Where & When

Location: Virtual

Date: 12/05/2022

Delivered by: Advance HE

Register here (this is a paid event): https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/programmes-events/calendar/student-engagement-conference-2022-meaningful-active-participation

Details

In recent years there has been an increased focus on student engagement, both within the curriculum and outside. The pandemic focused this attention further and challenged the sector to consider how to maintain and grow further student engagement in a virtual and remote world of HE. However, as we now look at student engagement in the new model of HE, with blended learning experiences, greater uses of technology than ever before and focused intentional in person activities it is obvious that many students still only engage with the core curriculum. Many traditional students do not maximise the student experience by engaging in the plethora of activities that the community of the HEI can provide, and this is even more exaggerated in mature students, commuter students, students with caring responsibilities and other minority groups within the student population. So whilst they may acquire the programme learning outcomes required they may not be maximising their chances of further success or the enjoyment of their student experience.

This conference will focus on meaningful, active participation by students, both within the curriculum but in wider activities across the institution and within their community that will enhance their student experience and ultimately increase student success.

How can we increase student engagement, by increasing the number of students engaged in the wide variety of opportunities available to them, increasing the diversity of students engaged and addressing the power imbalances in student engagement structures? How will the new access and participation focus of the OfS change the work around participation of students within the HE sector and move from ensuring fair access to ensuring fair participation across the student experience?

During the day sessions will seek to explore how we can make the following meaningful, active and accessible to all learners:

Student engagement in and beyond the curriculum
Student engagement with research community
Student engagement with the local community/civic engagement
Student engagement through work-based learning/work-integrated learning.

Who should attend?

Those with responsibility for the student academic experience and student engagement more widely, SU teams wishing to widen their student engagement, course leaders seeking to have a more engaged cohort and others focused on the student experience and improving student outcomes.

Bring along a student free of charge

We would like to invite all paying delegates attending the conference to please bring along a student of your choice free of charge. You can add them to your booking when processing your paid booking through our online booking portal as a guest. To access the booking page, please use the Book Now button on the top right hand side of this page.