Abstract
The Student Panel Session at the 2021 STARS Conference concluded the formal presentations for the event. At this session, students from the tertiary sector shared with delegates their personal experiences in higher education and thoughts concerning the messages and insights gained from the conference experience. The students had responded to an invitation from Student Voice Australia to participate in the conference, be part of the Panel, and were encouraged to attend the keynote presentations across the event. Delegates had the opportunity to present questions to the students. For the purposes of this feature, the editors have summarised and edited the transcript to present the key points of each discussion, including questions and comments from delegates. Panel members have approved the editorial interpretations of their comments.
Highlights
The concluding formal session of the 2021 STARS Conference was a student panel discussion, chaired by Professor Ron Oliver, STARS Fellow and Piper Bell, Student Voice Australia (SVA) Coordinator
SVA is currently hosted by the University of Adelaide, Australia under the leadership of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Learning) Professor Phil Levy, and is joined by 16 member institutions working to develop and sustain a culture of student partnership in governance nationally
Working under the guidance of the STEPUP Principles (Varnham, 2017), the SVA develops student, staff, and institutional capabilities to engage in governance and decision-making processes within tertiary education institutions by developing guides and training resources, sharing case studies and exemplars, and connecting staff and student practitioners together through national networking opportunities and events
Summary
The concluding formal session of the 2021 STARS Conference was a student panel discussion, chaired by Professor Ron Oliver, STARS Fellow and Piper Bell, Student Voice Australia (SVA) Coordinator. I came to university a bit later in life, so before I came to Deakin as an undergrad I was bouncing around in hospitality and it was a great time and I don't want to disparage the people that work in hospitality, but I looked at my managers and I thought, Feature you're nice people but I really don't want to be you, I don't want to be in your job It still took me a very long time to figure out what it was I wanted to do, so I’m in higher education, I’m researching higher education. The extent of career education with high school students shouldn't just be you're really good at maths and science you might get a high ATAR you can go and do medicine It should be a little bit more complex than that so that students can be making informed choices about their future studies and their future lives before they even get to universities. Be so annoyingly squeaky that management has to oil you down to solve that issue because it's absolutely horrible that a student's internship is one week away from completion when perhaps you could be having a conversation on how you can we work around that rule, could it be done virtually? Can it be done in a different way? Can it be done in the community? Be squeaky because you know that sitting there and taking it doesn't really get you anywhere
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