Advantages of SI-PASS

Benefits for higher education institutions

SI-PASS contributes to a significant reduction in student drop-out rates, leading to a higher proportion of students successfully completing courses and programmes. 

Benefits for participating students 

Participation in SI-PASS enhances students' chances of achieving better grades in their coursework. Beyond subject knowledge, SI-PASS equips students with valuable skills like effective learning strategies and networking with peers. Students also improve skills like 

• critical thinking
• group presentation abilities
• problem-solving
• teamwork and cooperation.

Benefits for SI-PASS leaders

Perhaps the most significant beneficiaries are the SI-PASS leaders themselves. The programme fosters their development in several key areas. SI-PASS leaders gain confidence and expertise in leading group discussions and they hone their public speaking abilities. They also obtain a considerably better understanding of the course content.

Quotes from previous SI leaders

Quotes from previous SI-PASS leaders showcase the programme's impact on their confidence, communication skills, and interpersonal awareness.

I have become more secure about running group discussions. I have also become more confident in public speaking, but perhaps most of all I have learned a lot about education, and the best way of learning a subject.

I have become better at planning and holding meetings, for example group exercises in my own programme. I also believe that these skills will be useful in future, more formal meetings. I have become better at listening to what others say and not drawing hasty conclusions about what they mean. I have become better at communicating and have a much greater insight into how things I say can be perceived/interpreted in different ways.