WORKSHOP DETAILS: IN RECENT YEARS THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE INTEREST
IN EXPLORING HOW STAFF AND STUDENTS CAN WORK IN PARTNERSHIP. ENGAGING
STUDENTS AND STAFF AS PARTNERS IN LEARNING AND TEACHING HAS BEEN
DESCRIBED AS ‘ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING HIGHER
EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY’ AND AS OFFERING ‘THE POSSIBILITY
FOR GENUINELY TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR ALL INVOLVED’
(HEALEY, FLINT AND HARRINGTON, 2014, 7). AT SURREY WE ARE INVOLVED IN
A NUMBER OF RESEARCH PROJECTS EXPLORING THE ROLE OF STUDENT-STAFF
PARTNERSHIPS IN HIGHER EDUCATION PEDAGOGY, PRACTICE AND RESEARCH. IN
THIS PRESENTATION WE WILL SHARE SOME OF THIS WORK AND EXAMINE SOME OF
THE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF STUDENT-STAFF PARTNERSHIP APPROACHES
WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION.
IN PARTICULAR WE WILL DISCUSS AN INSTITUTION-WIDE STUDENT-STAFF
PARTNERSHIP SCHEME. THIS SCHEME INVOLVES SUPPORTING A DIVERSITY OF
STUDENT-STAFF PEDAGOGIC RESEARCH PROJECTS FROM ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES.
IT HAS RESULTED IN A STUDENT AND STAFF CO-AUTHORED BOOK FOCUSING ON
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS, AS WELL AS A SECOND SCHEME FOCUSING ON
DISCIPLINARY UNDERSTANDINGS OF TEACHING EXCELLENCE. MOST IMPORTANTLY
THE IMPACT OF BOTH INITIATIVES HAS LED TO A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD
TOWARDS THE AIM OF TRANSFORMING INSTITUTIONAL CULTURES THROUGH
INCORPORATING A MORE PARTICIPATIVE AND STUDENT-CENTRED AGENDA, AND A
PEDAGOGIC RESEARCH CULTURE THAT UNDERPINS TEACHING EXCELLENCE ACROSS
THE INSTITUTION.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
KAREN GRAVET:
Karen is a Lecturer in the Department of Higher Education at the
University of Surrey and has worked in Higher Education for over
fifteen years in Librarian, Learning Developer and Teaching Fellow
roles prior to commencing her present position as Lecturer. Karen’s
research focuses on student and academic identities, educational
transitions, academic literacies and student-staff partnerships, and
she has presented at numerous conferences and published in a breadth
of journals. Karen teaches on the Graduate Certificate in Learning and
Teaching, and the MA in Higher Education at the University of Surrey.
She is currently working towards a PhD in Higher Education. Karen is a
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Visiting Fellow at
the University of Suffolk, and a member of the Surrey Assessment and
Learning Lab.
DR MARION HERON:
Marion Heron is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Higher Education
at the University of Surrey. She has worked in higher education for
over 30 years in Turkey, Dubai and the UK. Her background is in
applied linguistics and she has carried out research in the areas of
classroom discourse, classroom interaction, oracy skills, academic
literacies and academic writing. She has published in a number of
journals focusing on educational linguistics and presented her work at
conferences. She teaches on the Graduate Certificate in Learning and
Teaching, the MA in Higher Education, the MA TESOL and supervises PhD
students in language teacher education and applied linguistics.
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