Engaging Student Voices in Higher Education: Diverse Perspectives and Expectations in Partnership

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This book examines the importance of exploring the varied and diverse perspectives of student experiences. In both academic institutions and everyday discourse, the notion of the ‘student voice’ is an ever-present reminder of the importance placed upon the student experience in Higher Education: particularly in a context where the financial burden of undertaking a university education continues to grow. The editors and contributors explore how notions of the ‘student voice’ as a single, monolithic entity may in fact obscure divergence in the experiences of students. Placing so much emphasis on the ‘student voice’ may lead educators and policy makers to miss important messages communicated – or consciously uncommunicated – through student actions. This book also explores ways of working in partnership with students to develop their own experiences. It is sure to be of interest and value to scholars of the student experience and its inherent diversity. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvii The Single Voice Fallacy (Simon Lygo-Baker, Ian M. Kinchin, Naomi E. Winstone)....Pages 1-15 Front Matter ....Pages 17-17 Finding an Identity in the Crowd: A Single-Case Framed Narrative of Being in the Invisible Majority (Ian M. Kinchin, Alexander M. Kinchin)....Pages 19-36 The Value of Working with Students as Partners (Kathryn A. Sutherland, Isabella Lenihan-Ikin, Charlotte Rushforth)....Pages 37-54 The Voice of the Student as a ‘Consumer’ (Louise Bunce)....Pages 55-70 International Student Voice(s)—Where and What Are They? (Anesa Hosein, Namrata Rao)....Pages 71-87 Developing Oracy Skills for Student Voice Work (Marion Heron, David M. Palfreyman)....Pages 89-105 Front Matter ....Pages 107-107 Developing Assessment Feedback: From Occasional Survey to Everyday Practice (Naomi E. Winstone, David Boud)....Pages 109-123 What Happens After What Happens Next? The Single Voice of DLHE and Its Distortions on the Student Learning Journey (Keith Herrmann)....Pages 125-141 Mechanisms to Represent the Doctoral Researcher Voice (Shane Dowle, Sam Hopkins, Carol Spencely)....Pages 143-155 Front Matter ....Pages 157-157 ‘Duck to Water’ or ‘Fish Out of Water’? Diversity in the Experience of Negotiating the Transition to University (Naomi E. Winstone, Julie A. Hulme)....Pages 159-174 Making Learning Happen: Students’ Development of Academic and Information Literacies (Karen Gravett)....Pages 175-190 Collaborating with Students to Support Student Mental Health and Well-being (Dawn Querstret)....Pages 191-207 Reconciling Diverse Student and Employer Voices on Employability Skills and Work-Based Learning (Katarina Zajacova, Erica Hepper, Alexandra Grandison)....Pages 209-224 Students’ Perceptions of Graduate Attributes: A Signalling Theory Analysis (Anna Jones, Judy Pate)....Pages 225-242 Front Matter ....Pages 243-243 Valuing Uncertainty (Simon Lygo-Baker)....Pages 245-259 Pluralising ‘Student Voices’: Evaluating Teaching Practice (Adun Okupe, Emma Medland)....Pages 261-277 Student Voice(s) on the Enactment of the Research-Teaching Nexus (Ian M. Kinchin, Camille B. Kandiko Howson)....Pages 279-295 Engaging Students as Co-designers in Educational Innovation (Karen Gravett, Emma Medland, Naomi E. Winstone)....Pages 297-313 When All Is Said and Done: Consensus or Pluralism? (Simon Lygo-Baker, Ian M. Kinchin, Naomi E. Winstone)....Pages 315-325 Back Matter ....Pages 327-332