Join the Student Advisory Group to help improve our eVALUate survey engagement
Are you interested in working with staff to improve Deakin’s student experience for yourself and fellow students? Got some brilliant ideas? We want to hear from you!
Deakin is inviting up to eleven passionate students to form a Student Advisory Group with the goal of improving eVALUate survey engagement.
What is a Student Advisory Group?
Student Advisory Groups are diverse collections of Deakin students assembled when staff find that a project, problem or initiative would benefit from a student perspective. The groups can make recommendations, provide feedback, test ideas, help influence decisions, act as a sounding board or assist staff for current or future work, governance or policy.
Help improve eVALUate survey engagement
Deakin uses the eVALUate survey, offered for every unit at the end of each study period, as one of the main sources for students to provide their feedback to ensure that teaching, course content and the student journey are high quality.
Unfortunately, the number of students completing their eVALUate surveys has decreased over time, with as few as two or three students from some units responding. This makes it harder for us to collect meaningful feedback to inspire improvements in teaching and learning.
As part of this advisory group, you would help:
- provide feedback on past and current student experience with eVALUate surveys and current initiatives and strategies for eVALUate delivery
- identify motivations, enablers, challenges and barriers of responding to eVALUate surveys and
- find opportunities and propose resources to enable student motivation and improved response rates
- explore communication methods, formats, timings and channels that may improve student response rates.
If selected, you’ll be expected to attend up to four 60 – 90 minute online meetings through to October 2024.
How to apply
This Student Advisory Group is recruiting for two roles:
- 1 x Student Administrator. This position is an employed HEW3 casual professional with 20 hours of work through to October 2024. As a leadership position, you will work with staff partners and fellow Student Advisors to help coordinate and co-chair meetings, assist staff with admin and co-write the final report.
- 10 x Student Advisors. Student Advisors are remunerated for only the meeting times with a $30/hour gift card. Your role is critical in providing feedback and advice to staff as you work towards the group’s goals.
Please note, you must indicate which role you are applying for in your personal statement. If you don’t indicate your preference, we will assume you are applying for the voluntary Student Advisor position.
Find out more
You can find out more details and express your interest through the DeakinTALENT listing. If you have any further questions, contact us on [email protected].
Apply now to get involved and you could help improve teaching and learning at Deakin!