Cardiff describes paid student partnership projects across teaching and learning

Updated Sep 07, 2026

Cardiff University’s Learning and Teaching Academy described its Student Experience Partners scheme in a 6 May 2026 account of a poster exhibition held on 29 April. It reports paid, trained student partners working with staff on teaching and learning projects. Cardiff account.

What the account describes

The exhibition contained more than 20 posters, covering some of the scheme’s projects. That is a poster count, not a verified total of completed projects. The account says around 35 students are trained each year and describes work on student-facing AI guidance, a Futures module, and equality, diversity and inclusion in chemistry.

These are institutional descriptions of activities and intended benefits. The post does not provide an evaluation design showing that the scheme improved learning or employability across the university. In particular, a planned module’s aims are not measured outcomes.

Cardiff’s broader student participation page also describes part-time employment and training, but gives a rounded figure of around 30 partners. The May account’s figure should therefore be attributed to that account, rather than presented as an exact current headcount. Student participation routes.

Questions for a local partnership scheme

Our practical suggestion is to make the role, payment, training and decision rights explicit. Ask what students can change, what remains the institution’s responsibility, and how disagreements will be recorded.

Project partners can contribute detailed experience, but their views should not be assumed to represent every student. Consider how other students can contribute, which perspectives are missing and whether participation demands exclude some groups.

Keep an evidence trail from the question through the project output to the decision. Where a project aims to improve an experience, plan how to assess implementation and outcomes separately from participation and positive testimonials.

Survey comments can help identify questions for a project or explore experiences after a change. Comparing comment themes alone cannot establish the scheme’s effect. The governance checklist can help scope an appropriate review.

Review note, 7 September 2026: distinguished posters from projects, attributed the approximate participant count, and separated reported activities and intended benefits from evaluated outcomes. Earlier recruitment dates are no longer presented as open opportunities.