Partnership as an entangled space of becoming: Reflections on a collaborative journey

This reflection captures the collaborative journey of two staff members and two former students at a university, beginning in 2019 and continuing through the Covid-19 pandemic. We examine why we engaged in Student-Staff Partnership (SSP) projects, exploring our motivations, evolving understandings of partnership, and the challenges we faced. Despite difficulties, our collaboration being rooted in Freirean principles of hope, transformation, dialogue, and collaboration endured. Our iterative co-creation as partners, students, and staff has been shaped by, shared with, in and through conversations, contexts, and environments. This paper reflects that process, weaving our individual reflections into a cohesive narrative.