Project team
Main contact
Rachael Carkett
Project Officer
Gwen van der Velden
Project Director
Dr Helen King
Project Manager
Amy Young (Students' Union)
Project Officer
Funded by
Supported by the University
Project timescales
Oct 2012 - July 2013
Student Shadowing project
This project is one of our commitments to ensuring our students receive the highest quality learning and teaching experience.
The original project, launched in 2011 in collaboration with the University of Exeter, was funded by The Leadership Foundation and was designed to provide a two-way experience enabling institutional senior managers to learn about the daily life of a student and students to gain an insight into the management roles of a large organisation.
Building on the success of the project last year, a number of our senior management team have participated in the Shadowing project already this year including:
- Professor Bernie Morley, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching)
- Mark Humphriss, University Secretary
- Kate Robinson, University Librarian
- Gwen Van Der Velden, Director of Learning and Teaching Enhancement
- Tim Kaner, Director of Marketing and Communications
Aims and objectives
The main aim of the project is to provide a two-way experience enabling institutional senior managers to learn about the daily life of a student and students to gain an insight into the management roles of a large organisation.
For the student, it is an opportunity to learn about managing a large institution and to gain a different perspective, a ‘behind-the-scenes’ view of higher education and all that it entails.
For the manager, it provides an opportunity to revisit the student learning experience as it is in 2011 and to better understand the issues, challenges and general daily life of a 21st century student.
How to participate
Contact the project team to find out more about how to participate in the Shadowing project
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