Students
The student experience and participation in quality and engagement at higher education (HE) institutions have come increasingly to the fore in recent years.
They have been the subject of various studies, including our 2006 ‘Study of the Extent and Effectiveness of Existing Student Representation Structures within Higher Education Institutions across Wales’, commissioned from York Consulting, which reported positively on HE institutions’ activities to improve student representation.
Study of the Extent and Effectiveness of Existing Student Representation Structures within Higher Education Institutions across Wales: Circular W06/52HE York Consulting reportWe have also funded an NUS Wales project to enhance student representation in Wales and to support the institutional review process.
NUS Wales project: Circular W07/32HE
There will be student reviewers in the new institutional review process from 2009/10. The Quality Assurance Agency provide training for student reviewers, and NUS Wales support unions that write annual statements towards a student submission to the review team.
In October 2009 we launched a cross-sector commitment, ‘Wales Initiative for Student Engagement’ (WISE), unanimously supported by Higher Education Wales (HEW), the National Union of Students in Wales (NUS Wales), the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), the Higher Education Academy (HEA), and the HEFCW. WISE aims to enhance, share and build on current good practice in student engagement in Wales.
