We are pleased to announce that our annual That's Quality! programme for student officers and students’ association staff is now open for bookings!
The 2025 event is split into three parts:
- The first part of That’s Quality! is a half-day, sector-specific online event in July.
- The second part is an online self-study module, which will provide officers with a more detailed overview of quality in Scotland and is designed to be used throughout an officer’s time in office.
- Finally, attendees of both events come together for a joint, two-day, in-person training event in August. The two-day event is residential, with a dinner on the first evening, allowing for social and networking opportunities.
The joint residential event will be an opportunity for interactive group activities which will allow attendees to explore what they have learnt in practice and to network with colleagues from across the tertiary sector.
This is a three-part training course and attendees are required to attend both the online session and the joint event, as well as completing the self-study module.
The hashtag for the event on social media is #sparqsTQ
Audience
That’s Quality! is aimed at new and returning student officers and students' association staff with an education remit. It will provide a valuable addition to your 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 2025-26.
Dates and details
The details of the three-part event package are as follows:
Part 1: half-day, online event on Tuesday 22nd July 2025 via Zoom.
- Colleges – 10.00am-1.00pm
- Universities – 2.00pm-5.00pm
Part 2: completion of an online, sector-specific, self-study module.
Part 3: two-day residential event (jointly with both college and university delegates) on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th August 2025, Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh.
Costs
The cost of the three-part package is £95 per delegate. The cost includes dinner, bed and breakfast at the residential event (accommodation is in single rooms). sparqs will cover all the other event costs, e.g. meeting rooms, catering and development of all online materials.
Register to attend
You can book your place via our website on the relevant event booking page.
Students' associations… please think about which of your officers and staff need to attend and get them registered to attend and save the dates!
Tertiary institutions... please register via the most appropriate link, but if you would also like to attend the other sector-specific, online half-day, please contact us at admin@sparqs.ac.uk.
It would be helpful if delegates could register by midday Monday 14th July.
Queries
If you have any questions or concerns around booking onto the full package, please contact Eve Lewis, Director (eve.lewis@sparqs.ac.uk) or Nicola Cameron, Business Manager (nicola.cameron@sparqs.ac.uk).
For further information about That’s Quality! in general, please contact Megan Brown, Senior Development Consultant (megan.brown@sparqs.ac.uk).
