Why UK university students can play a part in assessment - student submissions at the heart of internal quality assurance

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K02650
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09050:Tertiary education-related
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: TANAKA MASAHIRO 筑波大学, 教育推進部, 准教授 (30423362)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 高等教育 / 内部質保証 / 学生参画 / イギリス / 国際比較研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to identify how students' unions in the UK engage student representatives in internal quality assurance. Specifically, five case studies were analysed to determine how student representatives are selected, how they are trained and what role they play according to their title. Based on the results of this analysis, this paper presents the following arguments: student representatives participating in internal quality assurance in UK universities are able to use the voice of the whole student body to improve education because students' unions (i) manage the selection and training of student representatives, (ii) define the role of student representatives hierarchically, and (iii) centralise the information obtained from the activities of the student representatives and return this information to the student body as a whole.

Free Research Field

高等教育論

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究成果の学術的意義は、イギリスの学生組合はなぜ評価の一翼を担えるのか、という学術的な問いに、事例調査を踏まえて答えることができたことである。そして、その成果を踏まえて、日本への示唆を導けたことにも意義があると思われる。
本研究成果の社会的意義は、学生参画に関するFD研修会を自大学だけでなく、他大学においても実施することで、その研究成果を社会に広く還元できたことである。