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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author LITTLE, Brenda
Title Students' roles in maintaining quality and in enhancing learning : is there a tension? / Brenda Little and Ruth Williams
Publication year 2010
Source/Footnote In: Quality in higher education. - 16 (2010) 2, S. 115 - 127
Inventory number 28476
Keywords Ausland : Großbritannien : Studium, Studenten, Lehre ; Qualitätssicherung
Abstract This article is about student engagement and in particular the engagement of students in internal institutional quality assurance processes in the UK. It discusses the extent to which the introduction of more explicit internal and external quality assurance processes militate against the notion of the student as a part of a 'cohesive learning community' in favour of the notion of the student as 'consumer'. Based on findings from a research study on student engagement undertaken for the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the article notes that an underlying rationale of student as consumer still prevails in many institutions' quality processes. Such a rationale is hampering students' full engagement in learning communities in ways that inform and enhance the collective student learning experience. Whilst these findings are drawn from a UK study, they may also have some relevance for other countries facing similar challenges. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)