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sparqs National Conference 2015: Workshop and Presentation Outlines Workshop Session 1: 10.30 – 11.30 Please choose one workshop from the list below. Workshop 1.1: Student Partnership in First Year curriculum design – positives and pitfalls Student partnership in curriculum design enables students to play an active role in Facilitated by: shaping and enhancing their learning. Both the School of Psychology and the School Lisa Gaughan, University of Lincoln of Fine & Performing Arts at the University of Lincoln have undertaken projects to Dr Kirsty Miller, University of Lincoln redesign the curriculum for first year students. This workshop will explore the processes, findings and challenges from both schools. It will also look at the development of a possible toolkit for student partnership in curriculum re-design. Workshop 1.2: Working together to achieve student-friendly feedback Recent Enhancement-led Institutional Review (ELIR) activity has indicated that Full title: many students’ associations have run or been partners in major institutional Working together to achieve student-friendly feedback – projects that aim to enhance assessment and feedback policy and practice. examples from the Scottish Higher Education sector This workshop aims to: Share what is currently happening in the University sector around good - Facilitated by: practice in feedback on assessment. Val Innes, QAA Scotland Identify ways institutions and students’ associations can support student - - Amanda Park, QAA Scotland friendly feedback on assessment. Paul Greene, The Robert Gordon University Union - Provide an opportunity for participants to contribute ideas to the debate, explore good practice in this area and learn from each other. Workshop 1.3: The Future of student engagement in the college review process Education Scotland is the national agency responsible for supporting quality and Facilitated by: enhancement in learning and teaching in Scotland’s Colleges. This workshop will Margaret Rose Livingstone, Education Scotland explore students’ role in the college review process, discuss what meaningful Hannah Clarke, sparqs student engagement could look like and identify areas for development. Participants will also have an opportunity to discuss how students’ associations might be more involved in evaluating college quality. 1

Workshop 1.4: Imagine Tomorrow NUS Scotland campaigns for better student support and a better student experience Facilitated by: both in terms of learning and teaching and wider society. Imagine Tomorrow is a Phil Whyte, NUS Scotland two year project which has explored what students would like education in Scotland Jenny Lees, NUS Scotland to look like, and what needs it should meet in the future. The workshop will explore the key themes that have emerged from Imagine Tomorrow’s work, what policy areas NUS Scotland will be focusing on in the coming years. Workshop 1.5: Engaging students to embed equality and diversity in the curriculum sparqs and the Higher Education Academy have been working together to involve Facilitated by: students in the design of curricula that embeds equality and diversity. This Stephanie Miller, sparqs workshop will explore the rationale for this and present the frameworks and tools Dash Sekhar, Edinburgh University Students’ Association that can support the development of an inclusive curriculum. Case studies of student-led projects will be discussed. Participants will consider opportunities for partnership working with students to develop projects. Workshop 1.6: Using data to support students’ associations This workshop will detail the work carried out by sparqs on data within the college Facilitated by: sector. Ranging from students ’ association work promoting and engaging with data Phil McGuinness, sparqs from the Student Satisfaction & Engagement Survey, to our work supporting apprentices with data and technology. Participants will be able to explore innovative ways in which students’ associations can utilise data, how to work around issues like survey fatigue, and share practice across the sector. Workshop 1.7: GCU Engage: Student staff partnerships in policy and practice In 2014, Glasgow Caledonian University established GCU Engage, a partnership Facilitated by: between the Students’ Association and the University. This initiative is the outcome Dr Nicola Andrew, Lesley McAleavy, Glasgow Caledonian of the work of a team of students, academics and professional support staff working University collaboratively, over a period of two years to develop an institutional level approach Michael Stephenson, John Gaughan, Glasgow Caledonian to student engagement and partnership working. It is one that acknowledges University SA students as co-producers and co- creators and not just the ‘end stage’ recipients of knowledge. This workshop will explore undergraduate student engagement in Colleges and Universities from both a student and staff perspective. 2

Presentation Session 1: 12.15 – 13.15 Some of these choices comprise of 2 or 3 presentations which complement one another. Please choose one of the block sessions listed below. Presentation 1.1: Assessment criteria with consensus are authentic / Rethinking peer, rethinking review (a) Assessment criteria with consensus Abertay University report on their experience in assessment of a third year psychology module are authentic: students as partners in wherein students devised and contextualised assessment criteria to supplement Grademark * and assessment grading and feedback the ir institution’s standard attainment descriptors. The presentation will demonstrate the many advantages and the very few disadvantages of this approach and illustrate their talk with filmed and Presented by: written data from students in the class. Psychology Student Presentation Team, * Grademark - electronic marking comments via Turnitin/Blackboard Abertay University, Dundee assisted by Dr Siobhan MacAndrew, Abertay University, Dundee (b) Rethinking peer, rethinking review: This innovative pilot project, Students as Colleagues in the Review of Teaching Practices, positions students’ collaboration in the review of Edinburgh Napier students at the heart of an evaluative intervention. The project invited students to teaching practices volunteer as colleagues in evaluating teaching practices and the student learning experience. Their presentation outlines this student-led initiative in more detail before discussing personal reflections Presented by: about the project’s feasibility and effectiveness. Jenny Scholes and Kelda Sinclair, Napier University Presentation 1.2: Faculty level representation in colleges (a) Faculty councils at Borders College This presentation will outline the college’s Faculty Council structure which has been recognised as excellent practice by Education Scotland. It will demonstrate the impact of Faculty Councils on Presented by: driving educational change at Borders College, and provide information to enable other institutions Amy Hamilton and Helen Chisholm, Borders to replicate this model. A short promotional video will also be shown which illustrates the purpose of College the Students Association to both staff and students at Borders College. (b) Finger on the pulse: a City of Glasgow A review of the class rep system at City of Glasgow College has resulted in a more focused approach representation initiative to working with faculties. They have introduced faculty reps across the college which has resulted in more engagement on significant learning and teaching issues. This presentation will outline the Presented by: changes made and the positive changes made for students. Gavin Quinn, City of Glasgow College 3