Student engagement through partnership provides one approach to promoting and developing student engagement and is distinct from listening to, or consulting with students.
Developing a culture of engagement through partnership will be most effective where educators, professional services, estates, decision-makers and students all understand and appreciate the value of partnership.
We can help you:
- Map partnership landscapes: Conduct comprehensive reviews of your current student engagement practices, identifying opportunities to deepen authentic partnership working.
- Cultivate student voice mechanisms: Develop robust frameworks that systematically capture, analyse and respond to student feedback across all institutional levels.
- Design co-creation initiatives: Establish structured programmes where students and staff collaboratively develop curriculum, assessments and learning resources.
- Embed partnership governance: Create inclusive committee structures ensuring student representation has meaningful impact on institutional decision-making.
- Foster Communities of Practice: Establish cross-institutional networks that share effective partnership approaches and celebrate success.
- Evaluate partnership impact: Design assessment methodologies that measure tangible outcomes from student-staff collaboration initiatives.
Framework for Student Engagement through Partnership
The framework is designed to be of value to a broad audience and can be particularly beneficial in supporting stakeholders seeking to establish partnership approaches across areas of activity that affect the student experience. This can include change projects that impact learning spaces, digital infrastructure and community engagement, as well as more traditional academic domains of learning and teaching, scholarship, curriculum review and research. It recognises that developing meaningful partnerships takes time and trust to navigate the traditional roles and power relationships between staff and students.
Explore our latest resources, reports and publications on student engagement
Student engagement through partnership: a literature review
The review by Northumbria University focuses on peer-reviewed journal articles about student engagement through partnership, with an emphasis on partnerships that impact students beyond just the partners themselves.
Student Academic Experience Survey 2025
The Student Academic Experience Survey is an annual survey, conducted by Advance HE and the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), which seeks to understand and track undergraduate student experience in UK higher education.
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