Students as Partners in Peer Review of Teaching: A Collaborative Model Involving the Students’ Union

In this paper we highlight the benefits of engaging with internal (academic reviewers and student reviewers) and external (Students’ Union) stakeholders in the implementation of a voluntary system of reviews of teaching in Higher Education. In particular, we describe our experience in introducing such a model in a research-intensive institution in the UK and reflect on the conditions and challenges for such a scheme to bring positive change in terms of teaching practices, academic culture and student experience.