Student Engagement Conference 2024: Fostering a holistic approach to success

Student Voice excels in the nuanced analysis of free-text feedback across a multitude of surveys within the higher education sector. Our platform interprets and categorises responses from course evaluations, module feedback, and institutional assessments, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the student experience.

Our proficiency in handling unstructured, free-text responses allows institutions to unlock the full potential of open-ended feedback. With advanced machine learning technology, we transform free-text comments into actionable insights, providing a deeper, data-driven understanding of student perspectives.

We are proud to collaborate with leading universities, including the University of Edinburgh, University College London (UCL), and Queen's University Belfast, as well as esteemed sector bodies like AdvanceHE and Jisc. These partnerships are a testament to our commitment to excellence and our ability to deliver meaningful analysis that informs educational strategies and improves student satisfaction.

With Student Voice, institutions can embrace the rich, unstructured data from free-text feedback, turning it into a strategic asset for continuous improvement and educational success.

Explorance empowers higher education institutions with next-generation feedback analytics to accelerate the insight-to-action cycle. As a collaborative partner, Explorance aligns with institutions that embrace a feedback culture, where open and courageous conversations are encouraged to drive purpose, impact, and growth.

In an AI-driven world where feedback is a critical tool that can lead to improved decision-making, Explorance stands by the philosophy of "Feedback for the brave.” Committed to amplifying the voices of students, staff, and faculty, Explorance tailors its solutions for institutions to advance vital initiatives through student and employee feedback: Teaching Effectiveness, Learning Excellence, Student Experience, Staff Engagement.

Founded in 2003, Explorance is headquartered in Montreal, Canada. Working with over 750 organizations around the world, including 25% of the QS-Top 100, some of Explorance’s customers include University of Bristol, University of Strathclyde, Durham University, Birkbeck, University of London, University of Westminster, Coventry University, University of Manchester, Cardiff University, and many more.

Solutionpath are student engagement specialists, providing a unique way to visualise and interpret student engagement data and inform student success strategies. The StREAM Student Engagement platform turns participation in academic learning into a simple and universal engagement score allowing you to easily pinpoint changes in engagement and when a student may need your support. With an ethical approach to using data, the platform hosts an engagement dashboard visible to both tutors and students. This empowers students to take control of their own learning journey and enables tutors to have more meaningful conversations and a better understanding of what teaching and learning strategies and resources are working. Research at one of our clients, the University of Essex, has shown a 54% reduction in withdrawal rates over the last 4 years for students averaging Very Low engagement at week 6. With StREAM, the University has adopted a broad view of engagement that has allowed them to focus support on those students most at risk of early withdrawal.

The StREAM platform has been designed to enhance the experience for both students and staff, supporting student retention, wellbeing and attainment initiatives. Used by over 25 progressive institutions in the UK, we are the first of its kind to deliver measurable value for our clients.