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SUMMARY:Maths education seminar: Jean-Baptiste Gramain on working with st
 udents as partners to build community
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DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jean-Baptiste Gramain (University of Aberdeen)\nTitl
 e: SMEG! Working with students as partners to create opportunities and f
 oster a sense of community.\nAbstract: I launched the Student-led Maths 
 Education Group (SMEG) in October 2025\, with a group of 10 undergraduat
 e students keen to get involved in discussions to improve the provision 
 of Maths courses. From the very first meeting\, it became obvious that w
 hat these SMEG-Heads craved the most was a sense of community\, built on
  bonds among students and between staff and students.\n\nIn this talk\, 
 I will present the various activities\, social or academic\, SMEG has be
 en running over the year\, and the impact they had on their fellow stude
 nts.\n\nThe main project SMEG-Heads led was the design and implementatio
 n of new strategies for running tutorials and stimulate students’ group 
 interactions. In addition to their conclusions and recommendations for f
 uture classes\, I will discuss the impact the project had on SMEG-Heads 
 themselves\, and how it developed their own sense of belonging to a comm
 unity of learning.\n\nFrom a staff perspective\, working with SMEG has s
 hed new light on the student experience\, and provided a framework for c
 onstructive conversations with students which will inform the future tea
 ching delivery in Maths and other disciplines.\n\nThrough this talk\, I 
 aim to demonstrate that working in partnership with students can be a fr
 uitful and rewarding experience in community-building\, and contribute t
 o the long-term fostering of belonging in learning communities.
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Online only this week\, Alan Turing Building\, Manchester
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