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Surveys for Enhancement Conference 2012:

Call for Contributions

Thursday 17 May, 2012

Nottingham

The Higher Education Academy is hosting a one-day conference on 17 May 2012 at the National College for School Leadership, Nottingham.

Theme: Using student surveys to enhance the student learning experience

The conference will present research and practice on the use of student surveys for quality enhancement. Sessions will include invited speakers, parallel presentations and a panel discussion. The event will bring together a broad range of people interested in using student experience data to enhance policy, practice and institutional strategies, including senior management with strategic learning & teaching roles, educational developers and lecturers at the chalk face.

Contributions are sought for presentations and workshop sessions on any issue relating to the use of student survey data for quality enhancement. Possible topics include (but are not limited to):

The role of the NSS in creating a student-centred enhancement culture
Student involvement in the analysis, discussion or use of survey results
Surveying the experience of taught postgraduates (e.g. PTES)
Using qualitative data to drill down into quantitative survey results
Using survey data (e.g. PRES) to enhance the research postgraduate experience
Alternatives to student satisfaction surveys

· How students interpret questions in student surveys

The experiences of diverse student groups, e.g. international students, part-time students, disabled students, etc.

· Balancing the goals of enhancement, quality assurance, informing prospective students and marketing

Please note that the session slots will each be 45 minutes in length. Proposals for both workshops and presentation sessions are invited.

To submit a proposal, please provide the following information:

Name
Role
Department
Institution
Type of session (Workshop/Presentation)
Title of session
Abstract (100 words max.)
Outline (500 words max, not including references)

Proposals will be reviewed against the following criteria:

Relevance to conference theme
Applicability to other institutions/contexts within UK HE sector
Audience engagement (this criterion will be double-weighted for workshop session proposals)
Engagement with existing research literature (this criterion will be double-weighted for presentation session proposals)

Additional notes:

For presentation session proposals, we would expect at least 20 minutes of the 45 minute session to be reserved for discussion
Laptops, projectors, flipcharts and pens will be available, please state any other requirements

Please submit your proposal to nss@heacademy.ac.uk by Monday 12March 2012

Dr Alex Buckley

Academic Development Officer

T +44 (0)1904 717500 alex.buckley@heacademy.ac.uk twitter.com/hea_pg

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