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Mini-Fest on Student Engagement
Wednesday 11th October 2023 - Online
Wednesday 11th October 2023 - Online
About the Mini Festival on Student Engagement and Co-Creation
About the Mini Festival on Student Engagement and Co-Creation
The University of Portsmouth prioritises a student-centred Higher Education, where our largest stakeholder in our university community are core to our strategic imperatives and recently published Education Strategy. Ensuring we provide an engaging curriculum and supportive experience at Portsmouth is critical, yet following the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a need to explore how to facilitate student engagement in the modern university. In addition to this, the Education Strategy outlines that academic and professional services should work to co-design in our enhancement activities with students to make our engagements more meaningful. This Mini Festivals will draw the topics of Student Engagement and Co-Creation together to share research and innovation in engaging students post-covid-19, as well as best practice in Co-Creating the student experience.
9:10am to 9:30am
Education Strategy & Strategic Priority of Student Engagement & Co-Creation
Education Strategy & Strategic Priority of Student Engagement & Co-Creation
Professor Harriet Dunbar-Morris, Dean of Learning and Teaching
Harriet Slides Education Strategy.pdfKeynote Address: Generation Z Learners in Higher Education
Keynote Address: Generation Z Learners in Higher Education
Dr Zachary Walker (UCL)
Dr. Zachary Walker serves as the Head of Department for the Department of Psychology and Human Development (PHD) at the University College London Institute of Education (IOE). He is a Senior Fellow with the Higher Education Academy. Zachary is recognised as an expert in individual and organisational learning performance. In the last ten years, Zachary has worked with educators and policymakers in more than 30 countries on learning, inclusive leadership and innovative practice. He also enjoys frozen yoga, tackle chess, and wrestling with rhinos.
Keynote 1 Zachary Walker.pdfParallel Sessions
Parallel Sessions
Session 1a:
Baking in an Ethos of Partnership – An Institutional and Student Union’s Approach to Enhancing Student Representation and Feedback Mechanisms
Session 1a:
Baking in an Ethos of Partnership – An Institutional and Student Union’s Approach to Enhancing Student Representation and Feedback Mechanisms
Maisha Islam (University of Southampton), Dan Chevalier (Quality Assurance Agency) and Ben Robson (Winchester Student Union)
Session 1b:
Engaging Meaningfully with International Students
Session 1b:
Engaging Meaningfully with International Students
Anna Bithiah Værnes, University of Portsmouth Global Office
Session 1c:
Belongingness and Student Engagement Post Covid 19: Considerations for Dental Care Professional Students
Session 1c:
Belongingness and Student Engagement Post Covid 19: Considerations for Dental Care Professional Students
Susan Hadley, Dental Academy
Parallel Sessions
Parallel Sessions
Session 2a:
Can your online learning materials keep your students digi-engaged rather than disengaged?
Session 2a:
Can your online learning materials keep your students digi-engaged rather than disengaged?
Shaun Searle, Technology Enhanced Learning
Session 2b:
enABLing Student Engagement: Strategies for Success
Session 2b:
enABLing Student Engagement: Strategies for Success
Dr Andy Clegg, Head of Academic Development and TEL
Session 3a:
WhatsApp: Going Where the Students Are
Session 3a:
WhatsApp: Going Where the Students Are
Emily Parry, Placement and Internship Centre
Session 3b:
Tell Me, Teach Me or Involve Me: Should Police Education be ‘More Policey’? Topic: Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
Session 3b:
Tell Me, Teach Me or Involve Me: Should Police Education be ‘More Policey’? Topic: Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
David Knowles, Policing Degree Apprenticeship
Parallel Sessions
Parallel Sessions
Session 4a:
Why are Students not Attending In-person Classes Post-COVID-19? Considerations for Timetabled Sessions in 2023/24
Session 4a:
Why are Students not Attending In-person Classes Post-COVID-19? Considerations for Timetabled Sessions in 2023/24
Tom Lowe, Academic Development
Session 4b:
Engagement through Creativity and Play
Session 4b:
Engagement through Creativity and Play
Dr Andy Clegg, Head of Academic Development and TEL
Session 5a:
Improving Academic CPD to Enhance the Apprentice Experience
Session 5a:
Improving Academic CPD to Enhance the Apprentice Experience
Ellie Swain, Degree Apprenticeships
Session 5b:
Home Away from Home: Belonging and Mattering for the Chinese Student Community
Session 5b:
Home Away from Home: Belonging and Mattering for the Chinese Student Community
Dr Bo Kelestyn, University of Warwick
Session 6a:
120 Credit Modules and Co-creation of Moodle
Session 6a:
120 Credit Modules and Co-creation of Moodle
Simon Archer, Marta Roldo and Helen Hull
Session 6b:
Engaging Students in Research: The Impact of the British Conference of Undergraduate Research
Session 6b:
Engaging Students in Research: The Impact of the British Conference of Undergraduate Research
Julian Ingle, Academic Development
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Keynote Address: Students’ Union Better Outcomes Project: Student Voice for Co-Creation in 2023
Keynote Address: Students’ Union Better Outcomes Project: Student Voice for Co-Creation in 2023
Brendan McCarthy & Rebecca Adams, University of Portsmouth Students' Union
The Students Union has undergone a transformation in the past 18 months refocusing its priorities via a new initiative called the Better Student Outcomes project. The project has aligned with the University Strategic Imperatives to improve the student experience, provide opportunities that create well rounded graduates and enhance the institution's recruitment opportunities.
A key part of the project has been the drive to engage students and academic staff in co-creation opportunities allowing students to influence and shape changes at course level that will improve the experience for their own learning and their peers.
Having delivered 38 successful co-created projects in 2022/23 alone, and with more being planned for the next year, Rebecca Adams (UPSU Senior Representation Manager & Brendan McCarthy (UPSU Head of Representation) will talk about our approach and highlight the key ingredients that have made the project such a success. Attendees will also be able to take away some top tips that they can apply to their own pedagogic practice.
Keynote 2 Rebecca Adams & Brenda McCathy.pdfVisit our Enhancing Student Engagement pages for more guidance and resources
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