Welcome to the website of sparqs (student partnerships in quality Scotland). We are a publicly-funded agency for Scotland's university and college sectors which aims to support student engagement in the quality of the learning experience. We hope you find our website informative, but please contact us if we can help in any way.
ARC Network meeting on 29th November is open for bookings!
Registration is now open for our next Academic Representation Co-ordinators’ network meeting, taking place on Wednesday 29th November 2017 at City of Glasgow College's City Campus. The meeting will include a major presentation and panel session on the role of student-led teaching awards in generating…
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Interview with Kat Bateson, Highlands and Islands Students' Association
In this interview we talk to Kat Bateson, a Student Engagement Assistant with the Highlands and Islands Students’ Association, the students’ association of the University of the Highlands and Islands. She is a former student officer of Inverness College UHI…
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Bookings are open for sparqs Course Rep Training 2017-18
We are pleased to announce that bookings are now open for sparqs Course Rep Training during academic year 2017-18....for delivery from week beginning 11th September 2017 onwards. While a number of institutions deliver their Introductory CRT via their own IAT schemes or other in-house systems, our wider…
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Academic Representation Co-ordinators’ Network Meeting
29 Nov 2017
This first Academic Representation Coordinators’ network meeting of the 2017-18 academic year will include a major…
Read more...sparqs Course Rep Training is open for bookings!
Bookings are now open for sparqs Course Rep Training during 2017-18 ....for delivery from week beginning 11th September 2017 onwards. This year's materials also include the newly-developed training for taught postgraduate reps. All the information you need is on our main CRT webpage. Please read…
Read More...SPOTLIGHT ON.... New College Lanarkshire's 'Be Engaged' Programme
This ‘Spotlight On” features the “Be Engaged” programme created by the Students’ Association and the Learner Engagement Team at New College Lanarkshire, designed to increase the engagement of students in a wide range of activities outside the classroom and provide…
Read More...'Talking Student Engagement' Interview with Raziya Isayeva
In this interview we talk to Raziya Isayeva, Development Director at Khazar University in Baku, Azerbaijan. Besides this role she teaches management and is studying a PhD in Educational Leadership, and has been involved in European conversations around strengthening student…
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