Abstract
Framed by the current higher education agendas and debates, the introduction presents the rationale for this edited volume. It situates the student–staff partnership case studies that constitute the core of the book within the institutional context of the University of Surrey, UK, and provides an overview of the university-wide initiative to establish and support these research partnerships. The chapter also outlines how the project team provided ongoing developmental opportunities to the participants throughout the life of the project. It then introduces the four parts of the book: (1) Collaboration and Creativity: Exploring Innovative Partnership Approaches; (2) Evaluating Teaching and Learning Approaches; (3) Partnership Approaches to Assessment, Feedback, and Student–Staff Dialogue and (4) Student–Staff Partnerships: Reflections and Considerations, as well as each of the individual chapters within the parts.