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Dear Ruth, A big WELCOME!! We have several schemes for facilitating this sort of engagement here at London Met - and a few ideas that I would like to see happen (!) - and so will share them anyway: * As with other institutions, we have Peer Mentor and Peer Writing Mentor programmes to help students engage with students and the learning process... * We support a student team to organise and deliver our annual student-facing Conference Get Ahead: http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/epacks/get_ahead_conf/ And interestingly - this year the organising Team were second year Events Management students - who learned a lot from this run - and who now want very much to build on what they gained by running next year's Conference - but starting from the very beginning of the academic year with pre-conference events for staff and students. Of course if this is to really succeed, staff must 'buy in' to the event as well; putting such events in course calendars and actively promoting student engagement with the activity. * What we would like is that staff allow conference participation to count as one assessment on a module - and now that we have year long modules again - it could be that we persuade some to make that happen * We have built student voices into our Study Hub website: http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/epacks/studyhub/ Follow the orange links on the left hand side of the page * We are trying to persuade staff to offer the 'design a teaching and learning resource' as an alternative assessment in modules - and then to use these resources for the future teaching of the course... all the best, Sandra On 4 March 2014 13:31, Ruth Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello All, > > > > I am new to the network - in as much as I haven't posted before, but do > read avidly in the sidelines, so hello! J > > > > I am currently thinking about the ways in which we, as learning advisers > (but broadly as institutions), can encourage students to engage *as > partners* in their academic development (or shall we say the skills and > competencies needed to achieve deeper learning of their subject) and I > would really value hearing about any great ideas you have in your hubs? Of > course I am familiar with many of the seminal texts around the value (or > not) of Study Skills as a model, but I am very keen to hear about the very *pragmatic > steps* we can take to improve engagement in this area. > > > > How *far* can reflecting on your learning bring about a deeper > engagement? Has there been success in your experience in engaging students > with content, structure and delivery of 'study skills' type provision > either stand-alone or embedded in the curriculum? > > > > All thoughts will be gratefully received! J > > > > Ruth > > > > *** > > Dr Ruth Allen > > *Academic Development Adviser * > > Teaching and Learning Directorate > > Academic Services > > B7, Pope Building > > University of Nottingham > > NG7 2QL > > 0115 7484770 > > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and > may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in > error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do > not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in > any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this > email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your > computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as > permitted by UK legislation. > > -- Sandra Sinfield University Teaching Fellow ________________________________________________________ CELT Learning & Writing Development (www.londonmet.ac.uk/celt) LC-213 London Metropolitan University, 236-250 Holloway Road, N7 6PP. (020) 7 133 4045 Association of Learning Development in HE (www.aldinhe.ac.uk) Essential Study Skills: the complete guide to success at university (http://www.uk.sagepub.com/burnsandsinfield3e/main.htm) http://lastrefugelmu.blogspot.co.uk/ Find me on Twitter - or use #studychat & #loveld Companies Act 2006 : http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/companyinfo