Found in Translation?: The new Language of Student Engagement

Authors

  • Phil Mooney Canterbury Christ Church University

Abstract

There has been a perceptible shift in the language of student engagement over the past 18 months. Set against the context of a changing and ever-more challenging Higher Education landscape, the author explores this shift in language, the reasons behind it and the opportunities it may afford.

Author Biography

Phil Mooney, Canterbury Christ Church University

Phil Mooney is the Student Engagement Officer at Canterbury Christ Church University. A former President of the Student’s Union he now leads the award-winning Partners in Learning initiative at the University. Phil is widely involved in Student Engagement research and practice across the sector, with a particular focus on student/staff partnerships. He is a founding member of the RAISE Partnership Special Interest Group and is a committee member of RAISE, currently serving as acting Vice Chair.

References

BIS [Dept. for Business, Innovation and Skills] (2016) Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice. Cm. 9258. London: HMSO.

Derricott, D. (2016) Gazing into a crystal ball: What does the future hold for student engagement? RAISE Conference Presentation, Loughborough.

Lea, J. (2016) ‘Turning down the volume control on student voice in order to enhance student engagement.’ Student Engagement in Higher Education. Vol. 1.

Thomas, L and Russell, E. (2017) Evaluating Student Engagement Activity. Available at: http://tsep.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/StudentEngagementEvaluationFramework_FINAL.pdf (Accessed: 16 June 2017).

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Published

10/02/2017

How to Cite

Mooney, P. (2017). Found in Translation?: The new Language of Student Engagement. The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change, 3(1), 74–75. Retrieved from https://journals.studentengagement.org.uk/index.php/studentchangeagents/article/view/594

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2017)

Section

The Shifting Context of Higher Education

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Copyright is held by the journal. The author has full permission to publish to their institutional repository. Articles are published under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence.