Publications, Research & Reports
Student Voice Australia Pilot Evaluation Report
The ‘Making sure that the students aren’t just a tick box’ Student Voice Australia Pilot evaluation report, prepared in collaboration with the Australian Alliance for Social Enterprise and Student Voice Australia, evidences an emergent roadmap for how institutions can work together to achieve outcomes for students and staff.
Australian Government’s Office for Learning and Teaching Reports
In 2016, Professor Sally Varnham was awarded a National Senior Teaching Fellowship (through the then Office for Learning and Teaching) entitled Creating a National Framework for Student Partnership in University Decision-Making. During this Fellowship, Professor Varnham undertook a sector-wide collaboration to consider the ‘what, why and how’ of student partnership in Australian institutions and nationally. The team for this Project looked at comparative international jurisdictions and current practice in Australian institutions. This had identified the need for a sector-wide collaboration which was then enabled by the Fellowship. Read the project reports here.>
Further and recommended reading
We also recommend these publications to develop some key understandings and the spaces of possibility with student participation and partnership.
Walsh, K., & Jaquet, A. (2023). Towards inclusive student partnership: Challenges and opportunities for student engagement in the Australian context. Advancing Student Engagement in Higher Education, 227-239. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003271789-21/towards-inclusive-student-partnership-kate-walsh-alison-jaquet?context=ubx&refId=54e4b6c5-9955-43ee-8ca0-91ede2b93df8
Cook-Sather, A., & Kaur, A. (2022). Embracing epistemic confidence, open-mindedness, and co-creation: An exploration of how the psychological constructs of attitudes and intentions can inform staff contributions to successful student-staff partnership. The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change, 8(2). https://journals.studentengagement.org.uk/index.php/studentchangeagents/article/view/1119
Barrineau, S., Engström, A., & Schnaas, U. (2019). An Active Student Participation Companion. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-376580
Cornelius-Bell, A., Bell, P.A. & Dollinger, M. (2022). Deterritorialising student voice and partnership in higher education. Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-022-00972-z
Varwell, S. (2021). Models for exploring partnership: Introducing sparqs’ student partnership staircase as a reflective tool for staff and students. International Journal for Students As Partners, 5(1), 107–123. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v5i1.4452
Bovill, C. (2019). A co-creation of learning and teaching typology: What kind of co-creation are you planning or doing? International Journal for Students as Partners, 3(2), 91–98. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v3i2.3953
Cook-Sather, A., Allard, S., Marcovici, E., & Reynolds, B. (2021a). Fostering agentic engagement: Working toward empowerment and equity through pedagogical partnership. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2021a.150203
Klemenčič, M. (2011). The public role of higher education and student participation in higher education governance (pp. 74–83). Higher Education and Society in Changing Times. Google Scholar