Teaching and Learning Conference 2019: Managing student expectations using the ‘ideal’ university student survey: Induction with Design Engineering undergraduates

With the marketisation of higher education students are increasingly constructed as consumers with diverse and increased expectations. We recognise the challenges of the transition from school to university where students are often unclear what is expected of them. This session demonstrates an innovative method that generates discussion with students on what it means to be a university student. We will discuss how we use the ‘ideal’ university student survey (developed from an ongoing project) as part of induction exercises in an Engineering programme at a pre-92 English university to address potential mismatches between student and staff expectations.