1. Section 1: Introduction
  2. Section 2: Why set up a student commission on learning?
  3. Section 3: Early planning
  4. Section 4: Getting the foundations right - engagement, energy and expectations
  5. Section 5: Implementation - the four key design features of a commission
  6. Section 6: Thinking ahead - phase 2 of your student commission

Section 4: Getting the foundations right - engagement, energy and expectations

For your student commission to have a widespread and lasting impact you will need lots of students and staff first to engage with the idea of the commission and to understand its purpose, and then to get involved in commission activity. You must try to avoid the commission coming across as an elite club of students and staff – the commission needs to actively share what it is doing and continually create opportunities for others to contribute to it. 

In this section of the toolkit you will find information about:

4.1 Securing support and commitment to senior leaders
4.2 Giving the commission status
4.3 Communicating with staff and students
4.4 Making the commission tangible