Consultancy

We can offer our consultancy services. To work with us, please email the Listening Rooms inbox or get in contact through our Contact us page for more details about Listening Rooms.

Publications

• Parkin, H.J. & Heron, E. (2022). Innovative methods for positive institutional change: The Listening Rooms Project and student and staff ‘voice’. Educational Developments, 23.3.
• Parkin, H. J., Heron, E. & Jacobi, M. (2022). What do students think? Evaluating academic advising across an institution using the Listening Rooms method In Lochtie, D., Stork, A. and Walker, B.W. (eds) The Higher Education Personal Tutor’s and Advisor’s Companion. St Albans: Critical Publishing.
• Heron, E. (2020). Friendship as method: reflections on a new approach to understanding student experiences in higher education. Journal Of Further And Higher Education, 1-15. doi: 10.1080/0309877x.2018.1541977

External Workshops

• Parkin, H.J. & Heron, E. (2019) Student Voice – Listening Matters! Student Engagement workshop, UCL, November 7^th
• Heron, E (2018) Listening Rooms OFFA/SRHE Access and Widening Participation Seminar, Bristol, January 25^th

Consultancy Workshops

• Listening Rooms methodology training session, University of Liverpool, June 21^st 2022 (Emma Heron & Helen J Parkin)
• Listening Rooms with University of Kent, January – June 2022 (Emma Heron & Helen J Parkin)

Conferences

• Heron, E & Parkin, H.J (2021) Listening matters and listening works: effective and meaningful institutional change through friendship conversations and democratic decisions. An exploration of two methods Advance HE Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference, March 16^th – 18^th
• Heron, E. (2019) Listening Rooms: a Qualitative method for better listening Symposium: How can we meaningfully listen to students’ voices to shape widening participation policy & practice? Creativity, criticality and conformity in Higher Education SRHE Annual Research Conference, Celtic Manor, Newport, South Wales, December 11^th – 13^th
• Parkin, H.J. & Heron, E. (2019) Listening Matters! The challenge of genuine listening in a higher education setting for the purpose of change Methodological Innovation to meet 21^st century challenges: Manchester University, Manchester, June 10^th
• Heron, E & O’Brien. S. (2019) The anticipation, expectation and reality of belonging to the teaching profession: Listening to sixth formers, trainee teachers and recently qualified teachers 10^th TEAN (Teacher Education Advancement Network) Conference, Conference Aston, Birmingham, May 10^th
• Parkin, H.J. & Heron, E (2018) Using Innovative Methodologies to Listen to the Student Voice and Stimulate Change RAISE Conference: Working Better Together, Sheffield September 5^th-7^th
• Heron, E, Dillon-Herne, C & Pearson, C (2018) Learner Voices and the Art of Listening RAISE Conference: Working Better Together, Sheffield September 5^th-7^th
• Heron, E. & Coleman, C. (2017) The Student Voice, Cross-institutional evaluation and NUS benchmarking NACADA Annual Conference, University of Sheffield, July 13^th
• Heron, E. (2017) Friendship as method.  Reflections on a new approach to understanding the student experience SHULTA17 Conference: The Quality Paradox: Creativity and Compliance in a TEF World, Sheffield, June 29^th

Awards

• We are the winner of the Student Experience award at The Guardian University Awards 2020.

• We are the winner of UKAT Institutional Award for Innovation in Advising and Tutoring 2023.
• We have been shortlisted for the Most Innovative Approach To Support Students category at HE Innovate Awards 2022.

Last updated: 20th August 2024 NB