An induction guide for Academic Representation Co-ordinators - sparqs

This guide is for new staff members in student engagement or academic representation roles. The guide contains helpful information for any new students’ association or institution staff member with a student engagement role, such as:

• A basic overview of sparqs, student engagement and partnership, and the wider sector.
• An introduction to the Student Learning Experience model, the Tertiary Quality Enhancement Framework, and Scotland’s Ambition for Student Partnership.
• Suggestions from sparqs’ Professional Standards Framework for Student Engagement (PSFSE) to help new practitioners to develop in their roles.
• An overview of key sector agencies that you may partner with.
• A timeline of key activities and actions for academic representation co-ordinators.

This guide is updated annually and is flagged to the sector periodically throughout the year, to highlight it to any new staff with a student engagement or academic representation role. 
 

For further information, please contact:

• Name: Chase Greenfield
• Role: Development Consultant
• Email: chase.greenfield@sparqs.ac.uk 
• Phone: 07701 273779

(updated May 2025)

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