Student open access publishing offers a useful avenue for academic information literacy in preparation for real-world experiences. Worthwhile drivers of connected learning, digital research and institutional repositories are practical ecosystems for conveying the complexities of the economics and ethics of information creation, access, and use. Drawing on essential concepts, NSUWorks exemplifies a dynamic tool for learners’ engagement with the research lifecycle and for fostering dispositions of critical thinking, reading, and composing for success and professional development.
Working in partnership with students is a sophisticated and effective way of developing student engagement and enhancing learning and teaching. Partnership with students is a central theme of the HEA’s work and cuts across our other key areas of assessment, employability, flexible pedagogies and retention and success. That's why we provide a range of tools and guidance to support student partnership development.