Working with students to co-create aspects of teaching, learning, assessment, and the student experience can be immensely impactful for everyone involved including the wider institution.

Projects

Co-creating assessment norms

Projects with students and staff worked to develop generic assessment criteria and feedback guidance.

Smith, S., Akhyani, K., Axson, D., Arnautu, A., Stanimirova, I., (2021). Learning together: A case study of a partnership to co-create assessment criteria. International Journal of Students as Partners. 5(2), pp. 123-133.

Smith, S., Akhyani, K., Axson, D., Arnautu, A., Stanimirova, I., (2021). The partnership co-creation process: conditions for success? International Journal of Students as Partners. 5(2), pp.48-66.

The project team produced this short animation explaining the revised criteria.

Image of the level specific assessment criteria

Evaluating partnership work

Our recent paper reviewed some of the initial projects from an institutional scheme to see whether there are lessons that can be learned.

Susan Smith, Dan Axson, Hannah Austwick & Mia Brady (2023) Looking back to move forward: Evaluating an institutional staff-student partnership programme, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2023.2255588

Chartered Association of Business Schools Dynamic Conversations

Student partnership for enhancement – tokenism or meaningful disruptor?

The conversation comprised a range of provocations and perspectives on student partnerships and formed part of the CABS Dynamic conversation on reimagining student partnerships for a sustained future of learning. (October 2023)

Co-creating community

At a departmental level, we worked with students and staff to co-create a sense of community. This led to the publication of a departmental newsletter, The Jubilee Times. Now in its third year, the work has proved sustainable, engaging students and staff through contributions and editorial activities.

Smith, S. & Axson, D. (2021) Building community using staff-student partnerships – a case study and framework. Quality Assurance Agency.

Partnership Framework

Our work has developed a partnership framework to help guide the co-creation process for projects seeking to enhance the student experience.

Partnership influences

This paper investigated the ways in which partnerships are influenced by various stakeholders, in this instance the institution.

Smith, S., & Axson, D. (2023). The genesis of staff-student partnerships: Institutional influences. International Journal for Students As Partners, 7(1), 128–143. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v7i1.5139

QAA Collaborative Enhancement Project 2023

Project partners: University of Sussex (lead), University of Brighton, University of Salford, and UCL.

The project investigated the question ‘How are staff supported to undertake student-staff partnership opportunities?’

Preparing for student-staff partnerships: a toolkit for staff

Literature review: Catherine McConnell, University of Brighton, and Susan Smith, UCL