Join our pilot programme on student voice mechanisms in Annual Provider Review

We have an exciting opportunity for HE providers and students’ unions in England to join a unique pilot programme on student voice mechanisms in Annual Provider Review.

TSEP has been commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) to pilot a range of student voice mechanisms to assess their effectiveness and usefulness as a permanent component of quality assessment arrangements.

There are more details about this opportunity in this briefing and a short online form to complete if you’d like to apply, the deadline for which is 17.00 on 30th September 2016. There are various reasons why participating in this pilot programme will be advantageous for the providers and students’ unions involved, such as:

  • This pilot programme will establish which student voice mechanisms will become a permanent component of quality assessment arrangements beyond 2016/17. Participants will therefore have a head-start in preparing to implement these mechanisms on an annual basis.
  • Giving participants a unique opportunity for planning, testing and reflection in relation to student voice in their own context, within a structured programme and with expert support from TSEP staff.
  • Giving providers and students’ unions or equivalent student representative bodies (where applicable) a structured opportunity to consider how they will work together on quality assessment arrangements and how student voice can contribute to continuous improvements and innovation at a local level.
  • Contributing to a national programme, the outcomes of which will be widely disseminated across the sector.
  • Supporting participating providers and students’ unions to establish and promote sector-leading practice on student voice in quality assessment.

If you have any queries or would like to discuss your potential involvement in the pilot programme, please email and a member of our team will be in touch with you shortly.