Inclusive Student Engagement and Partnership Workshop

Institutions and individual practitioners face a continuous challenge in engaging with students, in the classroom, in extra-curricula activities and in the leadership and governance of institutions. Making sure we provide accessible and inclusive methods via which to engage with our students, is even more paramount as we enter this new phase on virtual and hybrid teaching models.

This two-part workshop from Advance HE will introduce the latest literature, practitioner learning, and sector insights to support participants in ensuring inclusivity for all as they embark on co-production and partnership initiatives with students. The course will address the challenges of an inclusive curriculum, adopting anti-racist policies and bias in student to staff feedback. Participants will also have the opportunity to critically apply their learning to a ‘live’ assignment or initiative within in their own institution.

The blended module involves two half-day online workshops, and c. 1 hour of independent reflection and reading

Who is delivering the course?

Robiu Salisu

Senior Consultant, EDI
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Advance HE

Robiu Salisu is a Senior Consultant, EDI at Advance HE and has demonstrable experience in delivering training and insights on a variety of topics including; Belonging, Inclusive Leadership, Student-Staff Engagement and Partnership, Freedom of Speech and Community Cohesion.

Dom Jackson-Cole

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion expert

Dom has over two decades of experience as a trainer and facilitator across a variety of sectors. Dom has worked with community leaders, students, academics and executives in the UK, Belgium, Brazil, Japan, Poland, Singapore and The Netherlands. Dom has worked in UK higher education since 2007 as a policy maker, researcher and practitioner, with expertise in the fields of Widening Participation (WP) and Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), particularly as it pertains to 'race' equity.

Who should attend?

This module is ideal for programme or module leaders, academic developers, QA or EDI teams, student reps/officers or similar interested in enhancing their student partnership work in learning, teaching and assessment.

While this session will primarily reflect the equality landscape and terminology of the UK higher education sector, there will be underlying issues and approaches that will be of interest to our global members.

Learning outcomes

On completion, participants should be able to:

Understand the wider sector context for student partnership and co-production approaches in LTA which are inclusive of different student groups, needs, and identities.
Identify conceptual and practical links between ‘inclusive student engagement’ in daily learning environments, and engagement through more strategic partnership work.
Critically evaluate and reflect on their approaches to student partnership design and practice
Discuss issues of inclusion and equity in LTA with other educators and students with care and confidence.