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Description
The first meeting of our Student Engagement Staff Network (SESN) for academic year 2024-25 took place on Tuesday 8th October 2024, continuing our series of half-day events for staff in student engagement and academic representation support roles.
The agenda, as always, reflected current developments in student engagement. View the materials from the meeting below:
SESN is a great way to keep in touch with colleagues working in similar roles in other Scottish institutions and students’ associations, and also to discuss latest updates from the sector. We are also keen to learn more about what practices you implement in your role and institution, so if you would like to share examples of student engagement activities, best practice, or suggest other topics for SESN meetings, please let us know by emailing Gloria at gloria.laurini@sparqs.ac.uk.
The event hashtag, for use on X/Twitter, was #sparqsSESN
Timings and practical details
The link opened from 9.45am, and the meeting itself began at 10.00am and finished by 1.00pm. It was free to join, and details of the joining arrangements were circulated to those who registered prior to the meeting.
As we were not constrained by venue size, there was no limit to the number of participants from institutions. However, delegates were still required to register, so that we could keep track of numbers and keep the event secure. As usual we specifically invited registrations from staff from institutions or students’ associations in Scotland with student engagement or academic representation responsibilities.
Queries
If you want to discuss this meeting, or SESN in general, please contact Gloria Laurini, Development Consultant – gloria.laurini@sparqs.ac.uk - 07513 712586.
Online meeting security
The meeting was run using Zoom, with the following security arrangements.
You do not need an account to join the meeting and you don’t need to download the app. Simply copy and paste the link you receive in your joining instructions directly into your browser. The link is not available on social media or our website and is sent by email only to those who have registered for the event. To ensure only those who have registered join the meeting, we ask that you do not share the link with anyone. If you are not an authenticated Zoom user (i.e. you don’t have an account) you will be asked to input a password to join the meeting. When you join, you will go to a “waiting room”, a member of sparqs staff will then admit only those who have registered. If the identity of a person is not known, they will not be admitted, so please enter your name on Zoom as the name you registered to attend.
