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Engaging students in meaningful ways with their learning is arguably one of the most important issues facing higher education (HE) in the 21st Century. In recent years, partnership with students has become a key concept in the discourse of both the policy and practice of student engagement, although the term is often interpreted and employed in different ways. This session draws on recent publications from the Higher Education Academy (HEA 2014; Healey, Flint and Harrington 2014) to outline a new framework for partnership with students in learning and teaching.
The presentation explores:
· definitions and rationales for engagement through partnership
· a new conceptual model for exploring the different areas of learning and teaching where partnership may take place
· examples of sustainable and strategic practices
· tensions, opportunities and suggestions for the development of work in this area
Dr Abbi Flint is a Consultant in Academic Practice at the Higher Education Academy. Abbi has 11 years’ experience of educational development and pedagogic research at both the institutional and national level. Abbi’s current role concerns student engagement and partnership in their learning experiences, curriculum design and quality enhancement. She is an active qualitative researcher and a Visiting Research Fellow in Student Engagement at Birmingham City University. She regularly presents at UK and international conferences and has published on a range of topics including: student engagement in quality enhancement, student engagement surveys, the NSS, and cultural change in HE.