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Reacting to the ‘hard to reach’ through Student Engagement

Initiatives

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REACT Conference – 2nd May 2017

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Housekeeping Today’s buildings are: • Keynotes and refreshments – Stripe Auditorium • Parallels Sessions – St Aphege Building 001 & 003 • Lunch and post-conference networking – University Building

Evacuation Assembly Point is the Dytch Playing Field


Housekeeping Tweet using the hashtag #REACT17 Photographer and Videographer Present - Interviews wanted We went your feedback, please visit our feedback wall

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Professor Joy Carter DL Vice-Chancellor The University of Winchester

Realising Engagement through Active Culture Transformation: An Introduction


Liz Dunne, Tom Lowe & Cassie Shaw 2nd May 2017

The University of Winchester

Peer-Assisted Student Success (PASS)

REACT Core Institutions


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Liz Dunne Director of REACT

Tom Lowe Project Manager

Dr Stuart Sims Lead Researcher UoW

Wilko Luebsen Researcher LMU

Chris Guggiari-Peel Researcher UoE

Our Team

Jack Hancock Graduate Intern

Cassie Shaw Researcher UoW

Rebekah Street Project Assistant


Collaborative Development Programme


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#REACT17

www.studentengagement.ac.uk

• Aim 1: To enable a thorough investigation of student engagement in the case of ‘hard to reach’ students, looking into key areas such as retention and attainment

Core Aims

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‘We could define student engagement in any way we want.’

(Finn & Zimmer, 2001)


Student Engagement

Does your institution (University / Student Union ) have a definition of Student Engagement?

YES NO

Can you define Student Engagement?

#REACT17

Many initiatives in the UK and across the world: Students as Partners Student Fellows Student Partnerships Student Colleagues Student-Staff Partnerships Students as Champions Students as Researchers Students as Producers Students as Co-Researchers Students as Change Makers Students as Learners and Teachers Students as Co-Producers Students as Change Agents Students as Co-creators Students as Co-constructers

(Dunne, 2016)

Student Engagement: An Explosion of Practice




Core Aims

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Do you think the following groups are ‘hard to reach’? • Commuter students • BME students • Engineering students • White male students • Students from Low Socio-Economic backgrounds

‘Hard to Reach’

YES NO

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Systematic Literature Review of ‘Hard to Reach’

• 284 Relevant titles and abstracts • 101 Included in the literature review

• 28 different descriptions of ‘hard to reach’

• Some articles produced more than one definition

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• 30 - No definition

• 23 - BME • 20 - Low SEC • 13 - Young+ (Black, Mother, Females, Offenders)

• 12 - Disability • 10 - Undereducated • 4 - Distance, 2 Mature, 1 Commuting students

• 27 - No method to engage

Systematic Literature Review of ‘Hard to Reach’

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‘Hard to Reach’in practice WP students in general - Mature students - Part-time students - Return-to-learn students - Students with disabilities and/or mental health issues

- Non-traditional/under-represented groups - Postgraduates - Student parents/carers (including young carers) - Care leavers - Those commuting locally/ regionally (particularly those from low participation neighbourhoods)

- Students on placement - Students living at home

- International students, including INTO students - Minority groups - BME, young white male, LGBT

- First in family to go to University - Students part-time on campus, though full-time students

- Those from a low socio-economic background - Specific disciplines: medics/nurses; engineering; theology

- In some subjects males participate actively less than females

- Estranged students (who have lost contact with their family and therefore aren't financially supported by them)

- First year students in private accommodation


‘Hard to Reach’ in practice


Warnings

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Core Aims

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What outcomes are important?

Individual Retention / Attainment Institution


A more holistic approach to student engagement

What outcomes are important – Identity?


Motivation

Success

Learning environment

Ethos of the University

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Core Aims

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• Aim 2 To gain understanding of what works, how and why - through quantitative and qualitative research, staff and student voices and in-depth case studies

• Aim 3 To ensure a variety of outcomes that improve practice and benefit students, academics, student unions, academic developers and institutions as a whole

• Aim 4 To share best practice nationally and enable institutions to learn with and from each other, by developing and sharing open resources, strategies and frameworks and acting as a supportive community of practice.

Aims

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• Development Days • Discussion Events • Consultancy Visits • Journal Reviewing

Retreat • Dissemination

(RAISE Symposium, JEIPC and REACT Conference)

REACT Research Project

Raising Awareness and spreading

practice

Project Streams

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Project Streams Collaborative Development Programme


• Demographic analysis of engaged students in SE roles

• Analysis in comparison to retention and attainment

• Student Engagement Motivation Study

• Comparison study across 3 HEIs


practice

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practice • Creation of a

website for the sector

• 33 paper Special Issue of JEIPC

• Discussion events at conferences /REACT Conference 2017

• Consultancy to HEIs seeking to expand SE practices

Project Streams

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Special Issue of the Journal of Education Innovation, Partnership & Change Case studies from all Universities involved in REACT Additional articles from the REACT team Additional Opinion Pieces from experts in SE

Release date: 1st August 2017 REACT Website Interviews with staff and students

Open resources for the sector Online blog open for contributions www.studentengagement.ac.uk

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More REACT...

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Enjoy the conference!

Tweet using the hashtag #REACT17 Share practice, network and collaborate as peers Any questions, please ask a member of the REACT Team

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