1. Creating a culture of Student Partnership:
Students as partners in curriculum transformation
Professor Sally Varnham (UTS)
National Senior Teaching Fellow
Support for this activity has been provided by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training. The views expressed in this activity do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government Department of Education and Training

2. What next? Sector support for sustainability
My story
Student engagement in university decision-making and governance : OLT Strategically Commissioned Priority project (2015/2016)
Creating a Framework for Student Partnership: National Senior Teaching Fellowship (2016/2017)
What next? Sector support for sustainability

3. The elements of student engagement to partnership as identified by the Student Engagement Framework for Scotland:
1. students feeling part of a supportive institution
2. students engaging in their own learning
3. students working with their institution in shaping the direction of learning
4. formal mechanisms for quality and governance
5. influencing the student experience at national level.

4. A Vision for partnership
A process of student engagement … staff and students working together for enhanced student learning, curriculum transformation, course enhancement and student experience.
All participants actively engaged in and stand to gain from the process of learning and working together.
(Union of Students in Ireland (in partnership with HEA and QQI 2016)

5. Key points to take from research in Australia and abroad
Institutional commitment to, and respect for, student voice, and to student leadership essential to embed principles and culture of partnership Important for all members of the university to have a clear vision of partnership Challenge is to engage every students’ voice – International, indigenous, post graduate …

6. Factors and Processes to Consider
Communication
Course Representatives
Project-based partnerships
Training, ongoing briefing, support for student representatives
Strong student leadership in partnership with university
Incentives
All voices
Representative roles on national bodies
Sector- supported national agencies e.g. sparqs in Scotland
Factors and Processes to Consider

7. Three students who have worked as partners in change
Sarah Rasmussen – Murdoch University
Amanda Richardson – University of South Australia
Jodie Hartman – University of Sydney

8. To learn more about the Student Partnership Conversation – www
To learn more about the Student Partnership Conversation –
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