Learning together and expanding horizons: reflections on a student—lecturer collaborative enquiry

Abstract

Abstract The paper reports on findings from a 2011 ESCalate-funded project, Assessment Reassessed. Three student—lecturer research teams engaged in collaborative enquiry with education studies programmes at six universities in the UK. The paper draws on the reflections of students and lecturers who took part to consider the possibilities and difficulties of this approach for research. It explores the complex dynamics of making and maintaining research teams, and the potential for learning together and expanding horizons. In providing an account of the rich potential of student—lecturer collaborative enquiry, it concludes by reflecting on the lessons all participants took from the process.