1. Dr Alison Gilmour and Dr Ann Pegg Open University in Scotland Enhancement Themes Conference 9-11 June 2015

2. Overview Open University in Scotland Institutional work on Student Transitions. Developing a conceptual framework. Informed by a literature review.

3. What do we mean by transition? Transitions are ‘fundamental features of everyday life’ (Field, 2009) that are experienced personally and collectively. Transitions as the experience of navigating change. Students experience multiple and concurrent transitions during their studies: transition in learning and transitions in their personal and working lives.

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5. Developing our conceptual framework

7. Personal transition www.businessball.com/personalchangeprocess.htm

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