Monday 16 September 2019

Student-Staff Partnership Symposium

Towards meaningful partnerships: student-staff collaborations to enhance learning and teaching across the disciplines.

University of Surrey
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7XH
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Overview

The aim of the symposium was to draw together staff and students to explore theoretical perspectives on and practical examples of developing student-staff partnerships in different disciplinary contexts.

Themes

The symposium focused on the following themes:

  • Students as partners in enhancing learning, teaching and assessment
  • Collaborative approaches to curriculum design and review
  • Students as co-enquires in higher education research
  • Student-staff partnerships as transformative experiences
  • Benefits and challenges of student-staff partnerships
  • Embedding student-staff partnership approaches at institutional level.

Programme

TimeSpeakersActivity

9am - 9.30am

 

Tea / coffee / registration

9.30am – 9.45am

LTE

  • Nadya Yakovchuk, University of Surrey, UK
  • Ian Kinchin, University of Surrey, UK
  • Sam Dvorakova, University of Edinburgh, UK

Welcome

9.45am – 11am

LTE

  • Mick Healey (Healey HE Consultants, UK)
  • Ruth Healey (University of Chester, UK)

First plenary

Engaging students and staff in learning and teaching partnerships

11am - 11.15am

 

Tea / coffee

11.15am – 11.45am

A – LTA

B – LTE

C – LTB

First concurrent sessions
Moonisah Usman and Jennifer Fraser (University of Westminster, UK)

Co-creating partnership: developing principles to support meaningful partnerships at the University of Westminster

Amanda Millmore and Krissy Hiu (University of Reading, UK)Embedding employability through collaborative curriculum design in law
  • Moira Maguire, Maria Maguire, Linda Murphy, Catherine Staunton, Nicole Byrne, Brianain Johnson, Angelina Jong, Aisling Munster, Jack Ryan, Peter Toplis and Johanna Young (Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland)
Partners in employability: a student-staff collaboration to develop an accredited award to support student engagement

11.50am - 12.20pm

A – LTA

B – LTE

C – LTB

Second concurrent sessions
Jillian Birad, Sophie Allen, Julia Millette and Nigel Page (Kingston University, UK); Selina Anderson and Sheelagh Heugh (London Metropolitan University, UK)Student and staff narratives of the outcomes and experiences of institutional and cross-institutional student-staff research partnerships
Daisy Haywood, Lewis Jerrom, Rachel Stead and Debbie Gooch (University of Surrey, UK)Students as co-creators of visual mnemonics using LEGO: an evaluation of a Psychology revision session using an adapted Lego® Serious Play® (LSP) methodology
Catherine Stephen, Catherine Batson, Adam Hill, Ellie Roberts and Sarah Surget (University of Surrey, UK)

Student Curator Project: encouraging and embracing inclusivity and diversity in partnership with our students

12.25pm – 12.55pm

A – LTA

B – LTE

C – LTB

Third concurrent sessions
Colin Johnson, Christine Murphy, Ryan Ward and Nadira Hendarta (University of Hull, UK)A pilot student/staff partnership scheme… the journey so far
Chris RibchesterFaye Davies and Emily Fisher (University of Derby, UK)Reflections on the evolution and impact of a longstanding student-staff collaborative research scheme
Kirsten Hardie (Arts University Bournemouth, UK)Challenges and risks: for the love of learning – for the love of graphics

12.55pm – 13.40pm

 

Lunch

1.40pm – 2.10pm

A – LTA

B – LTE

C – LTB

Fourth concurrent sessions
Rachel Maunder (University of Northampton, UK)Constructing partnerships: is the ‘how’ more important that the ‘what’? (workshop)
Samantha Clarkson and Lucy Bamwo (University of Hertfordshire, UK)The roller coaster of innovation: a reflection on implementing the Guided Learner Journey
Jane Forman, Sabrina Roman, Laura Grinder, Ayesha Jeary and Louise Jolly (Kingston University and St Georges, University of London, UK); Anne Preston (University College London, UK)

Students as decision makers in midwifery student recruitment processes

2:15pm – 3pm

LTE

Alison Cook-Sather (Bryn Mawr College, USA)

Second plenary

Naming and navigating complexities: the challenges of inclusion and power dynamics in planning for, participating in, and publishing about partnership (virtual keynote)

3.05pm – 3.35pm

A – LTA

B – LTE

C – LTB

 

Fifth concurrent sessions
Irina Niculescu and Roger Rees (University of Surrey, UK)Embedding student-staff partnerships at an institutional level: the EduInterns approach
Marianne Rial, Halimah Bakare and Antinda Toh (University of Hertfordshire, UK)Demystifying the academic experience: supporting students in transition and throughout a programme of study
Amanda Millmore, William Page and Alicia Peña Bizama (University of Reading, UK)

Life Tools for Law students: a collaboration

3.35pm – 3:45pm

 

Tea / coffee

3:45pm – 5pm

LTB

Mick Healey and Ruth Healey

Third plenary

Liquid café

"Very good variety of events that was inclusive equally of students and staff"

"Fabulous day, well-attended by a diverse number of universities and discipline areas"

"Really enjoyed the liquid café - very unique and really interactive for informal conversations"