Staff-Student Partnerships in Higher Education

‘A rich array of international case studies of varied forms of student-staff partnerships; providing nuanced research/scholarly based perspectives, and practical advice for policy makers and practitioners. The accounts are refreshingly honest about problems encountered, inspiring in what they have achieved, and rich in suggestions for others to adapt.'  Alan Jenkins, Emeritus Professor, Oxford Brookes University, UK

A thorough exploration of staff-student partnerships in Higher Education, drawing together perspectives from students and staff.

Sabine Little is an independent educational consultant specialising in developing integrated staff-student partnerships. Previously, she was Learning Development and Research Associate for the Centre for Inquiry-based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences (CILASS) at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Foreword \ Notes on Contributors \ Chapter 1. Perspectives on Staff-Student Partnership in Learning, Research and Educational Enhancement Philippa Levy, Sabine Little, and Natalie Whelan \ 2. A Collaborative Evaluation of Student/Staff Partnership in Inquiry-Based Educational Development Emma Barnes, Louise Goldring, Alison Bestwick, and Jamie Wood \ 3. Towards an Assessment Partnership Model? Students' Experiences of Being Engaged as Partners in Assessment for Learning (AfL) Enhancement Activity Kay Sambell and Linda Graham \ 4. Working Together to Reduce Plagiarism and Promote Academic Integrity: A Collaborative Initiative at Leicester Jo Badge, Nadya Yakovchuk, Alysoun Hancock, and Aaron Porter \ 5. Using Wikis and Blogs to Support Writing Development: The Online Evolving Essay Project Katherine Harrington, Peter O'Neill, and Lynn Reynolds \ 6. Students and Staff as Educational Partners in the Development of Quality-Assured Online Resources for Medical Education Jane Williams, Dominic Alder, Julian Cook, Miranda Whinney, Rachel O'Connell, Will Duffin, and Philippa King \ 7. Staff-Student Partnerships Can Drive Institutional Change: The Development of a Recognition Scheme for Postgraduate Students who Teach at an Irish University Niamh Collins and Jacqueline Potter \ 8. ‘What Would Happen If We Treated the Student as Someone Whose Opinion Mattered?': Student Learning and Teaching Awards at Northumbria Pat Gannon-Leary, Alan Dordoy, Sophie McGlinn, Fiona Baldam and Gemma Charlton \ 9. Communication as Performance: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Staff-Student Partnership Elena Zaitseva, Elizabeth Clifford, Sarah Nixon, Elizabeth Deja, and Andrew Murphy \ 10. Performance Matters When You're Playing the Professional: Co-authored Research and Relational Pedagogy Rebekka Kill, Keeley McDonnell, and Michael Thorne \ 11. Problem-Based Learning and the Teaching-Research Nexus: Stimulating Research for Both Staff and Students Mark L. Manning, Lesley Willcoxson, Katrina Gething, and Natasha Johnston \ 12. A Collaborative Foray into Undergraduate Publishing David Metcalfe, Caroline Gibson, and Cath Lambert \ 13. Exploring Students' Perceptions of Research in the Learning Environment: A Partnership to Enhance Our Understanding of the Undergraduate Student Experience Brad Wuetherick and Lisa McLaughlin \ 14. Breaking Research Boundaries: Academics and Undergraduates Engaged in Collaborative Research Heather Sharp, Linda Stanley, and Marie Hayward \ 15. Collaborating for Staff-student Partnerships: Experiences and Observations Sabine Little, Heather Sharp, Linda Stanley, Marie Hayward, Pat Gannon-Leary, Peter O'Neill, and Jane Williams \ Index