LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY Induction Quality Assurance Services

Transition to University Relocation: making the move from home to University Integration: mixing with different people Lifestyle issues: making independent choices Domestication: learning to live independently Academic issues: recognising differences between teaching at school and University

Things I Wish I’d Known In My First Year… Importance of Learning Communities Support Networks Learning, Teaching and Assessment Expectations Valuing Diversity Engaged and Enjoying Learning

Importance of Learning Communities

Self-belief – Support Networks

Learning, Teaching and Assessment

Expectations 77% expected to study <15 hours/week in addition to class time 60% expected to be taught everything they needed to do well

What do students say about their expectations, their ‘experience’? Some key themes from previous first year students: Student life: ‘unsure as to whether I might fit in or not’; ‘making friends early on’; ‘very confusing and so different from college or school’; ‘feels like a holiday at first then the initial buzz wears off’; ‘cost of ‘stuff’’; ‘you need living skills’; ‘accommodation’ Academic work: ‘drafts’, ‘referencing’, ‘contact hours’; ‘workload’; ‘organisation of time’; ‘feedback useful’; ‘group work’ Student/tutor relationship: ‘equal respect’; ‘personal’; ‘mature’; ‘open door policy’

Valuing diversity

Engaged and enjoying learning by giving time for …