Student Engagement Strategy 2020 - University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)

Early in 2020 our Student Engagement Group (made up of staff and student reps from across the institution) set about developing a vision and strategy for the first time. The strategy does not specifically mention COVID, as responding to the pandemic is something that falls across all our areas of work.
Our strategy states that our “vision for student engagement at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) is for students to be partners in their own learning, and in shaping change to bring improvements in their own and others’ learning experience with us.”
Under this vision, we set out key objectives including contributing to the delivery of the University Strategic Vision and Plan, engaging our students as partners in the delivery of their education, providing students with the opportunity to engage with the university in a way that is most relevant to them, and ensuring that our work is evidence-based.
We then detail how our main areas of work contribute to these objectives. During the academic year we measure our progress alongside an action plan.
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For further information, please contact:
Name – Kevin Sinclair
Role – Student Engagement Manager
Email – kevin.sinclair@uhi.ac.uk
Phone - 07796930044
(January 2021)
Item Number:272
- A guide to inducting students association education officers - sparqs
- Supporting the future careers of SA education officers: outduction toolkit - sparqs et al
- Academic Development Toolkit - sparqs
- Tertiary Quality Enhancement Framework (TQEF) - Guidance for Elections - sparqs
- Scotland’s Tertiary Enhancement Programme (STEP) - Practical Guide to student partnership - sparqs
- Tertiary Quality Enhancement Review (TQER) - Practical Guide for students’ associations and student officers - sparqs
- Self-Evaluation and Action Plan (SEAP) - Practical guide to student partnership - sparqs
- Using the SLE model as a Course Rep 2025-26 - sparqs
- An induction guide for Academic Representation Co-ordinators - sparqs
- Scotland's Ambition for Student Partnership - sparqs
- Online Student Learning Experience Model - Perth College UHI
- Student Partnership Staircase - sparqs
- Students as active partners in shaping their learning experience - Leeds Trinity University College
- ABCD of Effective Feedback - sparqs
- Theory of partnership: Ladder of Citizen Participation - Sherry R Arnstein
- Understanding the SU's key relationships: The Cadogan Matrice
- Framework for the Development of Strong and Effective College Students
- A Student Engagement Framework for Scotland - sparqs and sector partners
- Engaging Students in Online Distance Learning - sparqs
- Supporting Senior Student Officers in Universities - sparqs
For all resources published by sparqs, see the "sparqs Resources" category in the list on the left, including the following:
- Student Learning Experience model
- Scotland's Ambition for Student Partnership
- A Student Engagement Framework for Scotland
+ resources linked to the SEF - ABCD of Effective Feedback
- Student Partnership Staircase
See all sparqs publications (Strategic Plans, celebration reports, etc.) here.
