1. LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY Induction Quality Assurance Services

2. 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

3. 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

4. Importance of Learning Communities

5. Self-belief – Support Networks

6. Learning, Teaching and Assessment

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

8. 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’

9. Valuing diversity

10. Engaged and enjoying learning by giving time for …