UNIC 13_1 Managing Large-Scale Near-Peer Programs: Lessons from the University of Liège (Belgium) (English)

This workshop is part of UNIC InterTeach: intercultural and innovative teaching and learning – UNIC’s professional development programme for university teachers under the theme ‘Inclusive Education’.

In the workshop you will meet university educators of partner-universities of the UNIC-Alliance, who are based in: Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey.

The goal of the workshop is to introduce two large-scale near-peer programs implemented at the University of Liège since the 2019–2020 academic year—SI-PASS and PEPPS—and to provide an inside view of how such programs are developed, managed, monitored, and sustained at institutional scale.

In this international setting you will explore SI-PASS, a peer-learning program based on the Supplemental Instruction model, and PEPPS, a home-grown peer-mentoring program. Drawing on several years of implementation, coordination, and research, you will examine the recruitment and training of student leaders and buddies, collaboration with faculties and other stakeholders, the promotion of participation, implementation challenges, meaningful data collection, and the use of evidence for continuous improvement. Presentations will be combined with discussion and comparison with participants’ own institutional contexts.

The workshop will take place online via Microsoft Teams ​​and be held in English ​​(lingua franca).​​​​​​

Attention: This UNIC course is part of the extended module Feedback & Evaluation. AEs awarded for participation in this UNIC course will be credited for Feedback & Evaluation only.​​

This workshop is conducted by Dr. Dominique Verpoorten, University of Liège (Belgium) – IFRES, Teaching & Learning Centre.