What Matters to Students Public Policy Challenge Project
Examining the effective use of student voices in evaluating higher education
Outputs from Unlocking the Future of Fair Access event
View below outputs from the policy-practice dialogue event held as part of this project on Wednesday 23 October 2024
What Matters to Students Project
The What Matters to Students Public Policy Challenge Project examines how an effective use of student voices in evaluating higher education access and participation activities could lead to better student outcomes.
The project is led by the Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (Department of Education) and builds on a previous investigation lead by the Centre for Teaching and Learning into how students from diverse backgrounds experience learning at Oxford.
Find out more about the What Matters to Students project on the Department of Education website.
Unlocking the Future of Fair Access event
The Unlocking the Future of Fair Access: policy-practice dialogue event was held at Jesus College Oxford on Wednesday 23 October 2024 as an output of the What Matters to Students Project.
It was presented by the Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (Department of Education) and Centre for Teaching and Learning.
Event objectives
- To provide a platform for meaningful discussion among practitioners, academics, and students on incorporating student voices in higher education policy and practice in a changing policy landscape
- To examine how student voices can add valuable evidence of policy development and implementation in Access and Participation Plans
- To bring together key stakeholders to strengthen existing networks and forge new connections within the HE sector
- To contribute to shaping the future of access and participation policies by identifying key areas for further development and inspiring actionable strategies
- To present key insights and best practices from the What Matters to Students Public Policy Challenge Project.
Event outputs
- Final programme, including links to presentation slides and other outputs
- Recording of keynote presentation by John Blake, Director for Fair Access and Participation, Office for Students
- Word cloud, How do you view student activism? from presentation by Molly Pemberton, Social Sciences and Arts College Officer, Sheffield Hallam SU
- A visual capture of the day's discussion created by Jack Brougham from Scriberia.
