Peer to Peer Delivery By Hayley Gillmore

Nottingham Advantage Award University of Nottingham Skills Award Students complete 3 additional modules over the course of their degree Formally recognised on graduation transcript Focus on developing key employability skills and graduate attributes

Public Speaking Society Conceived as a module in 2013 Desire to formalise their learning and development Sessions delivered by students to students Students involved in the design of the course, solely delivered by students and involved in assessment process

How has it been successful?

How is it impacting students? How is it impacting colleagues? Over 100 students have since been accredited for their learning Developing accredited skill set Increased engagement with members Student deliverers gained valuable experience in workshop delivery Won ‘Module of the Year’ 2014 Used as an example of staff / student collaboration at annual conference Used as an example of peer to peer delivery during NAA conference Gave colleagues the opportunity to have valuable discussions about the merits of student involvement in module conception and creation

What challenges did you experience? How did you overcome the challenges? Gaining buy in amongst staff prior to academic sign off. Needed to prove I was supervising student delivery and assessment Gaining buy in amongst students – this years committee have chosen not to pursue the module this year Fitting in with student needs – working patterns don’t always reflect student timetables Be prepared to understand others concerns and where possible reassure with examples of how you can reduce potential risk Being flexible, working timescales around students availability ; exam time, evening working etc .

Take home messages

Facilitating Peer to Peer support Giving students ownership of their own learning and development leads to greater engagement Facilitating Peer to Peer support Learning how to support students and ‘monitor’ activity without stifling their creativity Being on hand to boost confidence can go a long way