4 Feb 2025

New Buddy Scheme intake - sign up by 21st February!

We are pleased to announce a further opportunity to join the Buddy Scheme, to be paired with a buddy for the remainder of this academic year!  Aimed at student engagement practitioners working in students' associations and institutions across Scotland, by signing up to the scheme, you are paired with a buddy, to give you the opportunity to discuss and have a sounding board external to your own institution. 

In the October intake we had 5 pairs signed up and last year we had 8 pairs signed up, some of them returning from the previous year. 

As part of the evaluation of last year's scheme, buddies reported they were able to meet at least three times in the academic year, both in person and online, with some suggesting it would be interesting to visit each other’s institutions to see how things run in a different organisation. 

Topics discussed were not always pre-arranged, however they spanned from recurring themes that they were dealing with, student engagement, course rep system, elections and governance.

All buddies said it was a positive experience that they would like to carry on going forward. For one participant, it was very valuable to have someone to talk to who is in a similar work position, as sometimes the role could feel a bit isolating.
  

Sign up for the second 2024-25 intake…

If you are interested in signing up for a buddy for the remainder of this academic year, you can do so by completing the online registration form by Friday 21st February 2025.
 

Queries

For any further details, please contact Gloria Laurini, Development Consultant - gloria.laurini@sparqs.ac.uk.

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