3 March 2016 – latest edition of the Journal now available for downloading in PDF, ePub and Kindle formats

The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change has just published the third edition and is available to download in PDF, ePub and Kindle formats here.  Editor Simon Walker from the University of Greenwich and Sarah Knight, Senior Co-design Manager, Jisc provide an introduction (The strategic importance of working together with our students), with a …

Guest student blog post: Student Learning Technologists – A peer-to-peer support network or a feedback mechanism?

Posted on behalf of Callum Hutchinson – second year student at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) Last year I took on the role of the Student Learning Technologist (SLT) for my cohort. The core task for myself and the other Technologists is to promote, encourage and support students at the RVC in the use of …

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Digital Student Skills sector consultation event – Bristol 17 February

Posted on behalf of Giles Pepler, project manager for the Jisc Skills sector study: The first of three provider and learner consultations was held in Bristol on Wednesday 17th February. The event was full to capacity, with over 50 participants, with colleges, private training providers, ACL, universities and college learners all represented. We were particularly …

University of Winchester Student Fellowship Scheme Case Study Published

Posted on behalf of Clare Killen: The Student Fellowship Scheme (SFS) at The University of Winchester recruits and trains students to work on targeted educational development projects alongside academics and professional staff.  The SFS evolved from the Jisc-funded FASTECH project, a collaborative project involving staff and students at The University of Winchester and Bath Spa University that advanced  …

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Skills sector project: Five more learner focus groups and some preliminary thoughts from these

Posted on behalf of Giles Pepler,Skills Study Project Manager, and NIck Jeans,Senior Consultant (Learning Technology): In the run up to Christmas we ran five further learner focus groups: three in ACL and two at private training providers. The ACL learners included a large and lively group at Carmarthen and smaller groups in Leicester and Derby, …

FE case studies: Staff-student partnerships

Case studies from our Jisc FE Digital Student project on how students are working with staff to develop the student digital experience are now on the Resources page of the blog, in addition to the 4 CAN case studies .  It’s inspiring to see how much good work is being done by individual institutions.  

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Invitation to Jisc Digital Student – Skills sector consultation events

Registration is now open to those who would like to take part in one of a series of national consultation events being run as part of our Digital student: Skills sector study from February to April 2016.  Jisc will cover staff and learners’ travel expenses for their attendance at these events. This project is exploring …

Jisc Change Agents’ Network Staff & Student Meet Up: University of Lincoln – 2 June 2016

Save the date: 2 June 2016: The University of Lincoln, building on the  success of the previous Jisc CAN  face to face networking events,  is hosting a 1 day ‘meet up’ event for staff and students across the UK who are working in partnership on curriculum innovation projects in UK further education and skills and …

New CAN Case Study: University of Lincoln: a research-engaged and collaborative community

Posted on behalf of Clare Killen: The fourth CAN case study, ‘A research-engaged and collaborative community’, from the University of Lincoln, is now available in Word format or PDF format along with 3 other CAN case studies on the Resources Page of this blog. This case study looks at the variety of ways students are …

Registration now open for the next CAN webinar – Growing a whole institution culture of commitment to student engagement

Register for the next CAN webinar on 20 January 2016, which runs from 12:30-1:30,  here: https://www.eventsforce.net/jisc/524/home    Dan Derricott from the University of Lincoln will present the session, ‘Growing a whole institution culture of commitment to student engagement. ‘  As the student engagement agenda has gained momentum in UK higher and further education, there are numerous …