I have been very fortunate over the past week to have attended a number of events run by colleges and universities where the theme of student –staff partnership working has been the focus. This in itself is an interesting development and shows the growing awareness of how important it is to engage students in the […]
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Guest post by Moira Wright, Digital Literacy Officer,E-Learning Environments, UCL Digital literacy: student (staff) partnership working (Podcast about the event: Here) Highlights from a new student (staff) group London Digital Student Meet-up (LDSM) co-organised by LSE and UCL it aimed to provide a platform for student networking. LDSM is open to all students working on […]
This is a short blog post to recount my experience of running a workshop on the Change Agents’ Network at the sparqs national conference in Edinburgh on Friday 29 May in conjunction with Simon Walker (University of Greenwich) and Mark Kerrigan (Anglia Ruskin University). Interestingly, we heard that sparqs (student participation in quality Scotland) is […]
I read with fascination a case study recently published in the Change Agents’ Network Journal of educational innovation, partnership and change entitled ‘Mission Employable’: Creating a student-led employability strategy for the Faculty of Humanities, University of Southampton. The case study exemplifies an effective faculty-based approach to students driving change in pursuit of enhancing student employability […]
Peter Chatterton and I are working with colleagues at Jisc to update the Student partnership toolkit to reflect current practice in student partnership initiatives which involve technology. The toolkit has been developed by the Jisc Change Agents’ Network. As part of the review process we would like to hear from anyone who has used any […]
Registration is now open for the lunchtime webinar on 30 June at 12:30; ‘Mission Employable – Student-led employability activity’ with a presentation and discussion from Dr. Eleanor Quince, from the University of Southampton. For the recording, presentations and chat of the webinar on 13/5, please go to the Webinar recordings page .
Please join us on 13 May at 12:30 for the next webinar, with presentations by Deborah Millar, Head of eLearning, Blackburn College, on ‘DigiPals – Changing the Learning Landscape project’ followed by Peter Chatterton and Clare Killen’s overview of the Jisc Student Engagement Toolkit, a valuable resource for those working in the field. To register: […]
The Change Agents’ Network third lunchtime webinar took place on 27 April from 12:30-1:30. The webinars are designed to include opportunities for discussion and questions and a copy of the chat text as well as the presentations and recording of the Collaborate session are available. This month, there were two presentations. Paul Chapman, Head of […]
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“Students are more than students.”
Students are more than students, these words, taken from Paul Chapman’s presentation, became a kind of mantra for the two day Change Agents’ Network (CAN) event in Birmingham last week. Paul was alluding to the multitude of roles students play at Birmingham City University to add value to the overall learning experience, from mentor and collaborator, to […]
On behalf of the CAN team, we would like to thank everyone who participated in the event over the 2 days and made it so successful. We are so pleased that there were so many students and staff working together and the ‘buzz’ was a great in and out of sessions and workshops. I am […]