1. Sheffield Hallam University
Capturing and responding to student voices: exploring innovative alternatives
Dr Liz Austen
Sheffield Hallam University
QAA 'think tank' 26th April 2018

2. My Context
You said, we did!

3. Student voices: An overview
Student learning analytics
student voices as data
Student surveys
benchmarking student voices
Student evaluations
student voices as evaluation of experience
Reflections and pilot studies
student voices for quality enhancement
Evaluations of impact
student voices for organisational development
Student research
students researching student voices
Staff research
student voices for scholarship
Austen 2018

4. Concerns with current practices
proxy measures for student voices
big data and objective measures of voices
misrepresentative voices
use and abuse of student voices
volume, repetition, exploitation
Austen 2018

5. Capturing 'Hard to reach' student voices
BME students
Mature students
White males from lower socio economic / deprived areas
Students with non-standard qualifications
Care leavers
Resources and toolkit for supporting digital storytelling

6. Responding to student voices
Digital storytelling cohort experiences
Digital storytelling institutional research findings (student samples)

7. Integrating 'capture' and 'response'
Class of 2020: An integrative longitudinal approach to addressing retention in HE
evidence informed
innovative approach to engagement (incentives)
innovative approach to sampling
integrative process of design (students) and implementation (the institution)

8. Class of 2020
Draw on key sector-wide and institutional evidence to identify key themes and relevant stratified sample
Expert Design Group meetings with L4 and L5 students to test evidence and hypotheses for improvement
Expert Implementers’ Group meetings with staff involved at all levels to determine how best to implement improvement actions
Implement (incrementally) and evaluate

9. innovative dialogic empowering accessible inclusive timely
Principles for effectively communicating institutional and programme developments based on students’ views back to the student body
innovative
dialogic
empowering
accessible
inclusive
timely

10. Questions
How can you ensure ethically responsible research (capture and response) using student voices?
Who are the key stakeholders necessary for designing and implementing new approaches?
Have you evaluated 'what works'?

11. Liz Austen
@lizaustenbooth

12. External images
Pixabay
The Sheffield Star
Wonkhe