Welcome to the website of sparqs (student partnerships in quality Scotland), funded by the Scottish Funding Council. 

Key sparqs models

SLE model
Scotland's Ambition for Student Partnership
Student Engagement Framework

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…

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New Year round-up and sparqs' team news!

Happy New Year from all at sparqs! We wish everyone across the sector a happy and healthy 2025 and look forward to working with you all in the coming year.  Our first news articles of 2025 have now been published, including…

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Launch of sparqs’ new SEAP Guidance

We are delighted to announce the publication of our SEAP Guidance for students’ associations and student officers, designed to support meaningful student engagement throughout the SEAP (Self-Evaluation and Action Plan) process.   The guidance includes an overview of the SEAP process; some…

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National Education Officers' Network meeting

25 Feb 2025

Our second meeting of sparqs’ National Education Officers’ Network (NEON) of 2024-25 will take place on…

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The next NEON meeting on 25th February is open to book!

The second National Education Officers’ Network (NEON) meeting for 2024-25 is taking place on Tuesday 25th February 2025, on Zoom, from 10.30am to 12.30pm. See the event booking page to register to attend and please save the date in your…

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New year round-up and team news!

Happy new year from all in the sparqs team! We hope 2025 has started well for everyone and we look forward to working with you all again during the coming year! We begin the year with some exciting team news…. we…

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Embedding student partnership within staff development project – your chance to get involved!

Many thanks to those of you who’ve already contributed to the current sparqs staff development project.  The project is progressing well and we are delighted that we can now offer an opportunity for institutions to get involved in piloting project…

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sparqs is funded by the Scottish Funding Council.