Engagement through partnership: students as partners in learning and teaching in higher education

Drawing together extensive UK and international scholarship and research to propose a new conceptual model for exploring the variety of understandings of students as partners in learning and teaching this publication:

• examines the motivations and rationales for staff and students engaging in partnership;
• offers a pedagogical case for partnership;
• identifies examples of strategic and sustainable practices of engaging students as partners in learning and teaching;
• outlines how the development of partnership learning communities may guide and sustain practice in this area;
• identifies tensions and challenges to partnership;
• offers suggestions to individuals and institutions for addressing challenges and future work.