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Student Partnership Agreement
The Student Partnership Agreement (SPA) is a dedicated mechanism which sets out how the university (UHI) and the students’ association (HISA) can work together on issues raised directly by students.
What is a Student Partnership Agreement?
The purpose of an SPA is to provide a dedicated route for students to influence the student experience and raise issues for UHI and HISA to work on in partnership. In fact, UHI was the first university in Scotland to introduce an SPA!
The SPA framework was developed as a result of the Post-16 Education Green Paper which concluded that universities should use SPAs to structure partnership working with their students’ association.
Each SPA runs for a three-year period, with the current agreement running from 2026 - 2029. If you would like further information, or would like to get involved, please email hisa@uhi.ac.uk.
The 2026-2029 Student Partnership Agreement
Representatives of UHI and HISA meet frequently to co-ordinate the work of the SPA. Each theme has a dedicated ‘cluster group’ of staff and student representatives with relevant experience for that theme. Please look out for future updates on the progress of the current SPA!
Theme 1: Action on the cost-of-living crisis
Theme 2: Improved student community
You can read the full 2026-2029 SPA here: Student Partnership Agreement
We held a vote for students between Monday 30th March and Wednesday 1st April to choose UHI and HISA's priorities for the coming three years.