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