Welcome to the website of sparqs (student partnerships in quality Scotland), funded by the Scottish Funding Council. 

Key sparqs models

SLE model
Scotland's Ambition for Student Partnership
Student Engagement Framework

Updated Induction Resource for Academic Rep Co-ordinators

We are pleased to announce an update to our induction resource for new academic representation co-ordinators and similar students’ association staff. The Induction guide for Academic Representation Co-ordinators contains helpful information for any new students’ association or institution staff member…

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Welcome to our new Development Consultants

We are delighted to announce that we have appointed two new Development Consultants to the sparqs staff team, Cerys Davies and Sophie Kennedy. Between them they bring a great balance of knowledge and expertise and we look forward to working…

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Updated education officer induction and outduction resources

We are delighted to announce our annual update to our induction and outduction resources for education officers, designed to support institutions and students’ associations during their annual officer handover processes. The two updated resources are: Education officer induction resource Education officer outduction resource…

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That's Quality!

10 Aug 2026 - 12 Aug 2026

This event is part of a two-part programme: The online self-study module should be completed prior to…

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Welcome to our new Development Consultants

We are delighted to announce that we have appointed two new Development Consultants to the sparqs staff team, Cerys Davies and Sophie Kennedy. Between them they bring a great balance of knowledge and expertise and we look forward to working…

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Updated Induction Resource for Academic Representation Co-ordinators

We are pleased to announce an update to our induction resource for new academic representation co-ordinators and similar students’ association staff. The Induction guide for Academic Representation Co-ordinators contains helpful information for any new students’ association or institution staff member…

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Have you booked your That's Quality! places?

A reminder that our annual That's Quality! programme for student officers and students’ association staff is still open for summer 2026 bookings!  Students' associations - please think about which of your officers and staff need to attend and get them registered…

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sparqs is funded by the Scottish Funding Council.