Ask the Experts:

Student-led workshops to support transitions

Nick Russell Peer Learning Coordinator

Session overview

• Ask the Experts: What, why, how? • Overview of planning and training session

• Student feedback and the toolkit

Ask the Experts:

What is it? Why did we develop it?

How do students benefit?

What is Ask the Experts?

• One-off student led workshops • Delivered in pairs

• Distils best practise from other models to

deliver similar benefits in a condensed form

Why did we develop Ask the Experts?

• To increase placement uptake

• Desire to offer peer-led support but lack of

time/money/engagement

• To capture our practice in order to scale up support

How do students benefit?

• Leaders receive training and gain

experience

• Participants gain insight and a student perspective ("lived experience")

• Both gain confidence

Planning and training session overview

• Warm-ups and Icebreakers.

• What does a good/bad workshop look like?

• Audience expectations.

• Activity brainstorm.

• Planning your workshop.

• Sharing your plans.

• Advertising and evaluating the workshops

Training and Planning Session

• Sharing artefacts produced for/during the workshops

• Less structured follow up session /drop-in

• Social media group with leaders

• 1-1 Email/in-person follow up with leader(s)

Beyond the base model

Student feedback and the toolkit

Participant feedback

"It was students talking about their achieved

experiences not just a lecturer telling you about how good it is to do a placement.

We covered a lot and it was very useful

hearing about the students' experience"

"Very informative, good to have advice from

students...makes it feel less daunting"

"How we were able to get personal questions/ worries out"

Leader feedback

"It is nice for students to be able to lead a session without the pressure of having an

academic member of staff there and just sit down and chat to people"

"I learnt a lot on placement with confidence

and presentation and working with other people and this is another way of using those

skills and enhancing them further"

What is in the Toolkit

Guide

• Introduction

• Logistics

• Training and Session Planning

• Supporting Delivery

• FAQs

Resources

• Ask the Experts checklist

• Info. for prospective leaders

• Training presentation (sep. doc.)

• Training script (sep. doc.)

• Client Personas

• Icebreakers

• Workshop planner

• Facilitation techniques

• Evaluation suggestions and eg.

Session overview

• Ask the Experts: What, why, how? • Planning and training session summary

• Student feedback and the toolkit itself

Thoughts, feedback and questions?