Student Engaged Educational Development research is about students working as partners with staff to enhance programmes and courses at university. The University of Winchester has 55 Student Fellows working on a range of educational development projects. This slide show explores concepts and tries to map this work.

1. Dr Tansy Jessop
SEED Research Meeting
14 February 2014

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Students engaging with educational
development and quality enhancement
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Engagement in educational evaluation
Engagement in enhancement research
Engagement as change agents
Engagement in curriculum redesign
Issues: how to involve students in the improvement of
courses and teaching; how to set up partnerships between
staff and students

3. Internal and
externally
funded L&T
projects
Faculty
priority
research &
enhancement
Student Fellow
Scheme: 54
Student Fellows,
30 projects
Institutional
priority
research and
enhancement
Individual
academic
/student
research
Student Union
research and
enhancement
Professional
Services
research – IT,
QA, Library,
Student services

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How much of the activity is to do with
educational development?
How do we define educational development?
How broadly do we define educational
development?
“a term that tends to be reserved for the activity
undertaken by those staff who specialise in
enhancing learning and teaching”
Leadership Foundation

5. Students doing research/evaluation/enhancement
of learning and teaching:
 with staff
 for staff
 on staff-led projects
 on student-led projects
 with the student union
 for the faculty

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Informants
Representatives
Participants
Researchers
Specialists
Student ‘voice’, student ‘ears’, student
‘minds’
Innovators
Influencers

7. Staff driver
Develop
research
profile
Engage
students
more in
seminars
Research/
evaluation
Enhancement
Learn
research
skills for FYP
Learn to blog
and produce
public
material
Student drivers

8. Staff driver
Deepen
evidence base
beyond NSS
scores
Improve A&F
Research/
evaluation
Enhancement
Provide
student voice
data,
contribute to
evidence base
Learn more
and achieve
better
through A&F
Student drivers

9. Staff driver
Deepen
understanding of
employability data
and issues in
certain disciplines
Develop package
linked to disciplines
to help students ‘
employability
prospects
Research/
evaluation
Enhancement
Find out how to get
a job, more about
context,
employment stats,
skill sets and
opportunities
Re-purpose
package in
appealing and
accessible
language and
format for fellow
students
Student drivers

10. Staff driver
Publish and
disseminate
innovation and
findings
Improve
innovation
based on
student ‘voice’
evidence
Research/
evaluation
Enhancement
Develop
research skills
and co-publish
with staff
Refine
innovation
based on
evidence for
future students
Student drivers

11. Actors: Main Informants
and
supporting
roles
Liz B,
Psychology
2nd year
Students,
secondary
data from
websites,
experts in
the field
Methods
Content
Beneficiaries/
Audience
Purpose
Interviews,
focus
groups,
website
scans
Setting up
social media
platform to
help
students
transition
from A-level
to 1st year
1st year
students;
Psychology
programme
To improve
the entry
student
experience
and create
a climate of
belonging
for them

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RKE Conference: April
L&T day : 2 June
SEDA Conference: May in Newcastle
HEA Change Academy on Curriculum
SEED Online Journal: to be launched in June
Other journals?