Studiosity research – student academic skills support and academic staff wellbeing
What is the experience of educators and staff with Studiosity? In 2022-2023, Professor Liz Thomas (Liz Thomas Associates Ltd) ran one-to-one interviews, focus groups, and analysed student engagement data from four universities. Read the full story on the key benefits for staff that were identified.
1. Reassurance: Staff said they could see how Studiosity helps students demonstrate and critique their own academic understanding without reteaching curricula-based content.
2. Serving more students: Teachers described Studiosity as "both an early and first port of call," serving high numbers of students, while remaining consistent with the university's empathetic and personalised approach. Staff also reported that students who used Studiosity become more engaged with student services more generally.
3. Strength-based approach: Staff discussed upcoming plans to embed Studiosity into the assessment process, to make formative feedback routine for all students, in line with broader university policy to shift away from student engagement driven by exception or academic deficit.
4. Improving workload: Referring students to Studiosity reduced marking workload because students submitted more thoughtful written assignments including critique of their own ideas. Staff also reported that referring students to Studiosity supported them to focus on transition and more targeted study skills support, rather than additional workload tasks on an often unmanageable scale.
You can see the full study and results in this webinar recording: . Encourage students to access the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Studiosity service by clicking through from the Studiosity tile under the Assignment Help tool in their MyUni courses.