A reminder that the Student Engagement Staff Network (SESN) is back for academic year 2025-26. Make sure you save the dates in your diary! The online meetings will all take place via Zoom, from 10.00am to 1.00pm. The October meeting is currently open to book and the others will be opened for bookings nearer the time.
- Thursday 23rd October 2025 – online, 10.00am-1.00pm
- see the event booking page for further details and to register to attend. - Thursday 27th November 2025 – online, 10.00am-1.00pm
- Thursday 12th February 2026 – online, 10.00am-1.00pm
The agendas will be circulated closer to the dates and they will reflect current developments in student engagement. The network is open for staff in colleges and universities with student engagement and academic representation development roles.
As in previous years, we are planning on running the last SESN of the academic year in person, in May 2026, as a joint event with the National Education Officers’ Network (NEON) and sparqs Tertiary Advisory Group (STAG), so keep an eye on the sparqs news articles for further information.
You can keep in touch with the whole network by signing up to our SESN JiscMail (https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/sparqsSESN).
We would like to get your thoughts on what you would like to learn/discuss/explore this year. Please complete this short questionnaire to tell us your ideas.
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, so make sure to sign up and note the dates in your calendar! 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 Amy at amy.monks@sparqs.ac.uk.
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For any further information, please get in touch with Amy Monks, Development Consultant - amy.monks@sparqs.ac.uk.
