Understanding and Developing Student Engagement

<p>Enhancing the student experience and in particular student engagement has become a primary focus of Higher Education. It is in particularly sharp focus as Higher Education moves forward into the uncertain world of high student fees and a developed Higher Education market. Student engagement is a hot topic in considering how to offer ‘value’ and a better student experience. Moreover it is receiving much attention all over the world and underpins so many other priorities such as retention widening participation and improving student learning generally.</p><p><em>Understanding and Developing Student Engagement </em>draws from a range of contributors in a wide variety of roles in Higher Education and all contributors are actively involved in the Researching Advancing and Inspiring Student Engagement (RAISE) Network.</p><p>While utilising detailed case examples from UK universities the authors also provide a critical review and distillation of the differing paradigms of Student Engagement in America Australasia South Africa and Europe drawing upon key research studies and concepts from a variety of contexts.</p><p>This book uncovers the multi-dimensional nature of student engagement utilising case examples from both student and staff perspectives and provides conceptual clarity and strong evidence about this rather elusive notion. It provides a firm foundation from which to discuss practices and policies that might best serve to foster engagement.</p>