Working With Students for Students: Partnership for Quality Enhancement in Australian Tertiary Institutions

Varnham, S

Working With Students for Students: Partnership for Quality Enhancement in Australian Tertiary Institutions

Varnham, S

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Publisher:: Australia and New Zealand Education Law Association Ltd
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Intermational Journal of Law and Education, 2019, 22 pp. 83 - 96
Issue Date:: 2019

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dc.contributor.author	Varnham, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7966-6096	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Intermational Journal of Law and Education, 2019, 22 pp. 83 - 96	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	Student engagement in institutional decision making and governance: what, why and how? These questions have been recently considered by research funded by the Australian Government under an Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Strategically Commissioned Priority Project and a National Senior Teaching Fellowship. The Project investigated the case for more systemic inclusion of student voice in decision-making in Australian universities against a background of research, policy, and practice in the UK, Europe, and New Zealand. It set out to consider how there may be authentic engagement of students’ views at all levels and of all cohorts across the wide diversity of Australian universities and their student populations. The study was motivated by the need for a deep consideration of how embracing student voice may effectively enhance the quality and standards of the institution, students’ university experience and their professional development. It determined that while Australia was behind in engaging its students in decision-making, there were pockets of exemplary practice and a strong interest in the sector in doing more. The ensuing Fellowship then enabled a sector-wide collaboration to develop Principles and a Framework to facilitate student partnership in the broad range of tertiary institutions across the Australian sector. This paper1 discusses the Project2 and Fellowship and the way forward to sustainable student voice.	en_US
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Abstract:

Student engagement in institutional decision making and governance: what, why and how? These questions have been recently considered by research funded by the Australian Government under an Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Strategically Commissioned Priority Project and a National Senior Teaching Fellowship. The Project investigated the case for more systemic inclusion of student voice in decision-making in Australian universities against a background of research, policy, and practice in the UK, Europe, and New Zealand. It set out to consider how there may be authentic engagement of students’ views at all levels and of all cohorts across the wide diversity of Australian universities and their student populations. The study was motivated by the need for a deep consideration of how embracing student voice may effectively enhance the quality and standards of the institution, students’ university experience and their professional development. It determined that while Australia was behind in engaging its students in decision-making, there were pockets of exemplary practice and a strong interest in the sector in doing more. The ensuing Fellowship then enabled a sector-wide collaboration to develop Principles and a Framework to facilitate student partnership in the broad range of tertiary institutions across the Australian sector. This paper1 discusses the Project2 and Fellowship and the way forward to sustainable student voice.

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