2011 Conference

Our 2011 National Conference on Student Engagement took place at Heriot-Watt University on 31st March 2011. We received very positive reactions to the organisation, content and experience of the conference for guests.

The conference showcased a wide range of excellent examples of effective practice in the field of student engagement.

Presentations

You can access the presentations from the conference by following the relevant links below.

Session 1.1: Student Engagement Toolkit, NUS UK

Session 1.2: Lighting up Learning, Scotland's Colleges and sparqs

Session 1.3: Working in partnership to enhance the student learning experience, Heriot-Watt University

Session 1.4: Student engagement at the Open University

Session 1.5: How student engagement looks to students, Nick Berg

Session 2.1: sparqs staff development workshop

Session 2.2: Summit's going on in learner engagement, James Watt College

Session 2.3: Multiple dimensions of student engagement, Vicki Trowler (no presentation involved)

Session 2.4: Student engagement in times of crisis, NUS Scotland

Session 2.5: Enhanced representative training, Edinburgh Napier University

Session 3.1: Learner engagement at Ayr College

Session 3.2: Class rep forum, Aberdeen University Students' Association

Session 3.3: Building blogs, Glasgow Caledonian University

Session 3.4: Developing and making use of collective and individual student voices, sparqs (no presentation involved)

Session 3.5: Engaging international students, NUS Scotland & sparqs

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