What people say about SAPS
"The projects you're working on, particularly Student Academic Partners, have real potential to engage and inspire individual students in addition to providing significant benefits for entire cohorts”
Aaron Porter, President, National Union of Students 2010-11
“At a time when there are obviously going to be economies made all round, it’s really important in time that they [management] remember that ultimately the real business of university teaching is the tutor-student relationship and that has absolutely nothing to do with facilities, with kits, with building, any of that bureaucracy… it is ultimately about people in the same room talking as equals”
Staff Partner, School of English
"Working on the SAP project has been fantastic. I now have a set of new and useful skills...before I would not have known where to start...It is great to be able to get this kind of work experience, where you know your input is valued and has an effect. Working at an equal level like this with teaching staff has been very fulfilling, as it has shown how you can learn by working as equals in collaboration on a project, not just in a teacher-student relationship..."
Student Partner
"Working with [my student partner] has been a real treat for me. [She] has shared a wealth of knowledge and insight of the student experienceand together, through this project, we have been able to add to that experience through the extension of provision for learning outside of the School's degree programme provision. Throughout this this opportunity I have enjoyed working alongside a student as a colleague and I am proud to have been associated with the SAP Scheme as it provides such a valuable opportunity for our students to develop their skill sets"
Staff Partner
“It’s been a really good thing to put on my CV obviously, lots of jobs say that they want you to have a good knowledge and awareness of research so to be able to say ‘I’m not just aware of research I can actually do it’ is really good. And um, I think, it’s going to sound really soft but I gain an enormous sense of satisfaction and achievement, like ‘I can do this.”
Student Partner, Faculty of Health
“I think it’s been really good because it has been like a staff role. He [the staff partner] has left us lots of responsibilities and he’s been really happy and praised us and says it’s been a really good idea. He’s very positive about it and we’re happy that he’s there just in case we need him but generally we’re alright.”
Student Partner, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design
“I’ve probably enjoyed working with Karen [the student] most really, just the little challenges of doing the blog and things like that and also being able to say at meetings, back in with my colleagues when we’ve talked about the student culture and things like that, being able to say, ’oh, I’ll be able to contribute to that soon because we’re doing this research”
Staff Partner, School of Media
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