Louise Kelly David Young Kelsey Gourlay Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Strathclyde

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My hand was held at school I have found it very daunting Sort of left to fend for yourself You really need to be independent At school always someone there looking over you I’ve not found it hard, just different

 90% of year olds use social media  Likely to be the same across population groups  Smooth transition?  Facebook group

 HEA small grant  Set up by student  Two weeks before start of term  Link ed to all new first years  90% joined by start of term

Is anybody in Garnett? How do we choose our electives? What’s everyone doing for Freshers? When do we get our timetables? Anyone finding the homework hard? Shall we meet before the Induction lecture?

 Survey of users  90% found it useful  Making new friends  Eased the transition  Helped with orientation

Has anyone managed the Finance homework? How do you start Q7 of the homework? How do you add probabilities in Q3? Did anyone manage to write down the homework?? Can someone explain the Inter-quartile- range? Are the tutorials on tomorrow?

Has anyone managed the 2012 past- paper How do you start Q7 of the homework? What did you get for Q2 of the 2011 paper? Did anyone manage to write down the homework?? Can someone explain the Inter-quartile- range? Are the tutorials on tomorrow?

 Most questions answered by students very quickly  Peer assisted learning  Lecturer workload

 Second year statistics class  Set up by same student  Almost 100% joined within first week

 Very limited use  Already had their own group, created in first year  Increased use near exam time

 First year Group  Second year Group?