It's been such a pleasure to collaborate with an international team of staff and other PhD students on the journal article 'Reimagining the Place of Students in Academic Development' in the International Journal for Academic Development. I have learnt so much from Peter Felten, Sophia Abbot, Jordan Kirkwood, Aaron Long, Lucy Mercer-Mapstone, and Roselynn Verwood as we developed the ideas and 'reimaginings' of student-staff partnerships in academic development. Use the link above for free access to the article, and see the abstract below:
As calls for student-staff partnership proliferate across higher education, academic development must re-examine and reimagine its relationship to students. Students generally occupy roles with limited agency in academic development. We argue that this needs to change. We propose re-articulating the purpose of academic development toward the creation of conditions that liberate everyone involved in teaching and learning in higher education. We offer four vignettes that illustrate what is possible when students have the opportunity to embrace their essential roles. We conclude by reflecting on the human implications of student agency in academic development and higher education more broadly.
