Author Archives: Laurence Georgin
A Word to the Wise: How being a Feedback Champion can change your frame of mind (by Laura Rusu)
August 11, 2014
I embarked on this project with much enthusiasm. I love my university and enjoyed every moment spent here but there is always room for improvement. To me, it wasn’t just about students’ views on feedback. It was the opportunity to change students’ experience at Southampton for the better and encourage academics, scholars and people across […]
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Being a Southampton Feedback Champion: Impressions from a student representative (by Giles Howard)
June 20, 2014
When I first received the email about Feedback Champions, I knew immediately I wanted to do it – I represent the students of the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering in countless meetings, and if there’s one topic that invariably comes up, it is feedback and “what students think about feedback” – a question that […]
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Being a Southampton Feedback Champion: impressions from a post-graduate student (by Kristina Stuart)
June 6, 2014
I must confess, I applied to be a Southampton Feedback Champion initially because it offered the practical experience I needed to complement a master’s qualification in Sociology and Social Policy; and it was some extra shoe-shopping money. However, after the first meeting I realised the importance of this program’s mandate. Feedback Champions offered students the […]
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Being a Southampton Feedback Champion: first impressions (by Magdalena Siembab)
May 12, 2014
When I first heard about the Feedback Champions project – I thought: “how can one be a feedback champion? What is it all about?” I was confused but in the same time the title drawn my attention. And so I joined. From the beginning we were thrown in at the deep end. I was supposed […]
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The Southampton Feedback Champions project has now started!
March 20, 2014
Back in February, we received loads of very interesting applications from over 50 students across the University. Sadly, we couldn’t take everybody on board but 24 lucky students, undergraduate and postgraduate, were chosen to be part of the Southampton Feedback Champions project. The first briefing session was an overview of the project and students had […]
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Recruiting: Southampton Feedback Champions
February 7, 2014
Help us find good feedback! To all undergraduate and postgraduate students: Take part in an exciting new project, develop your employability skills and get paid for your work! Southampton Feedback Champions is a new University initiative which aims to discover and share good practice in the delivery and use of feedback by staff and students. We […]
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