Enhancement Theme Student Team
Members Workshop
Megan McHaney
Iain Delworth
Rebecca MacLennan
Session aims and objectives
By the end of this workshop, you will:
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Understand how Enhancement Themes are a part of national agenda.
Know the three areas of this year's Enhancement Theme.
Have begun to develop a strategy to engage students at your own institution
with the Enhancement Theme.
Have begun to identify ways of using the theme to progress Learning and
Teaching issues relevant to students at your own institution.
Be able to identify key events and activities that they need to participate in.
Have started to think about how you can shape the development of the theme
at a national level.
Agenda
10:30
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 13:00
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 15:15
 15:30
 16:00
 16:15
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Welcome and introductions
How is the theme being tackled nationally?
What is DSC and what it means to you?
Lunch
How is the theme being tackled locally?
How are you going to achieve your goals?
Break
Succession planning
How can you become involved at a national level?
Conclusions
How is the theme being tackled
nationally?
Aim
In this first session we will provide you with an overview of how the new
theme is being tackled nationally and how that will have an impact on you and
your work as the student team member.
Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
Explain what work is being carried out nationally to support the theme.
Define the role of each sector agency in supporting the theme.
Outline:
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10 min QAA
10 min NUS
5 min sparqs- what support we will be providing.
10 min Q&A
Quality Assurance Agency
(QAA)
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Overseeing the Enhancement Themes agenda.
Enhancement Themes exist because they are part of the
Quality Enhancement Framework
It’s all about creating a better student experience
Each theme is decided by SHEEC (Scottish Higher Education
Enhancement Committee)
Overseeing the theme is a steering committee made up of the
VPTL, sparqs, NUS Scotland and two student members. Sam
Fowels and Correen Dickson
QAA Continued…
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At institutions the theme is directed through a steering group
which is supported by QAA
Every institution team has a student member – That’s You!
All of you make up the Student Team Member (STM)
Network which is support by sparqs and QAA.
NUS Scotland
Said above NUS Scotland has a seat on the National Steering
Committee
 NUS gathers opinion on the theme, what areas universities
should be working on for the best outcome for students,
both right now and in the future.
 Several ways NUS gathers opinion, one is through different
conferences and through education networks.
 These are meetings with education officers and staff to
explore the relevant education issues and work that is
happening at our institutions around Enhancement Themes is
very relevant to the networks.
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NUS Scotland Continued…
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Universities that work through Enhancement Themes
seriously can have a real effect on the student experience
Which is why it’s so important that you get involved with
your institutions team and tell them what students think is
important.
sparqs
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sparqs is here to support all of you in your role,
We want you to be able to help set direction at your
institution in regards to what you think is important regarding
Enhancement Themes
We also want to facilitate more student involvement then just
you.
sparqs has a seat at the national steering committee as well,
we make sure that there are avenues/procedures in place to
ensure student involvement at every level.
What is Developing and Supporting
the Curriculum and what does it
mean to you?
Aim:
Following on from what’s happening nationally, we will discuss
what ‘Developing and Supporting the Curriculum’ means and
how it affects you.
Objectives:
Explain the 3 areas of Developing and Supporting the
Curriculum
Define what the theme means to you now and identify what
direction it should take in the future.
Developing and Supporting the
Curriculum 3 Questions
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How is the curriculum, in the broadest sense, shaped and
delivered?
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Who is it (the curriculum) for – how is the student body
changing?
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What support is required for staff?
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Post-Its
Areas of Work to think about
Changing Demographics
 Technological advances
 Internationalisation
 Learner Journey
 Education for a better society
 Curriculum for Excellence
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 LUNCH!!!!
How is the theme being tackled
locally?
Aim
This session will provide you with the opportunity to talk to other student officers,
sector agency staff and NUS officers on the direction you see the theme going at your
institution.
Objectives
By the end of this session you will have:
Defined what you want to see happen as a result of the theme at your institution.
Start to work on change strategy
Heard from others what they want to achieve.
Outline
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In small groups discussion about the validity of the questions
and what they mean to the participants.
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Create SMART objectives to go away and work on.
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Share those objectives with the rest of the group.
SMART objectives
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Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Timely
Points to consider…
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What is the task or objective?
(be specific and realistic)
How are you going to achieve this?
How will you measure the success?
What is your timescale to work on this
task/objective?
Any other thoughts or comments.
Institutional Plans
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Can look at your own institutions’ plan.
This can be changed if you think they’re not focusing on the
right areas
Use your SMART objectives to look at the institutional plans
How are you going to achieve
your goals?
Aim
A practically orientated session that will take the object you set
in the previous session and start to plan how you will achieve
them. Support will be provided by sparqs staff and your fellow
officers.
Objectives
By the end of this session you will have:
Created an action plan to achieve the goals you set out in the
previous session.
Shared those action plans with the rest of the group.
Outline:
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Card exercise in small groups to explore the different aspects
of ‘Change Strategies’
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Staying in the small groups facilitate discussion of how they
can get the rest of the student body involved, who they need
to speak to in their institution and anything other tasks that
need completed
1. Identify
2. Research
3. Influence
4. Sustain
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BREAK
Succession planning
Aim
This session will help you to help think about how to make
Enhancement Theme goals a long term reality within your
Students’ Association.
Objectives
By the end of this session you will have:
Will have work through Performa
Identify actions that need to be taken now to ensure the
change strategy is successful
Performa
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Take your SMART objective and work through the following
columns
Actions Required
Who is responsible for what?
When should it be completed by?
How will progress be measured?
How can you become involved
at a national level?
Aim
NUS Scotland, the QAA and sparqs will inform you of how you can get involved
with the theme at a national level over the coming months.
Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
Explain how you can get involved at a national level.
February Roadshows
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Glasgow Date: 1st of Feb Time: 10am-1:30pm
Edinburgh Date: 9th of Feb Time: 10am-1:30pm
Dundee Date: 29th of Feb Time: 12noon-5pm
Register on Enhancement Themes website under Events, then
forth coming events or follow the link.
http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/events/forthcomingevents/2011/12/08/developing-and-supporting-the-curriculumregional-roadshow
Enhancement Themes
Annual Conference
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7th – 8th March 2012
Edinburgh Conference Centre
Heriot-Watt University
Information on how to register shortly
Education Network (NUS
Members)
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9th of Feb
Time: 12-noon-5pm
Venue: Stirling Students Union
Sometime in May
For more information contact Jane Brown
Jane.brown@nus-scotland.org.uk
Thank you for attending!
Please complete and return the Evaluation Form.