Student Experience and Engagement SIG
About the Student Experience and Engagement SIG
AHEP’s Student Experience and Engagement SIG was launched in April 2019 to bring together staff within this diverse field of work. We want to create a hub of activity for all of those working within the areas of student experience and/or student engagement. We also want to help those working in other professional areas to understand more about student experience and engagement work.
We’re delighted that over 200 people have already joined the SIG and we’re keen to ensure that this keeps growing to encompass every region – and eventually every institution – in the UK.
What can you expect from the Student Experience and Engagement SIG?
– Give you a space to SHARE best practice, methods of working, and approaches to enhancing the student experience – Create opportunities for you to LEARN about this relatively new and exciting area of work within higher education
– Facilitate COLLABORATION between different institutions on innovative projects to improve the student experience
– Help you to CONTRIBUTE to wider debates around the sector through online discussions, conferences and other events
To access more information and become a member of this SIG, sign into your AHEP account. Not an AHEP member? Join now!
Meet the Coordinators
Siobhan Dumphy, Student Experience and Engagement Lead Coordinator
Associate Director, Education
Kings College London
Siobhan has worked in Higher Education since 2009 in a range of roles across Library Services, Employability, Student Recruitment, Marketing and Student Engagement; her experiences across these roles have led her to be passionate about the student journey and providing students with the best University experience possible. This passion feeds perfectly into the work she undertakes with the AHEP SEE SIG where alongside David and Chris she brings together colleagues from across the sector to share best practice and engage in a supportive community with student experience at its heart.
Siobhan is currently a Associate Director at Kings College London.
Chris Whitehead, Student Experience and Engagement Deputy Coordinator
Communications Lead
University of Surrey
Chris works at the University of Surrey as their Communications Lead, delivering the communications and engagement workstream for one of Surrey’s strategic programmes. Chris has a passionate background in marketing and comms across sport, leisure and education, and enjoys delivering campaigns and messages that resonate with audiences, brings communities together, and drives action. Chris’ role at Deputy Coordinator for the Student Experience and Engagement Network fuels his interest in the industry collaborating to create positive and enriching educational and life experiences for students across the world.
Nissy Cheema, Student Experience and Engagement Deputy Coordinator
Liaison Officer (Conduct and Resolution)
University of Warwick
Nissy works at the University of Warwick as a Liaison Officer in the Conduct and Resolution team, supporting individuals who have disclosed being affected by bullying, harassment, discrimination, hate incidents, sexual misconduct and/or relationship abuse. As well as supporting individuals with a trauma informed approach, she leads on institutional projects, campaigns, and workshops in this space.
Prior to this, she has held leadership roles in UK HE across Registry, Student Services and Partnership teams in Assessment, International Student Support, Regulation, Policy and Compliance.
Nissy is passionate about celebrating diversity and difference on the learning journey, addressing gender-based violence on campus, and creating a sense of belonging for GEM (Global Ethnic Majority) students in Higher Education.
Nissy’s role as one of the Deputy Coordinators for the Student Experience and Engagement SIG allows her to learn, share and collaborate with others in the sector who are part of the student experience and engagement community.