Student Engagement Conference 2012
The NUS/HEA Student Engagement Conference was held in June 2012 in Nottingham.
The conference, the result of a fruitful partnership between NUS and the Higher Education Academy (HEA), explored both the means and the ends of student engagement in shaping their own learning experiences. A wide range of presenters, speakers and delegates joined us in the East Midlands for the two-day event, which also included the inaugural NUS Higher Education Awards.
We are delighted to make the slides from the workshops available online below.
Day One, 12 June 2012
11.30 Welcome
Usman Ali, Vice-President (Higher Education), NUS
Helen Thomas, Head of Teacher Excellence, Higher Education Academy
12.30 Workshops - Session One
1. Recognition and Reward
When Support isn’t Supportive,
Ally Campbell (Gloucestershire SU)
2. Representation and Student Voice
Online Campaigns to Improve the Student Experience,
Tom Corfield (Fruni)
3. Students and Quality Assurance/ Enhancement
Engaging Students in Curriculum Development: Cultural Inclusivity across five courses.
Dr Sue Tangney, Alison Forbes & Gareth Barham (Cardiff Metropolitan University)
4. Wider Issues and Strategy
The Value of Leeds’ and LUU’s Partnership Initiative,
James Robertson and Ben Jackson (Leeds University Union)
5. Widening Engagement
Breaking through: Identifying Barriers to Consistent Representation and How to Overcome Them.
Kieron Rees (NUS Wales)
14.15 Keynote Speech
Rachel Wenstone, Vice-President (Higher Education) Elect, NUS
15.00 Workshops Session Two
1. Recognition and Reward
Engaging Students in a Meaningful Way
Caroline Singer (University of Aberdeen) and Graeme Hope (AUSA)
2. Representation and Student Voice
Closing the Engagement Circle
Amy Young (University of Bath)
3. Students and Quality Assurance/ Enhancement
Risk-based Quality
Jennifer Allen (HEFCE)
4. Wider Issues and Strategy
Student Engagement: Where is it all going?
Emily Collins (Reading Students’ Union) and Alex Holley (Lancaster Students’ Union)
5. Widening Engagement
“I won’t bother, I only need 40% so I’ll just do a bit of revision the night before and I’ll be fine”: An investigation into the engagement of first year students
Leanne Franklin (Cardiff Metropolitan University)
16.20 Plenary- Student Feedback on Trial
Jennifer Allen, HEFCE
Dr John Canning, University of Southampton
Reni Eddo-Lodge, UCLan Students’ Union
Anthony Payne, York St John University
19.00 Dinner and NUS Higher Education Awards
Hosted by Usman Ali
Day Two, 13 June 2012
10:00 Keynote: The Powers and Perils of Partnership
Professor Patrick McGhee (Vice-Chancellor, University of East London and incoming Chair, Million+);
Introduced by Usman Ali (Vice-President Higher Education, NUS)
11.15 Workshops Session Three
1. Recognition and Reward
Ways to Support, Empower and Reward Student Reps,
Kate Jones and Joff Cooke (SU Bournemouth University)
2. Representation and Student Voice
How to Improve the Outcomes and Processes of your Student Representation System,
Sarah Ingram and Sam Reid (Cardiff University & CUSU)
3. Students and Quality Assurance/ Enhancement
Teaching and Learning Chapter Consultation,
Tim Burton & Harriet Barnes (Quality Assurance Agency)
4. Wider Issues and Strategy
Students at the Heart of Service Design,
Jean Mutton (Derby)
5. Widening Engagement
Distance-learning students: out of sight, out of mind?
Nizam Uddin (University of London)
13.00 Workshops Session Four
1. Recognition and Reward
What now for Student-Led Teaching Awards?
Oliver Williams (NUS)
2. Representation and Student Voice
Student Senate: The Jewel in the Crown of Student Engagement,
Steve Molyneux, Claire Fitzsimons and Wade Tomlinson (Roehampton Students’ Union)
3. Students and Quality Assurance/ Enhancement
A Scottish student engagement framework,
Iain Delworth (sparqs)
4. Wider Issues and Strategy
Student Engagement through the Lens of Motivation and Experience,
Lucy Chilvers, Heather McKnight and Emily-Ann Nash (University of Brighton and Brighton SU) + Handout 1 + Handout 2
5. Widening Engagement
Conducting and using research on hard-to-reach groups
Dr Debbie McVitty and Bethan Payne (NUS)
15.00 Panel Debate:
The (Im)balance of Power: Can there be true partnership in academic community?
Philippa Levy, Deputy Chief Executive (Academic), HEA (Chair)
Ryan Shorthouse, Researcher, Social Market Foundation
Tim Stewart, Dean of Learning and Teaching, BPP College of Law
Chris Taylor, Student Engagement Manager, QAA
Rachel Wenstone, Vice-President Higher Education, NUS