Tania currently leads the new Student Engagement and Success provision within SAS focusing on student engagement, retention and success. She joined the University of Greenwich in July 2019 and previously worked in Greenwich Learning and Teaching (GLT) as Student & Staff Engagement Coordinator leading on student engagement activities in learning & teaching. In this role, she was the institutional project lead for the development of the Curriculum Framework and the SHIFT2021 L&T conference.
Tania completed the PgCert Student Engagement in Higher Education at the University of Winchester. Before joining Greenwich, she worked across Students' Unions and Universities, including Middlesex University where she was the institutional project lead for the TSEP Inclusive Engagement project exploring the experience of student representatives identifying as students of colour.
Tania is currently an External Trustee for a Students' Union. She was also previously a member of the student engagement network RAISE committee and a member of the QAA Student Strategic Advisory Committee.
Responsibilities within the university
Current Responsibilities
Welcome (Welcome Zones, Welcome Team calls, Welcome comms)
Peer mentoring scheme
Partnership with Charlton Athletic and other sports clubs
Support for specific student groups
Interventions linked to improving continuation, completion, sense of belonging
Student Voice: Programme Committee process
Collaboration with GSU on various projects incl. Retention Project
Attendance Monitoring
Withdrawals and Interruptions
Personal Tutor (FBus)
Mental Health/Physical First Aider
Current Committee Membership
Widening Participation Impact Steering Group
Registration and Welcome Steering Group
Stonewall Accreditation Steering Group
University Communications Forum
Previous institutional projects/initiatives
Curriculum Framework
SHIFT 2021
L&T Project 2020/21: Promoting peer assisted learning: the experience of the Graduate Teaching Demonstrators
Previous Committee Membership
University Student Experience Committee
Student Survey Sub-committee
BAME Awarding Gap Project Steering Group and Implementation Working Group
Curriculum Framework: Steering Group; Sustainability working group; Industry & student-led working group
SHIFT2021 Organising Committee
Development Partners
GLT Advisory Group (2019-20)
Covid-19 Response: Teaching and Student Experience Task and Finish Group
Covid-19 Response: Student Experience Task and Finish Group
University Health & Safety Committee (until March 2021)
Health & Safety Consultative Committee (until March 2021)
Recognition
External Trustee Beds Students' Union
AUA
RAISE Network (Researching, Advancing & Inspiring Student Engagement) Committee Member (2019-2022)
QAA Student Strategic Advisory Committee (2016-18)
Recent publications
Struetzel, T., Lewis, J. (2019) 'It's time to bring the student voice into debates about race', Wonkhe.
Available at: https://wonkhe.com/blogs/its-time-to-bring-the-student-voice-into-debates-about-race/
Struetzel, T., Lowe, T. (2019) 'Let's make student engagement work more inclusive', Wonkhe.
Available at: https://wonkhe.com/blogs/lets-make-student-engagement-work-more-inclusive/
Presentations
Struetzel, T., Mackey, C. , 'Building student-centric services: Unlocking Innovation in Student Engagement', Student Experience in Higher Education Conference 2022. (Invited speaker) Struetzel, T., Mackey, C. , 'Building student-centric services: Unlocking Innovation in Student Engagement', Medway Learning & Teaching Festival 2022. Struetzel, T., Mackey, C. , 'Building student-centric services: Unlocking Innovation in Student Engagement', RAISE Annual Conference 2022. Petrescu, D., Struetzel, T. et al., 'The Experience of the Graduate Teaching Demonstrators at the University of Greenwich', SRHE Annual Conference 2021. Petrescu, D., Struetzel, T. et al., 'The Experience of the Graduate Teaching Demonstrators at the University of Greenwich', University of Greenwich Faculty of Business Learning & Teaching Festival 2021.Struetzel, T., Doon, H., 'Student voice in the 'new normal' – creative approaches to influencing and shaping decision-making processes', QAA Evolving Student Engagement Digital Conference 2020. Struetzel, T., Lewis, J., How representative are our student representatives? The experience of students of colour in student engagement processes at Middlesex University, Sparqs conference 2019, Edinburgh. |