Welcome to the website of sparqs (student partnerships in quality Scotland). Funded by the Scottish Funding Council, we are a publicly-funded agency for Scotland's university and college sectors which aims to support student engagement in the quality of the learning experience. For an overview of what we do, view our video and our Strategic Plan for 2019-22. We hope you find our website informative, but please contact us if we can help in any way. Access our COVID-19 information hub for details of our provision during the pandemic.
Please note that our Twitter/X account is temporarily down... it should be back up soon!
Our recruitment for 2024-25 Associate Trainers is still open!
sparqs' 2024-25 Associate Trainer recruitment is still open for applications - deadline 9.00am, Monday 20th May 2024! Calling all student reps! Do you have experience as a course/apprentice or other representative role? Will you be a student or apprentice during 2024-25? ....if so, and you…
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Interview with Professor Alastair Robertson, Glasgow Caledonian University
In this interview, we talk to Professor Alastair Robertson, Director of the Graduate School at Glasgow Caledonian University. He was until recently Pro Vice Chancellor for Learning and Teaching at GCU and has 30 years’ experience working in the HE…
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Tertiary Quality Enhancement Framework (TQEF) briefing webpage for students, officers and SA staff
sparqs has been working closely with the Scottish Funding Council on the Tertiary Quality Project and the co-creation of Scotland’s Tertiary Quality Enhancement Framework (TQEF), which is the new approach to quality assurance and enhancement for Scotland’s colleges and universities. To…
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That's Quality! Colleges
15 Jul 2024
This event is a three-part package, as detailed below. ~ Part 1: half-day college online event - Monday…
Read more...That's Quality! Universities
15 Jul 2024
This event is a three-part package, as detailed below. ~ Part 1: half-day university online event - Monday…
Read more...Book now for our That's Quality! 2024 event!
We are pleased to announce that our annual That's Quality! programme for student officers and students’ association staff is now open for bookings! The 2024 event is split into three parts: The first part of That’s Quality! is a half-day, sector-specific online…
Read More...We are still recruiting student Associate Trainers for 2024-25
A reminder that sparqs' 2024-25 Associate Trainer recruitment is still open for applications - deadline 9.00am, Monday 20th May 2024! Calling all student reps! Do you have experience as a course/apprentice or other representative role? Will you be a student or apprentice during 2024-25? ....if…
Read More...Some prompts for planning for the year ahead!
A few prompts and reminders which might be helpful to students' associations and institutions around this time of year, some of which we’ve already flagged in recent articles…. Course Rep Training planning As noted in our April news article about CRT planning,…
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