UNITU WEBINARS
Lunch & Learn Series: Amplifying Student Voices with Unitu – Insights from Warwick SMLC




Event Overview
Date: 9th April, 2024
Time: 12pm- 1pm UK
In this free webinar, you will discover more about SMLC’s (School of Modern Languages and Cultures) successful results in empowering student representatives with guidance, direction, and transparency using Unitu. This platform serves as the backbone for productive collaborations between faculty members, academics, staff, and students.
Our SMLC champion, Margaux Whiskin, from the University of Warwick, will share firsthand experiences on how her department simplified the feedback gathering, fostered transparency, and enhanced student engagement in her department.
Why is it relevant to your department?
The lessons learned and the best practices achieved in SLMC are transferable to any other department within Warwick.
If you’d like to achieve any of these in your department, then we’d encourage you to sign up:
- Give students a clear and transparent voice
- Empower your student representatives
- Conduct productive student-staff liaison meetings with easy feedback gathering and structured agendas
- Close the feedback loop to inform students about the outcome of the meetings
- Provide a clear and transparent platform where students and staff work collaboratively to improve the student experience
Key takeaways include:
- How reps can gather representative feedback before termly meetings
- How structured agendas and Unitu’s action logs enhance meeting productivity, especially benefiting faculty members and academic administrators
- How to amplify student voices, providing a platform to share feedback in an open and collaborative way
- Learn how to drive positive change in the student experience with the help of Unitu
Who Should Attend
This webinar is designed for department heads, faculty members, academic administrators, policymakers, and anyone interested in enhancing student engagement and feedback processes within their departments.
Reserve Your Spot
Join us for this insightful session to learn from SLMC’s best practices to amplify student voices and drive positive change within your department
Speakers
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Margaux WhiskinAssistant Professor at University of Warwick SMLC |
Host

Bruno Morche
Customer Success Manager at Unitu
Speaker Profile

Margaux Whiskin
Assistant Professor at University of Warwick SMLC
Dr. Margaux Whiskin is a distinguished scholar with a rich academic background and a passion for comparative literature. Her doctoral research at the University of St Andrews explored the intricate relationship between narrative structure and philosophical discourse in works such as Tristram Shandy and Jacques le fataliste. Beyond her scholarly pursuits, Dr. Whiskin has made significant contributions to academia, serving as an academic convenor for the SSLC at her department, the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, for the last 10 years. She has also taken on leadership roles such as the Student Voice lead and Student Engagement Coordinator for the Arts Faculty, ensuring that student perspectives are valued and integrated into decision-making processes.
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