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We are looking for the best suggestion as to how to improve student engagement with us.

A report published by the NUS cites the following definition of student engagement:

“Student engagement” means involving students as active participants in the development, delivery, management and improvement of their educational experience.

It cited this account of why student engagement is important:

The Cross-Sector Group has also defined why they consider student engagement to be important: Universities are communities of learning achieved through a partnership between staff and students. A committed partnership between students, as active participants, and the staff at an institution will open up possibilities for authentic and constructive dialogue, offering the opportunity for more holistic and reflective feedback and enhancement of learning.

How might this engagement in PAIS be improved?

A Prize Competition

If you have a suggestion for how to improve this type of engagement in PAIS, we want to hear from you! Submit your idea(s) by 3 March 2013 for review. There is a £200 cash prize for the best suggestion, and all suggestions will be taken on board as we seek to improve the way that staff and students work together to improve our department.

This competition is open to any student taking a module in PAIS, whether you are taking one of our degree programmes or not.

Hungry for Feedback is the SU’s annual campaign gathering student opinions on the feedback they receive from their departments. This year they will be focusing on the quality rather than the timeliness of the feedback.

The aim of the survey is to help the SU find out what the students believe is the most beneficial feedback and to recognise where they are particularly happy with the feedback provided. We will also be aiming to put together a “good feedback guidebook” that will be useful for students to know what they expect, postgraduates that teach for some extra guidance, and departments looking to improve their feedback quality.

has been credited in the oscar nominated, and Sundance Award winning, documentary "The Square" due to his kickstarter support for the documentary.

Directed by Jehane Noujaim (Control Room, Startup.com, Rafea: Solar Mama), the documentary looks at the Egyptian Revolution over a two and a half year period by giving an immersive and on the ground view of events. It transports the viewer into a deeply emotional dramaand personal stories behind the news. It is the inspirational story of young people claiming their rights, struggling through multiple forces, in the fight to create a society of conscience.

The Square is now available on .

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The Ethics of Cyber-Activism Workshop is to be held with the support of the and the at the 91福利 on the 21st February in the DigiLab on the 91福利 Campus.

Topics to be addressed:

• How best can we define Cyber-activism and relate it to other uses of the web?
• What are the ethical implications of Cyber-activism, and how do these differ from the implications of other forms of political activism?
• In what respects is Cyber-activism a new way of participating in the political and social life of contemporary societies?

For further information, please see the website: or contact Dr. (M.Taddeo@warwick.ac.uk)

If you would like to attend this workshop, please email Mrs. Shona Parsons s.m.parsons@warwick.ac.uk

Would you like to be involved with your student newspaper? The Boar's News section is recruiting new writers to join the team, reporting on all events from Varsity 2014 to the SU elections. Please email news@theboar.org to get involved!