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Each year, the Students' Union conducts research into the student experience. Most of this research is included in the Student Voice Report.
The Student Voice Report is the main lobbying and advocacy tool produced by the Students' Union. This report establishes clear actions, priorities and goals which can be reached through a joint partnership with students and the University. The report considers feedback, both positive and negative, to give a fair and balanced view of what is working well, and what could be improved at Sheffield Hallam University. We, as a Students' Union and representative body for students, recommend actions based on student feedback and previous academic year's recommendations and actions are presented in every Student Voice Report.
View Student Voice Report 2020/21
Track the progress of our 2020/21 Student Voice Report recommendations.
KEY: Completed | In progress | Pending
1. The University to continue to review and monitor students’ digital needs, in line with future planning regarding blended learning, and to continue to provide support for students’ with the highest needs.
2. The University and the Students’ Union enter into an improved data sharing agreement that will allow for joint understanding and sharing of relevant research and insight information.
3. The University to review what has worked this academic year, in line with student opinion, to make informed decisions about delivery for any future blended learning.
4. The College of Business, Technology & Engineering to build assessment support sessions into student timetables, to ensure that students are given ample opportunity to understand and ask questions.
5. The College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences to improve process and communication of placement allocation in Health and Social Care, and to broaden placement opportunities for the Academy of Sport & Physical Activity and the Department of Biosciences & Chemistry.
6. The College of Social Sciences & Arts to review and reflect on the impact COVID19 has had on access to learning materials, equipment, and/or learning spaces, and to take lessons from this in terms of student experience going forwards.
7. The University and the Students’ Union to work together to provide targeted mental wellbeing initiatives to enhance LGBTQ+ student mental health.
8. The University to ensure that, at a course level, students are provided opportunities to collaborate, whilst future learning allocates this for sense of community to build.
9. The University and the Students’ Union to work together, during Welcome Back Week and beyond, to re-introduce and publicise the Hallam support offer to ensure that students are always aware of and know how to access support should they need it.
10. The University to ensure that students are provided with information about ways to look after their wellbeing directly from academic staff that they are in regular contact with.
11. The University and the Students’ Union continue to monitor student financial needs to ensure that those that need help the most are aware of hardship funding.
12. The Students’ Union to launch a University-wide campaign on student housing rights, sharing information about their rights and where to access support if they need it.
13. The Students’ Union to continue to work on its new strategy and ambition to deliver outstanding representation, working with the University to further develop the representation system and ensure that accountable personnel are allocated within Colleges and Departments.
For any earlier versions of the Student Voice Report, please email us at uusresearch@shu.ac.uk.