Simon Walker, Mark Kerrigan, Brad Elliott, Peter Chatterton and Sarah Knight

Identifying and driving change in partnership with students12/03/2014

#CAN2014 www.changeagentsnetwork.co.uk

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Welcome and introductions

Sarah Knight, Senior Co-Design Manager, Jisc@sarahknight

Peter Chatterton, Consultant@balham

Simon Walker, Head of Academic Development, University of Greenwich@sialker

Dr Mark Kerrigan, Senior Lecturer in Teaching and Leaning, University of Greenwich@MarkKerrigan

Bradley ElliottCAN network Co-ordinator@CANagogy

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‘Students as partners is not just a nice-to-have, I believe it has the potential to help bring about social and educational transformation, as long as we know what we are trying to do and we maintain a critical attitude about the ways the concept is adopted and used.’ Rachel Wenstone, Vice President (Higher Education), NUS – A Manifesto for Partnership (November 2012)

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Background and context

»NUS Student Engagement model

»Thinking about the outcomes of engagement activities and the impact that policies and practices have on students

»Recognition of the importance of staff - student partnership working in curriculum innovation projects involving technology

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Student partnership activities/initiatives from Jisc

» Summer of Student Innovation - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/student-innovation

» Students as Digital Pioneers › Oxford Brookes InStePP project › Greenwich Digital Literacies in Transition project› Reading Digitally Ready project› Student Fellows at Bath Spa and Winchester FASTECH

project› University of Exeter - Students as Change Agents – Integrate

and Cascade projects› Birmingham City University – Student Academic Partners – T-

Sparc project

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Benefits of student partnerships/change agents

»Benefits for students:

› Gain an experience of leadership and influencing change.› Gain experience of using research to shape change.› Students can gain recognition through awards such as

leadership awards, academic credit, extra-curricular awards and awards accredited through external bodies.

› Enhances student experience.› Increases confidence & skills (e.g. communication, team-

working, management, research skills).› Enhances networking with e.g. employers, community.› Improved employability and job prospects.

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Benefits of student partnerships/change agents

»Benefits for staff:

› Closer working/learning engagement with students.› Learning from students – and an important

dimension to their CPD.› Raising of individual profiles in their institutions and

in the sector.› Enhanced input into research and papers via

student engagement. 

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Benefits of student partnerships/change agents

» Institutional benefits:

› Opportunity for students to gain skills to support employability, and greater involvement in the learning and teaching experience.

› Aids retention.› Develops enhanced working/learning/assessment

engagement between students and tutors.› Engages students with research-led change.› Students inspire academics in technology-led

educational innovation.  

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Activity

»Introduce yourself to your neighbour….

»Share your interest, plans or experiences of working in partnership with students in your institution

»Identify one key challenge you anticipate or have faced

»http://padlet.com/wall/CAN2014

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Change Agents’ Network

» Enhance student change agents’ understanding of effective practice and change issues.

» Identify and share effective practice in the area of students/student groups as change agents.

» Provide a forum for support and sharing of ideas.

» Create and link to resources to support staff and students promoting the use of student change agents sector wide.

» Developing a framework to support possible accreditation through SEDA.

» Developing a Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change.

» http://www.changeagentsnetwork.co.uk and join can@jiscmail.ac.uk by visiting www.jiscmail.ac.uk

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Supporting staff and student partnerships

» A series of resources to support staff and students in instituting student partnerships:

› Practice points› Viewpoints for student partnerships› Case studies› List of benefits› Useful links› Educational agency initiatives

http://tiny.cc/can001

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The Resource Kit for Staff

»Questions about the resources?

Opportunity to experience the Viewpoints toolkit

› Partnership set-up “Your VC wants to improve your NSS ratings and believes that student partnerships can help this and has tasked you and your colleagues to take this forward. Use the Viewpoints cards to create a prioritised plan”.  

› Partnership implementation “Your VC wants to improve your NSS ratings and believes that student partnerships can help this - another member of staff has developed an outline plan and you and your colleagues are now tasked to take this forward. Use the Viewpoints cards to create a prioritised plan”.   

› Capabilities, development and accreditation “You and your colleagues have been tasked by the PVC (Student Experience) to focus on developing capabilities and accreditation for students and staff involved with student partnership initiatives. Use the Viewpoints cards to create a prioritised plan”.  

› Evaluation, impact and sustainability “Your institution has undertaken two successful pilot student partnership projects and you and your colleagues have been tasked to sustain and embed these - Use the Viewpoints cards to create a prioritised plan.”

Discussion

» Would the Viewpoints toolkit be useful in your institution?

» Does it need amending/developing further?

» Would you want to customise it?

» Do you have any case studies to add to it?

» Share your ideas at http://padlet.com/wall/CAN2014

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»Accreditation – Institutional Change Leader

»Over to Mark

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»Journal of Educational Innovation , Partnership & Change

»Over to Simon

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Find out more…

Change Agents’ Networks.knight@jisc.ac.uk

peter.chatterton@daedalus-e-world.com

M.J.P.Kerrigan@Greenwich.ac.uk

S.Walker@greenwich.ac.uk

brad@hei-flyers.org

www.changeagentsnetwork.co.uk#CAN2014 @CANagogycan@jiscmail.ac.uk

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