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FW: Surveys for Enhancement Conference 2015 - 04 June 2015 - Bookings now open

 

 

Surveys for Enhancement Conference 2015

 

How can we use student feedback to improve learning and teaching?

 

04 June 2015, RIBA London

Student surveys are at the heart of two trends in UK higher education – increased marketisation, and the principle that students are partners in their education. But whether they are seen as mechanisms for the collection of business intelligence, or as vehicles for the student voice, it is crucial that surveys help to improve the processes and practices of learning and teaching. By shedding light on how students experience their studies, by enabling comparison and benchmarking between and within institutions, and by prompting and fostering conversations about learning and teaching, surveys are an important part of the process of quality enhancement.

 

On 4 June 2015 the HEA will hold its annual Surveys for Enhancement Conference in central London. It will bring together research and practice in the development and use of student surveys. Delegates will get a chance to hear from international and national experts, and learn how institutions in the UK are making the most of student feedback.

 

The conference will include a keynote from Dr. Alexander C. McCormick, Director of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), the pioneering US engagement survey that has been used by over 1,500 institutions and completed by 4.5 million students since its launch in 2000, and which has since been adopted around the English-speaking world. Alexander is also Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Indiana University, and Senior Associate Director of their Centre for Postsecondary Research.

 

The conference will also mark the launch of the report of the 2015 Student Academic Experience Survey, a high-profile policy-focused survey run in partnership with the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI). The first part of the conference will be a joint event with HEPI, and will feature a presentation on the survey findings and a keynote from a key figure in UK higher education.

 

To book your place, visit:

Surveys for Enhancement Conference

 

Call for papers

The HEA are currently inviting submissions for the conference, on the theme of “How surveys make a difference”. We would welcome proposals for presentations or workshops on any relevant topic. To submit a proposal, please send an abstract of 100 words and a summary of no more than 500 words to surveys@heacademy.ac.uk  The deadline for proposals is Thursday 7 May.

For more information please visit:

https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/consultancy-services/surveys/surveys-enhancement-conference

 

 

 

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