Partnerships for Change

Partnerships for Change: Supporting the Student Voice through Regionalisation

In response to the challenges faced by colleges, NUS and sparqs are pleased to announce their new project, Partnerships for Change: Supporting the Student Voice through Regionalisation.

The project will help to ensure students are at the centre of developments and will support students’ associations to:

• Engage with change processes as colleges merge, federate and develop to meet the regionalisation agenda to ensure decision making is influenced by students.
• Develop new structures and processes to ensure students can effectively shape and influence college life and the student experience within the new regions – representing students with an independent voice throughout access points and fulfilling a governance role within any new regional structures.
• Contribute to national developments and strategic direction taking colleges forward.

For further information on this project, please click here.

NUS and sparqs have assigned each college a member of our staff who will be available to support the college through this process. To find out which staff member is responsible for which college, please click here.

If you would like more information about any aspect of this project, please contact Kate Byford at kate.byford@nus-scotland.org.uk

Related Events

sparqs and NUS Scotland held our annual Supporting College Student Governors summer event on the 29th & 30th June. This event aims to develop student presidents’ ability to become an effective member of their college’s Board of Governors and engage with the regionalisation agenda. It also aims to support the wider executive team who are responsible for learning and teaching to engage with the quality enhancement agenda.

For more information on this event, please click here.

Scotland's Colleges held an event on 18th June aimed at key members of staff who are involved in the continuous support and development of quality structures that facilitate the involvement of students in quality and governance. Case studies are currently being written up and will be available in due course.

The Scotland’s Colleges Community of Interest for Student Engagement has an emerging online space at: http://www.scotlandscolleges.ac.uk/curriculum/communities-of-interest/student-engagement-community-of-interest.html