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Education at Flinders
A guide to the principles and policy framework
for education and teaching and learning.
EDUCATION PRINCIPLES:
STUDENT PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION
Flinders University takes the view that an integral part of its commitment to effective learning is to acknowledge, without question, that its students have a significant contribution to make in all aspects of academic life. It recognises that the consultation of students and their participation in educational matters can best be achieved by the University providing formal and informal structures and mechanisms for the two-way flow of information and the mutually respected expression of views and opinions.
The University seeks to offer a culture where learning and the development of academic programs can be regarded as the outcomes of an active partnership between the University and its students, and it welcomes and expects the input of its students.
Key Principles
- Flinders University supports student representative organisations and the right of students to join and participate in their activities. It will encourage and welcome student participation in University governance. Faculty Boards will establish, maintain and review procedures for seeking regular feedback from students and for involving them, where appropriate, in decisions and discussions affecting their studies. The University will have processes for the appointment of student representatives to serve on committees and working parties that consider academic and student-related matters. Academic appointment committees will normally include a student member enrolled as an undergraduate or postgraduate student in the cost centre concerned.
- When course reviews and course development are undertaken, faculties and academic units will seek student comment widely, through questionnaires, interviews, and/or inclusion of student representatives on committees where appropriate. Students have a responsibility to contribute to the development of University programs and policies by participating in consultative and deliberative processes in a responsible and ethical manner.
- Students should have opportunities to be involved in the structuring of their own learning experiences and be encouraged to take joint responsibility for their own learning. The University is accordingly committed to methods and structures of teaching that will engage students as active participants in the learning process; provide means by which they can discuss the ways in which study tasks and assessment can be undertaken; and, as far as possible, allow interaction between students and staff and among students so as to encourage the interchange of opinions, views and knowledge. The University expects students to accept shared responsibility with staff for their own learning and to participate actively and positively in the teaching and learning environment.
- The University will facilitate the input of student views on their learning and on the effectiveness of the teaching and supervision provided to them, by offering processes and opportunities for students to be provided with feedback, both formally and informally. Staff are expected to reflect upon and respond constructively to feedback received from students.
- In order that students can effectively participate in and be consulted about their education generally and their own individual academic studies particularly, the University will publish and distribute to students clear, accurate and timely information concerning relevant regulations, policies, procedures, expectations, and other matters affecting their studies. To the same end, and to the extent that these are contained in the materials and information made available to them, students will make themselves aware of the rules and regulations governing the degree in which they are enrolled, and also the policies and practices of the University and of any faculty and academic unit in which they are enrolled.
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