Intervention Feedback from my peers

“Establishing a network for students who don’t have one.” (Ignacia)

“Access to experts is fantastic!”, “Can this be the start of a network that students can extend on?” (Kuljeet)

“Network > Expert encounter UK!” , “Can it be applied to other contexts?” (Julia)

Barriers to seeking help: > language & cultural understanding / Network > Expert encounter UK!

Reflection post feedback

After having received feedback from my peers and my tutor

• Firstly, I would change the name to Expertise Exchange or simply Connect (still thinking about it), because I now think it is misleading and doesn’t reflect my original intention at all. Admittedly, it didn’t even occur to me that it could be understood as a top-down old school knowledge transfer. For Tim, Expert Encounter sounded like if ‘the one with knowledge’ is invited to be the white high achiever lecturing the attendees on what they should do, reinforcing power dynamics. And now I can see it clearly too! I’m so glad about this feedback. Imagine! In my intervention, I didn’t mention, who I envisioned the experts to be, which were mostly Asian (alumni and staff).
• A common theme of the feedback was that my peers envisioned my intervention with building the foundation of a network, and some became very excited about it. Ignacia said, when she came to study, she would have loved to do a session such as the one I proposed. I really like this future extension idea.