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Collegiate Commentary: Five communities created by staff-student projects

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

As universities are under an increasing level of regulation and accountability in relation to student success and retention, we see commitments towards partnership working as a form of best practice (see: Office for Students Student Engagement Strategy ).

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Spotlight on Voices of Movers and Shakers: The power to unite people in a way that little else does

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Photo Credit: Student Union EUSU Exec 2019/20 I was the first person in this role so it called for a lot of proactivity to get things done. I was lucky that there was a lot of support from everyone and willingness to do everything possible to get international students involved. Nov 19, 2020

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Maximising postgraduate experience with student-led initiatives

Teaching Matters Academic Support

In my programme, MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems , the student leadership consists of two class representatives and a diverse ten-member class committee of students from different countries. The class representative works closely with the Programme Director, Engineering School, Student Union and other organisms across the university.

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Boost Higher Ed Enrollment and Graduation Rates – The Power of Student Support and Belonging: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 148 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Elliot Felix

The Change Leader, Inc.

Take a multifaceted approach by creating identity and affinity centers for underserved communities such as LGBTQ+, first-gen, student veterans, and parents. Also important are common spaces like student unions, libraries, and their events and programs, like student support organizations, and peer-to-peer relationships and service delivery.

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Do we really empower sabbatical offices to be the voice of students?

SRHE

Rather we focus on one of the primary figureheads of student voice within universities the sabbatical officer and consider how they are empowered to represent the voice of their peers to their university. Sabbatical officers are elected by the student body to represent their interests to the wider university community.