Date: February 4th

Time: 12:00 Noon – 15:00

Venue: Room 101, Brookfield Health Sciences Building, University College Cork

Presenter(s): Prof. Mick Healey

Emeritus Professor, University of Gloucestershire

Principal Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK.

International Teaching Fellow, University College Cork

Event Details:

Staff in Higher education report that they are facing many challenges in maintaining high quality teaching and learning, and meeting student experience expectations.

There are tens of thousands of students in higher education, all with their own unique talents.

In two recent reports, the EU Commission call “for students to have a greater say in decision-making”.

Ways of engaging students in higher education as partners in learning and teaching is arguably one of the most important issues facing higher education in the 21st Century. Partnership is essentially a process for engaging students. It is a way of doing things, rather than an outcome in itself, but it is not always clear how to progress. Professor Mick Healey is just completing a consultancy project for the Higher Education Academy, UK, on ‘Students as Partners in Higher Education”. He will share rich case studies and useful resources with participants.

This practical workshop will take a detailed look at four ways in which students can be engaged successfully as partners through: a) Learning, teaching and assessment; b) Discipline-based research and inquiry; c) Scholarship of teaching and learning; and d) Curriculum design, pedagogic advice and consultancy. For many staff and students these require support to transition from their traditional pedagogy to a pedagogy of partnership. .

Learning Outcomes:

Contact: Mary O’Rourke

mary.orourke@ucc.ie

Phone 0214903609