Best practices

Student participation is an issue of great importance to most Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The different modules of this MOOC show the wide range of this topic. Each HEI has its own way of implementing the concept of student participation. With the following best practice examples we would like to give you an insight into the different approaches and give you a feeling for the roles you can take on as a student.


Student health advisory board

SHAB@CUAS

Student Health Advisory Board at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences

The Student Health Advisory Board deals with “issues related to the promotion of study skills, motivation, health and general well-being. The SHAB@CUAS team will independently and self-determinedly define and prioritise important topics, develop, pilot and evaluate suitable measures in accordance with the motto ‘by students for students’”.

Source: Limaruti A., Mir E.: Projektstart “SHAB@CUAS” (Student Health Advisory Board at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences), in ÖGPH (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Public Health) Newsletter, März 2021