaluation of the Change Agents’ Network (CAN) by the Advisory Group, looking back over the last three years of its operation and helping to inform its future. I’d like to focus this blog post on key achievements and the best way to […]

Case studies from our Jisc FE Digital Student project on how students are working with staff to develop the student digital experience are now on the Resources page of the blog, in addition to the 4 CAN case studies .  It’s inspiring to see how much good work is being done by individual institutions.  

I was very fortunate to be invited to present a workshop on how Student partnerships are driving institutional change at the UUK Enhancing the Student Experience conference. This was an opportunity to present the findings from our Digital Student project as well as the outcomes from our Change agents’ network which has been supporting student […]

Save the date: 2 June 2016: The University of Lincoln, building on the  success of the previous Jisc CAN  face to face networking events,  is hosting a 1 day ‘meet up’ event for staff and students across the UK who are working in partnership on curriculum innovation projects in UK further education and skills and […]

Posted on behalf of Clare Killen: The fourth CAN case study, ‘A research-engaged and collaborative community’, from the University of Lincoln, is now available in Word format or PDF format along with 3 other CAN case studies on the Resources Page of this blog. This case study looks at the variety of ways students are […]

Register for the next CAN webinar on 20 January 2016, which runs from 12:30-1:30,  here: https://www.eventsforce.net/jisc/524/home    Dan Derricott from the University of Lincoln will present the session, ‘Growing a whole institution culture of commitment to student engagement. ‘  As the student engagement agenda has gained momentum in UK higher and further education, there are numerous […]

2 new Change Agents’ Network webinars are now confirmed for 24 November 2015 and 20 January 2016.  Registration for the 24 November 12:30-1:30 session webinar, “What will a successful student-staff partnership look like in 2020?” is now open. Full details are on the Webinar page. 24 November 2015 – “What will a successful student-staff partnership look […]

Supporting you to work with students to develop your institution’s digital environment and create engaging learning experiences – by Clare Killen, author of the new Jisc Developing successful student staff partnerships online guide Combining skills sets to develop digital practice The 2014 NUS report, radical interventions in teaching and learning states, “in order for universities […]