The Benefits of an Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Placement Scheme in Mathematics and Statistics

Student engagement (or the ‘student voice’) is very much at the forefront of Higher Education at present. In 2009 it was identified by the Higher Education Academy as a priority area, though as noted by Duah & Croft [1] it is not always obvious what this means for Mathematics and Statistics. Student engagement is often taken to mean involving students more in their own learning, or in that of others. Students who are more engaged are generally more satisfied but are also more likely to fulfil their potential at university (see e.g. Trowler [2] for a review of the literature on student engagement and its benefits).