2. Peer to Peer Delivery
By Hayley Gillmore

3. 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

4. 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

5. How has it been successful?

6. 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

7. 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 .

8. Take home messages

9. 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