Thanks to everyone who attended our annual That's Quality! programme for student officers and students’ association staff. The materials from the residential event have now been uploaded on the event pages and a round-up from the event will follow in our news articles in due course.
The 2024 event was split into three parts:
- The first part of That’s Quality! was a half-day, sector-specific online event.
- The second part was an online self-study module, providing officers with a more detailed overview of quality in Scotland, designed to be used throughout their time in office.
- Finally, delegates attended a joint, two-day, in-person training event in August. The two-day event was residential, with a dinner on the first evening, allowing for social and networking opportunities.
This final joint event was an opportunity for interactive group activities, allowing attendees to explore what they have learnt in practice and to network with colleagues from across the tertiary sector.
The hashtag for the event was #sparqsTQ
Audience
That’s Quality! is aimed at new and returning student officers and students' association staff with an education remit. It provides a valuable addition to planned induction for new officers - introducing participants to the quality enhancement agenda, looking at why quality matters to students and how to use it to make change. It can form a part of wider education officer inductions, as supported in our recently updated induction toolkit for 2024-25.
Dates and details
The details of the three-part event package were as follows:
Part 1: half-day, online event on Monday 15th July 2024 via Zoom.
- Colleges – 10.00am-1.00pm
- Universities – 2.00pm-5.00pm
Part 2: completion of an online, self-study module.
Part 3: two-day residential event (jointly with both college and university delegates) on Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th August 2024, Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh.
Costs
The cost of the three-part package was £95 per delegate. The cost included dinner, bed and breakfast at the residential event (accommodation in single rooms). sparqs covered all the other event costs, e.g. meeting rooms, catering and development of all online materials.
Queries
For further information about That’s Quality!, please contact Megan Brown, Senior Development Consultant (megan.brown@sparqs.ac.uk).