Welcome to the website of sparqs (student partnerships in quality Scotland). Funded by the Scottish Funding Council, we are a publicly-funded agency for Scotland's university and college sectors which aims to support student engagement in the quality of the learning experience. For an overview of what we do, view our video and our Strategic Plan for 2019-22. We hope you find our website informative, but please contact us if we can help in any way. Access our COVID-19 information hub for details of our provision during the pandemic.
Interview with Erica Russell-Hensens, Scottish Funding Council
In this interview, we talk to Erica Russell-Hensens, Deputy Director for Student Interests, Access and Pathways at the Scottish Funding Council (SFC). After a sabbatical term of office at (what became) Queen Margaret University, Erica worked for two years at…
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2023 Student Engagement Awards shortlists announced and sparqs' 20th birthday event on 5th October!
We are delighted to announce the shortlisted nominations in sparqs’ 2023 Student Engagement Awards! Our biennial awards are back, and were open for nominations in springtime of this year. We’re grateful to everyone who submitted, and our judges – drawn from…
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sparqs' 2023-24 Course Rep Training is open for bookings!
Bookings are now open for Course Rep Training during 2023-24 ....for delivery from week beginning Monday 18th September 2023 onwards. All the information you need is on our main CRT webpage. Please read the booking guidance before arranging your sessions and requesting dates. CRT delivered by…
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National Education Officers’ Network meeting
6 Dec 2023
Join us for our meeting of sparqs’ National Education Officers’ Network (NEON) for academic year 2023-24.…
Read more...Student Engagement Staff Network meeting
29 Nov 2023
This meeting of our Student Engagement Staff Network (SESN) for academic year 2023-24 continues our series…
Read more...sparqs' team news!
As many of you may know, Stef Black has been seconded from sparqs to the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) for the past year, in the role of Senior Policy Officer. Stef has recently made the decision to continue in her…
Read More...Next SESN meetings on 5th October and 29th November 2023
After our first successful Student Engagement Staff Network (SESN) meeting for this academic year, registrations are now open for the following two meetings, on Thursday 5th October 2023 (joint, in-person, planning meeting with NEON and JAG, as previously advertised) and…
Read More...Next NEON meetings on 5th October and 6th December 2023
After our first successful National Education Officers Network (NEON) meeting for this academic year, registrations are now open for the following two meetings, on Thursday 5th October 2023 (joint, in-person, planning meeting with SESN and JAG, as previously advertised) and a regular NEON meeting…
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