Here poster june 2011
1
The HERE Project (2008-2011) Key Findings Doubting students are more likely to withdraw than non- doubters - Continuation rates amongst non-doubting 1 st yr students = 98.2% (n=234) - Continuation rates amongst doubting 1 st yr students = 90.3% (n=124) Reduce incidences of doubting Create a supportive environment for doubters Early feedback Contact with staff/ reducing feelings of anonymity Help understanding transition to HE Help learning in appropriate manner Creating communities within curriculum Opportunities to build a support network Demonstrating long term benefits of programme Satisfaction More likely to continue Leavers Doubters Non-Doubters 2-part strategy to help prevent doubters becoming leavers Research Activity •3,000 students surveyed •10 programmes audited •Literature review conducted •Student progression tracked Project Outputs •Programme Retention Toolkit •Web pages •2 chapters in textbooks •1 journal article on male retention •Numerous conference presentations and posters Future Embedding •The Learning Development Team will work with programmes to embed findings into working practices •Been invited to disseminate practice through the national HE STEM programme Main reasons for Doubting - Programme Related: particularly ‘anxiety about coping’ and ‘course not as expected’. - Doubters rate all aspects of University experience more negatively, leavers even more so Main reasons Doubters stated for Staying -Friends & Family (particularly friends formed at University), future goals and determination
description
Transcript of Here poster june 2011
The HERE Project (2008-2011)
Key FindingsDoubting students are more likely to withdraw than non-doubters
- Continuation rates amongst non-doubting 1st yr students = 98.2% (n=234)- Continuation rates amongst doubting 1st yr students = 90.3% (n=124)
Reduce incidences of doubting
Create a supportive environment for doubters
Early feedback
Contact with staff/ reducing feelings of anonymity
Help understanding transition to HE
Help learning in appropriate manner Creating communities
within curriculum
Opportunities to build a support network
Demonstrating long term benefits of programmeS
ati
sfact
ion
More likely to continueLeavers Doubters Non-Doubters
2-part strategy to help prevent doubters becoming leavers
Research Activity•3,000 students surveyed•10 programmes audited•Literature review conducted•Student progression tracked
Project Outputs•Programme Retention Toolkit•Web pages•2 chapters in textbooks•1 journal article on male retention•Numerous conference presentations and posters
Future Embedding•The Learning Development Team will work with programmes to embed findings into working practices•Been invited to disseminate practice through the national HE STEM programme
Main reasons for Doubting- Programme Related: particularly ‘anxiety about coping’ and ‘course not as expected’. - Doubters rate all aspects of University experience more negatively, leavers even more so
Main reasons Doubters stated for Staying-Friends & Family (particularly friends formed at University), future goals and determination
