How can we start to place students at the heart of the system? The HE white paper called on universities to be more accountable to students on matters of teaching quality, and many in academia have embraced this concept and are forging two-way communication with their students.However this best practice is by no means uniform across the sector, and others are still struggling with the nuances of closing the ‘feedback loop’ – ensuring lines of communication between student and university are robust and transparent. Only in an environment where all parties can provide and learn from the other will students feel empowered as stakeholders in their own education and universities can improve their practices..
In order to place students at the heart of the higher education, universities must start to examine and improve the process of course evaluation. For the level of investment that students are asked to make in their future it is not unreasonable to allow them to have a say in how they are being taught, and to tell them what impact their feedback has had. A like it or lump it approach to education can only fly in the face of the aims for the university sector.In 2011, Electric Paper gathered the opinions of senior academics and student representatives on improving course evaluation practices in universities. This report offered insight into the needs of the sector in order to improve course evaluation which are outlined below, along with suggestions on improving the process and examples of how some universities have overcome these problems.
Education is the only way through which you can improve the life you live. All over the world, the lack of education has been identified as one of the causes of poverty. There is no need to detail all the detrimental effects such poverty and illiteracy has on society.It has become a worldwide effort to fight poverty through educational charity initiatives that bring more children to school to increase their chances of being able to lead decent lives and eventually contribute back to society’s development. With these charities, there will hopefully be less people depending on government subsidy and dole outs and more people contributing to the government’s coffers. |Apr| |