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Embracing Pedagogical Partnership: What Kind of Mindset, Courage, and Practices Are Necessary?

Curriculum DesignProfessional DevelopmentStudent SuccessTeaching and Learning Practice

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This resource captures key insights from a full-day workshop held on 8 May 2025, hosted by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and led by internationally recognised expert Dr Alison Cook-Sather. The event focused on the transformative potential of authentic student-staff partnerships as a strategic approach to advancing student engagement, success, and institutional effectiveness.

Attended by academic staff, institutional leaders, student success professionals, and sector partners from across Ireland, the workshop featured a combination of keynote presentations, lightning talks, and interactive sessions. Through real-world examples and hands-on activities, participants explored how to build meaningful, inclusive, and sustainable collaboration between students and staff.

For the full event schedule and a complete list of lightning talk contributors to this slide deck, visit the workshop schedule.

Benefit of this resource and how to make the best use of it

Benefits:

  • Understand the principles and value of authentic student-staff partnerships in teaching, learning, and institutional development.

  • Learn directly from Irish practitioners and students engaged in real-world collaborative projects.

  • Gain practical frameworks and case studies to inspire new or enhance existing partnership initiatives.

  • Explore issues of power, inclusion, and trust-building essential to sustainable partnership work.

  • Leave with a draft action plan and concrete next steps for your own context.

How to Make Use of It:

  • Use the slide deck as a staff development resource to introduce the concept of student-staff partnership within your department or team.

  • Pair the slides with internal workshops or reflective discussions about enhancing student engagement and co-creation in your institution.

  • Adapt examples and frameworks from the presentation to inform your own partnership policies, pilot projects, or programme reviews.

  • Share key insights from the lightning talks to promote dialogue among academic and student support staff on inclusive teaching and institutional change.

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