The genesis of staff-student partnerships: Institutional influences

Smith, Susan; Axson, Dan

doi:10.15173/ijsap.v7i1.5139

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“…In many areas of practice there is an expectation of student involvement, although it can be debated at what point on the models of student engagement these take place. As noted by various writers and recently by Smith and Axson (2023), there is always the risk that activity that is chosen can be done in a tokenistic and non-inclusive way, which, we argue, can perpetuate disadvantage. However, looking across work within the sector there is still more of a focus on small projects.…”

Section: Impact On the Students Even Years Latermentioning

confidence: 72%

“…In particular, a key aspect was that this call was co-facilitated with the Students' Association. The response was phenomenal with more submissions than for the call for a staff-led project bid that went out at the same time, which appears to be unique for the sector (Smith & Axson, 2023). This unfortunately meant that not all projects were able to be funded even though there were many great ideas.…”

Section: Reflections On Our Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This may seem self-evident in hindsight but when something has worked really well in one institution and seems to make sense in terms of how it works, then doing the same in the new institution seems logical. This is where understanding where the current institution is in terms of its attitudes, previous experience and institutional culture (Bovill, et al 2016;Mercer-Mapstone, et al, 2017;Smith & Axson, 2023) is of central importance. Therefore, we have both had to go back to our key philosophies and work out what those mean in the contexts of our evolving initiatives and institutions.…”

Section: Reflections On Some Of the Challenges We Have Facedmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reflections on 15 years of working in student partnerships: Successes, challenges and the future possibilities.

Blackwell Young,

Millard

2023

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Based on the reflections of the authors’ experiences of working in the students as partners space for the past 15 years, this paper will weave together Julie and Luke’s reflections on their experiences of working in the students as partners space, with commentary from some of the students who have been involved and key ideas from the literature. The authors have worked in this area within institutions and across the sector and have separately been involved in a number of students as partners projects, from students co-creating, students as research partners, students as facilitators of other students’ learning; students as evaluators and students as leaders. Within this work, both have had different roles and responsibilities and worked in different institutions. Their involvement in this area has now converged at Abertay University, bringing together these experiences into an increased institutional emphasis on co-working with students within the university environment. Over those 15 years, this work has been stimulating and invigorating both for the staff and students involved, however, there have often been challenges, particularly when working against the ”usual” ways of institutional working, supporting the students involved as well as doubts and scepticism from some quarters. Finally, the evolution of this work in the future, both from an institutional and sector perspective, will be considered.

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Section: Impact On the Students Even Years Latermentioning

confidence: 72%

Section: Reflections On Our Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%