Taking off the academic ‘armour’: Exploring notions of co-creation within a selective UK university via a student-staff partnership.

Authors

  • Damien Homer University of Warwick
  • Lily Rose Fitzmaurice
  • Oluwalanaire Aderemi
  • Pula Prakash
  • Naomi de la Tour
  • Mairi Macintyre

Abstract

This case study sought to explore notions of co-creation and co-creation practices, from both student and staff perspectives, at a single research-intensive university in central England.  The article explores and provides insight into how co-creation is understood and practiced at an institutional level. Students and staff at the University of Warwick co-led the research through a philosophy of partnership. The authors adopted a qualitative approach to the data, conducting twenty semi-structured interviews over several months. Interviewees included students and academic/professional services staff.  While noting the benefits of co-creation identified by our research participants, the paper suggests that the co-creation concept needs to be better understood through critical reflection and engagement to cultivate richer co-creative practices. The paper argues that a critical aspect of this engagement is openly acknowledging power implications in co-creative spaces within a Higher Education (HE) context.

 

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2023-05-16

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Homer, D., Fitzmaurice, L. R. ., Aderemi, O. ., Prakash, P. ., de la Tour, N., & Macintyre, M. . (2023). Taking off the academic ‘armour’: Exploring notions of co-creation within a selective UK university via a student-staff partnership. Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal, 4(3), 136–149. Retrieved from https://sehej.raise-network.com/raise/article/view/1138

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