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Student Voice Hub

place Australia

An online platform designed by students for students

The Student Voice Hub (‘the Hub’) is an innovative and ambitious project designed by young people for young people. The Hub aims to bring students, teachers and everyone who is passionate about the opinions and ideas of young people together to create an online community focused on improving student voice, participation and agency.

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Overview

HundrED shortlisted this innovation

HundrED has shortlisted this innovation to one of its innovation collections. The information on this page has been checked by HundrED.

Web presence

2018

Established

1K

Children

1

Countries
Target group
All
Updated
July 2019
"You can talk to students from other schools and get different perspectives. Learn about the things happening at their schools and share whats happening at yours. Really collaborate and share ideas."

About the innovation

Student Voice Hub

The Student Voice Hub (‘the Hub’) is an innovative and ambitious project designed by young people for young people. The Hub aims to bring students, teachers and everyone who is passionate about the opinions and ideas of young people together to create an online community focused on improving student voice, participation and agency.

Student Voice is recognised as a key element of Student Wellbeing. We know that young people who find their own voice in supportive school environments are more likely to develop a confident voice, a capacity to act in the world, and a willingness to lead others.

The Hub is a safe digital space facilitating authentic student voice by providing opportunities for students to collaborate with other students and teachers to discuss issues and ideas important to them. Since launching the platform in July 2018 students have discussed issues ranging from mobile phone bans in classrooms to climate change and mental health. Students create an online profile, making them recognisable and accountable members of the online community. Students are not representing their school in this context allowing them to discuss issues first and foremost as a young person, rather than a student from a particular school.

The Student Voice Hub is constantly evolving and VicSRC is supporting students to grow the online community and make it their own. Where possible all content on the hub is written, moderated and curated by students. An initial usability research study was conducted in December 2018 (4 months post launch) to gain insights into how young people are using the hub. Participants saw value in joining an online community to connect with other students and learn about ways in which other schools are improving student voice. In particular, students enjoyed participating on the forums and polls, stating it made them feel as if their opinion mattered and like they were being listened to.

Implementation steps

Sign up to the Student Voice Hub!

Students Register here!

If you are an educator or organisation interested in the Student Voice Hub get in touch. We are developing more features for schools and teachers all the time!

Join a conversation

There is a forum that is only for students, so you must be a student member to post, but you can read what students are saying here!

We are working towards a forum space where teachers and students can collaborate and communicate together.

Check out the Resource Hub

Visit theResource Hub to find ideas, inspiration and resources to help you take action! There are a bunch of great free resources to get you started and you can access even more resources by creating an account!

If you would like to share a resource with others, we would love to hear from you!

Hear from students on the blog

A news source by students for students. Read the latest student writing on the Student Voice Hub Blog. If you are a student, you could also submit your story!

Get in touch

Interested in finding out more, including our plan to grow the hub in 2020? Get in touch.

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