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Supporting College Student Governors Summer Course
SLIDE 2 Day 1 objectives
By the end of today you will be able to:
Define why colleges exist and what environment they operate
within.
Define why a students’ association exists and your role within
it.
Explain your role as a Board Member. Explain the regionalisation agenda to your fellow students.
You will also have:
Met the sector agencies and understood how they can
support you.
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What is a college?
SLIDE 4 Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
Identify your college’s stakeholders and their interests. Explain what environment your college operates within. Explain how colleges communicate what they do. Explain how colleges work internally.
SLIDE 5 Stakeholders
A stakeholder is: ‘A person, group or organisation with an
interest or concern in something’
Who do you think a college’s stakeholders are? What do you think are their interests?
SLIDE 6 PESTLE
PESTLE is an environmental analysis tool and stands for:
Political. Economic. Social. Technological. Legal. Environmental.
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Vision, mission and values
Vision: a long term, idealistic, goal for an organisation. Oxfam’s vision is a just world without poverty. We envision a world in which people can influence decisions which affect their lives, enjoy their rights, and assume their responsibilities as full citizens of a world in which all human beings are valued and treated equally.
SLIDE 8 Vision, mission and values
Mission: a medium term (3-5 years), achievable goal for an
Amnesty's mission is to undertake research and action focused
- n preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to
physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination--in the context
- f our work to promote all human rights, as articulated in the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
SLIDE 9 Vision, mission and values
Values: a set of principles that set out how an organisation will approach the work it does. The British Red Cross’ values are:
Compassionate. Courageous. Inclusive. Dynamic.
SLIDE 10 Types of committees you will encounter
Board of Management Audit Committee Estates Committee Finance Committee Learning and T eaching Committee Staffing and Equalities Committee Academic Board IT Committee Quality and Standards Committee
SLIDE 11 Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
Identify your college’s stakeholders and their interests. Explain what environment your college operates within. Explain how colleges communicate what they do. Explain how colleges work internally.
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Meet the Funding Council
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What is the regionalisation all about?
SLIDE 14 NUS Scotland/sparqs regionalisation project
Each group of colleges who are going through the
regionalisation process will have one consultant supporting them.
Their role is to:
→Support students on the partnerships boards. →Facilitate students creating a vision for learning and teaching for the new college. →Support the development of a merged students’ association.
SLIDE 15 NUS Scotland/sparqs regionalisation project
How will this be achieved?
Outline of support Pre-board meeting briefing Attend board meeting (where possible) Post board meeting debrief Proposal Drafted Kick Off Meeting Project Delivery Wash Up Meeting Projects as requested Initial Meeting
Learning and Teaching/Student Association Work Support for students on the partnership board
SLIDE 16 NUS Scotland/sparqs regionalisation project
Training available:
→Supporting College Student Governors Summer Course (Friday the 29th and Saturday the 30th of June). →Supporting College Student Governors Autumn Course (Thursday the 18th to Saturday the 20th of October).
Two conferences will be held over the next two years to
share practice.
A collection of resources to be created for use by colleges
and associations going through the regionalisation process.
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What is a students association?
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What is a student officer?
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Why does a student association need support?
SLIDE 20 What have I got to do?
Read the materials given to you. Produce a business plan with a budget to present to the
Principal of Sparknuss College.
SLIDE 21 Cadogan’s matrix
INSERT CADOGAN HERE
SLIDE 22 Some hints and tips before you start
What do your students need? What does the college’s strategic plan say? How can you help the college achieve their goals? What does your Principal think? Don’t be afraid to think big but think what you can actually
achieve.
How are you going to present it?
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Supporting College Student Governors Summer Course
Day 2
SLIDE 24 Day 2 objectives
By the end of the day you will be able to:
Identify the importance of the student learning experience. Engage with quality enhancement processes at your college
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The Student Learning Experience
SLIDE 26 Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
Explain the Student Learning Experience. Describe your perfect learning experience. Set smart objectives.
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The Student Learning Experience
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SMART Objectives
SLIDE 29 Gathering student opinion
Hands up before/after class. Emails. Face to face chats. Online spaces:
→Facebook. →Twitter. →Virtual Learning Environments.
Surveys. Post it notes in tutorials. Comment boxes. Course reps.
SLIDE 30 Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
Explain the Student Learning Experience. Describe your perfect learning experience. Set smart objectives.
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Quality Enhancement and Assurance- what is it all about?
SLIDE 32 Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
Explain exactly what quality enhancement and assurance
means.
Describe how you can use these processes to improve your
students learning experience.
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Quality Enhancement and Assurance
Quality enhancement can be defined as: ‘Taking deliberate steps to bring about continual improvement in the effectiveness of the learning experience of students.’ Quality assurance can be defined as: ‘A range of review procedures designed to safeguard academic standards and promote learning opportunities for students of acceptable quality.’
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What is going well? What can we improve? Solutions to the issue Best practice Action plan
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What is going well? What can we improve? Course reps HMIe reviews Student satisfaction surveys Reflection Course feedback Students Association Internal review processes
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Solutions to the issue Course reps Evidence Best practice within college Conferences Scotland’s colleges Students Association Best practice from other institutions
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Action plan
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Quality Enhancement and Assurance
Quality enhancement can be defined as: ‘Taking deliberate steps to bring about continual improvement in the effectiveness of the learning experience of students.’ Quality assurance can be defined as: ‘A range of review procedures designed to safeguard academic standards and promote learning opportunities for students of acceptable quality.’
SLIDE 39 Effective planning, meeting and
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Thanks for attending!!
