1. Foundation Year in Computing
The transition to University Learning
Delivered by Dave Thomas,
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2. What we will cover Transition to University learning
What it’s about
Attendance, conduct, academic misconduct
Extenuating Circumstances - the basics
Academic dishonesty – the basics
STARS Elections
the ‘and finally’ slide

3. What it’s about Learning to learn the HE way
Learning – not being taught
Treating your learning like a full time job is a good frame of mind – 40 hours a week
Attend – and keep up!
Aim to enjoy your learning
Help will be readily and willingly available
Be a ‘strategic learner’ only
and you will have to whistle

4. How you are to learn (from Monday)
Four modules:
iPAS, iM, iSDCS, iWTDS
Lectures, Tutorials and Workshops and your own work
Assessments (assignments, portfolios, presentations, class tests, etc, etc)
research, reading, exercises, watching the telly, chatting in the bar etc
Lots of module time is designed to help you do well in these tasks

5. Attendance, conduct We’ll notice if you aren’t attending
Attending usually leads to good relationships, good learning and good marks
The university regulations are clear – especially page 5, section 3.6
Expectations of your conduct are also defined
as are most things – somewhere

6. Academic misconduct is also well defined here
and cheats no-one but yourself
but, if you’d like help to do it, click here
and if you’d like help to avoid it, click here
don’t go there – the penalties are not worth it and you WILL be found out

7. Extenuating Circumstances
are a recognition by the university that there can be good reasons why your work is either late, or worse that you are capable of or both
and have a procedure here
if, for good reason, your are struggling with some piece of assessment TALK TO SOMEONE (even me) and do the extenuating thing promptly

8. STARs and STARs Elections
A STAR (here) is a STudent Academic Representative
We (the academic staff) like them (and want them)
The Student Union like them (and want them)
It looks good to employers on your CV
Please consider it (at least)

9. And finally Logging you on to Blackboard and we have covered:
Transition to University learning
What it’s about
Attendance, conduct, academic misconduct
Extenuating Circumstances - the basics
STARS Elections
Next – your first personal tutor meeting
Any questions?