Student partnership
looks at how students are understood and how they engage as partners in the
delivery, development and enhancement of their subject
Northumbria University’s Student Engagement Plan promotes effective partnership, designed to optimise student
satisfaction and experience and enhance student support and achievement. It has been built around the overlapping themes of learning,
consultation, representation and participation, tied together with a coherent
approach to student communication. For example, Student Engagement
Northumbria Student Union (NSU) engages in partnership
working with the University, including through the NSU leadership representatives and the NSU Teaching Excellence Team. NSU
also manage the annual Student Led Teaching Awards and promote partnership working between academics and
students. Their work is guided by the HEA Engagement Through Partnership (2014) report.
This open access collection showcases a range of
staff-student partnerships from different roles, identities, cultures,
countries and institutions: Mercer-Mapstone, L. and Abbott, S. (2020) (Eds) The power of student-staff partnerships: students, staff, and faculty revolutionizing higher education. Elon University: Center for Engaged Learning Open-Access Book Series.
