By Lauren Flannery, PhD student and Associate Professor, The University of East Anglia When I began my PhD alongside my academic role, I expected to think critically, write analytically, and plan strategically. What I didn’t expect was to feel so deeply. Sitting in classes again as a student, I became acutely aware of how it feels to belong, to be heard, and to be met with genuine curiosity. These experiences reminded me that learning is profoundly relational. Inclusion, at i

Registration for the 2026 RAISE conference is now live on the University of Northumbria's webpages . Registration Fees To support delegate access and budgeting for the conference, we are able to confirm our registration fees below. If you have any questions about the conference, please contact RAISE Admin admin@raise-network.com   Early Bird Rate 2026 Standard Rate 2026 Student 1 Day £40 £55 Student 2 Day £50 £65 Staff 1 Day £270 £295 Staff 2 Day £400 £450 Student Online £45

RAISE Conference 2026 - Call for Papers Open The RAISE Committee and Northumbria University are delighted to open the Call for Papers for the RAISE Annual Conference 2026, taking place online and in Newcastle from 9-10 September 2026 , with both In Person and Hybrid delegate and presentation options.   About RAISE 2026 at Northumbria This two-day hybrid conference will focus on the theme of ‘ Authentic Student Engagement in Contemporary Higher Education ’, where we our confer

By Boróka Javor , recent graduate and Myra Vaish , undergraduate student,   The University of Leeds  When we first joined the Student Advisory Board (SAB) for the Partnerships in Assessment and Feedback (PiAF) Network , we imagined a year of committee meetings, agendas, feedback forms, and a polite exchange of opinions. But what we discovered was something much richer. The SAB wasn’t simply a platform for students to comment on teaching; it was a living, breathing collaborati

By Jeehan Ashercook, Alina Zorn and Katie McClure, The University of Glasgow In the second of two blog posts from the Graduate Teaching Assistants who supported the 2025 RAISE conference, Jeehan Ashercook, Alina Zorn and Katie McClure reflect on how to surface student voices through informal discussion, practical collaboration, and fostering a broader environment of student belonging.   Jeehan: humanising data collection  Jennifer Boyle and Andrew Struan’s Day 2 keynote reall

One of the UK’s largest conferences on student engagement and experience, organised by the Researching, Advancing and Inspiring Student Engagement (RAISE) Network, will be hosted by Northumbria University in 2026. The next RAISE Annual Conference  will take place on the 9 and 10 September 2026 at Northumbria University’s City Campus in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne. The flagship event grows year on year, bringing together students, practitioners and academics from across t

By Haley Sneed and Rohit Rao, PhDs at the University of Glasgow Who better to share their reflections on the RAISE 2025 conference on Student Voice than those experiencing university life as both students and staff? Haley Sneed and Rohit Rao are Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) at host institution the University of Glasgow (UofG). As PhD students and members of teaching staff, they offer valuable perspectives on the conference theme. While distinct in their foci, their ref

By Jaime Mccutcheon Temple Undergraduate psychology student, University of Hertfordshire This blog is inspired by my lab report supervised by Dr Bobbie Smith.  From the very start of my university journey, I worked part-time alongside my full-time studies. It wasn't really a choice - without my job I would have struggled to afford essentials like the petrol needed to get to my lectures. I quickly became used to rushing straight from lectures to late shifts and often using day

This blog was co-authored by students and staff: Emma Jelves (EJ), a Biomedical Science undergraduate student; Ibemusu Otele (IO), a postgraduate research (PGR) student; and Neenu Singh (NS), a Senior Lecturer. Leicester School of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, LE2 7BY NS : An essential element of research culture that is often unintentionally overlooked is research that should be disseminated, discussed, and va

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Call for Papers: RAISE Annual Conference 2025: “Student Voice – How we engage and who we engage with."   Dear colleagues,   We are...

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The new Student Belonging Good Practice Guide offers a toolkit and a conversation starter for anyone working in higher education who is thinking about embarking on a student belonging project. As well as sharing hints and tips, it draws upon student belonging insights via case studies, an extended literature review and student voice. We aim to provide those of you working within student partnerships or with a professional interest in student engagement easy access to key def

Title: Encouraging Commuter Students to Engage When: Wednesday 31st January 2024 Time: 16:00-17:30 Where: online via MS Teams Free Registration: Please use this link to register . Event URL will be sent via registration email. Join us at this Special Interest Group to consider how universities can better provide opportunities for  commuter  students to engage in a range of activities outside their formal studies – to the benefit of both students and their universities . Th