Student engagement

Sparqs in Scotland

Sparqs is a free service which is funded by the funding councils to assist and support students, students' associations and institutions to improve the effectiveness and engagement in quality assurance and enhancement in institutions across Scotland. Access to resources requires registration.

Student-centred Engagement

Robert Barr and John Tagg are widely credited with proposing the concept of Student-centred Engagement in Barr, R.B. & Tagg J. (1995) From Teaching to Learning - a New Paradigm for Undergraduate Education. Change, Nov/Dec, pp13-25. The last 3 pages offer a useful table comparing the established 'instruction paradigm' with the proposed 'learning paradigm'. The paper can be found at the following URL

National Student Survey

The National Student Survey 2005, with commentary by David Rush of Winchester University

Faculty must come off pedestal

Business schools that cater to the development needs of experienced executives and their corporations are slowly acknowledging that serving today’s students/participants1 requires more of a "learning partnership" approach than the traditional "we teach you" approach, says International Institute for Management Development (IMD) Dean Peter Lorange.

HE Academy survey of the first-year student experience

A very useful study, released Feb07. Over 7,000 students were surveyed on their experiences of learning, teaching and assessment, and on other aspects of their first-year experience such as travel, finance and social life.