The Learner Voice Strategy

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The Learner Voice Strategy
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• The FE White Paper Further Education Raising
  Skills, Improving Life Chances (DfES, 2006c) sets
  out the expectation that all LSC funded FE
  providers must have a learner involvement
  strategy which is published and reviewed as part
  of their self-evaluation (SEF) for inspection
  purposes (LSC 2007 and Ofsted 2005)

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Aims of the strategy for students

• Builds confidence, self-esteem
• Motivates and encourages
• Helps students to formulate and express their own
  opinions whilst listening to others.
• Helps support and develop their organisation by
  bringing student views to the issue of rethinking
  education
• Helps to ensure decision-makers hear their voice  

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Key Principles

• To develop a clear vision of the value of the
  learner voice
• To ensure the learner voice is heard in all
  aspects of the institution
• To acknowledge the centrality of good, trusting,
  supportive relationships between staff and
  students
• To involve learners in the developing of new
  strategies involvement in decision-making

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Key Principles

• To use a range of methods to ensure the learner
  voice is listened to and acted on
• To gather the views of students on a wide range
  of issues
• To ensure learners have appropriate training
• To ensure fair opportunities for members of all
  groups of students to be involved

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Methods

• Student Union
• Student Governors
• Cross College Council
• Curriculum Representatives
• Student Surveys

• Course Review and Evaluation
• Evaluation of Teaching and Learning student
  input
• Suggestions, Concerns and Complaints

Annual report provided to the Senior Management
Team and Governors Reviewed and updated every
three years, usually by the Vice Principal or
Assistant Principal Quality Curriculum