The Student Engagement, Evaluation and Research (STEER) team support and conduct evaluation, research and analysis of the student experience, in ways which support the ambition to be the world's leading applied university.
Our work is aligned to the Student Experience, Teaching and Learning priority area and works to provide an evidence base for ensuring consistently excellent performance across the whole student lifecycle; an excellent student experience; innovation in academic practice; delivering our access and participation targets; and a strong TEF performance. This is achieved by employing a range of research methodologies and triangulating sources of data within the institution and with external partners/funders.
In addition, we aim to create an evaluative culture where new and existing activity can be designed, implemented and evaluated. We achieve this through modelling evaluative methods for large scale strategic projects and capacity building for staff and students to engage with evaluation at the outset.
Drawing on the Office for Students Evaluation Framework, all approaches to evaluation at Hallam should:
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provide an evidence informed rationale for why the institution is undertaking all new and continuing activities and interventions
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build evaluation of clearly defined objectives into all activities/interventions at the point of design
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adequately resource and plan all evaluative activity, including obtaining ethical approval
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ensure that pathways for the dissemination of findings are clear so that contextual learning of 'what works' is an outcome.
For more information on our research and evaluation activity, please visit our blog pages.
