Scotland’s Tertiary Enhancement Programme (STEP) - Practical Guide to student partnership - sparqs

This guide has been produced for students’ association officers and staff in the tertiary education sector in Scotland. It provides a context and overview to the STEP programme of activity and makes practical suggestions of what students’ associations and officers need to do at each stage. It is also encouraged that institutional staff involved in STEP read through this guide and consider how they will contribute to student partnership in STEP.

All colleges and universities in Scotland are involved in Scotland’s Tertiary Enhancement Programme, and definitive guidance on this core mechanism of the Tertiary Quality Enhancement Framework (TQEF), can be found on the STEP website.  

For further information on STEP please see our Quality Arrangements webpage and visit the STEP website.

For further information, please contact:

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

(January 2026)

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