The creation of the central Student Experience division in May 2022, and the subsequent appointment of a Deputy Director (Echo Zhou) acting as a focal point for international student experience and support, is set to advocate for the inclusion of international students in the design of services and opportunities, enabling the university to seek out insight into their views and experience and acting on it.
This project involves building a collaborative partnership to deliver enhancement and intervention using intelligence from student voice and research-informed, sector-informed good practice, with the relevant Academic Director (Lee Griffins for PGT) and many internal stakeholders, including:
- Student Opportunity (Careers, Employer Connect)
- Marketing, Sight & Communications (Insight, Comms, recruitment, Social Media etc.)
- Student Immigration
- Alumni & Supporter Engagement
- Student Union
- Enterprise
- Doctoral College
- Academic departments such as WBS
The project received endorsement by the International Committee (March 2024) and SLEEC (May 2024) and concluded in November 2024. Full project report will be made available in February 2025.