Working in partnership with their students, NTU’s school of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment have achieved strategic changes. Hear how their Student Consultants were empowered to make a real, measurable difference to the experience of new students in 2023.
EFYE2024 – CopenhagenPresentation/Paper session | Academic integration/belonging | Social integration/belonging
| This presentation will outline the creation and use of our Student Voice Panel in school. For the last two years we have engaged with our current students in a paid capacity to give us student insight to help us achieve our school’s strategic aims to provide an inclusive environment for all which champions sustainability and provides our students with an outstanding experience throughout their studies. In this partnership we have created a calendar of regular extracurricular activities which are well received and attended and help lessen the burden of the cost-of-living crisis as well as provide scaffolding for those who may struggle to make connections by themselves. We have also worked together on a number of strategic projects to empower the voice of our student consultants and make tangible changes to the student experience of others. By ensuring the impact is evaluated and measured we are able to showcase the work we do to highlight it’s power and efficacy in terms of future funding and expansion. I will detail our Welcome 23 evaluation as a case study for change by student-staff partnership. Leading a group of paid student consultants, we have achieved great results in improving the ability of our students to make social connections and find a sense of belonging in the early weeks of their arrival at university. The presentation will outline how we co-created changes to our Welcome provision in the school which lead to a 17% increase in our student’s perception of how useful their induction activities were to making friends. By using a peer mentor led method of information sharing we increased the confidence of our students in key transition areas by 55% in a single workshop. The presentation will end with key considerations and recommendations for planning for the coming year and how we plan to continue and further embed the work of the Student Voice Panel into of schools planning and future ambitions at all levels. |
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