The Digital Literacies Student Champions in the University of Southampton are now working closely with academics. Students from a range of disciplines have been selected to work alongside academics to support the students and develop the digital literacies skills of academics. This pilot scheme was funded in part by the Education Enhancement Fund and the Widening Participation Fund along with core funding from the Centre of Innovation in Technologies and Education and its takes the Digichamps a stage further in the development of Digital Literacies across the University.
The students working with academic teams are:
Social Sciences (Politics)
Rebekah Kulidzan & Nathan Jenkins - UG
Academic team: Russell Bentley & Justin Murphy)
Humanities (History & Modern Languages)
Maxime Perrott UG (History)
Chris Stanford UG (Modern Languages)
Academics : Alessia Plutino & Eleanor Quince
Health Sciences
Tracey Davies PGR
Academic lead: Julie Wintrup
Faculty Social and Human Sciences (Psychology)
Andy Sugden UG
Academic: Ed Redhead
Medicine
TBC
Academic: Suzie Rebello-Hopkins
Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences
(Biological Sciences)
Chris McGeehan
Academic team: Judith Lock
The DL Digichamps are working with Fiona Harvey who offers advice and guidance around innovative academic practices and supports the development of the Champions.
For more information about this programme and coordination of Champion Networks across the University please contact Fiona Harvey.
Students as partners and engaging with Academics across the University of Southampton. This is a formalisation of the project involving Students, part of the Digital Literacies Project funded by the Student Centredness Fund in 2012 and continued by CITE.