From staff peer networks to student peer networks … and beyond

Peer Support Networks are a key component of academic development provision at Strathclyde University. We will reflect on our recent evaluation of participant views of these networks and on key facilitator experiences of supporting these networks, and how these inform the next steps in our work – applying what we have learned from staff networks to developing and supporting student networks. We have 2 priorities in this. The first is to support other members of staff in getting involved in scholarship – we will be inviting them to identify networks of interest in their own areas - though we are particularly interested in how they will use students to support learning and teaching. Our second aim is to establish an institutional student peer network for leadership in learning and teaching to run alongside our staff network. We will provide a flexible framework to support the student body which they can adapt as they become more experienced.