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Supporting Students’ Transition to Higher Education
Zoë Pither
The best years of your life!vs
I wish I’d known…
Where things areThe libraryHomesicknessWhere to go shoppingWhere to go outWhere not to goClubs and societiesOngoing health
problemsFaith groupsCookingFinanceMental healthLeaving homeStaying at home
Long distance relationships
Academic work
Making friends
Accommodation problems
Help with dyslexia
Managing time
Organisation skills
Budgeting
Which books to buy
Disability support
Communal living
Independent study
Social life
Work/life balance
Referencing essays
Personal tutors
Getting to know the city
Who to talk to
Getting ill
Culture shock
Freshers flu
Part-time work
Fitting in
Sports & fitness
When does ‘transition’ start?
• Thinking about choosing HE courses?
• UCAS application?
• Offered a place?
• Accepted a place?
• Confirmation?
• Arrival at HEI?
Transition Curve
The ‘W’ CurveStages of re-adjustment
3 rules for dealing with change
Rule 1 – everyone is different
Rule 2 – everyone is different
Rule 3 – everyone is different
Preparation for transition
• Encourage students to understand the process of transition and change
• Reflect on changes they have experienced so far• What went well? • What was difficult?• Start awareness raising• Encourage research into the support available• Promote independence But…• It’s normal to ask for help!
Support Services
Personal Tutors Student Health Service
Accommodation Office Careers Service
Hall tutors and staff Counselling Service
Skills Development Student Funding
Peer Support
Access Unit
International Students’ Advisory Service
Start early
• Support services are available to students from the start (sometimes earlier)
• Disabled students and those with ongoing health issues can contact the university they are applying to before an Open Day to discuss support needs
• Some peer support schemes start before arrival
I wish I’d known…
Unconscious Incompetence
Conscious Incompetence
Conscious Competence
Unconscious Competence
Surviving Freshers’ Week
• The best week of your life?• Information overload• Accommodation worries• Making friends• Social whirl• Staying healthy• Fresher's fairs – clubs and societies• Help is at hand
Becoming Independent• It’s all about balance
• Budgeting• Eating well• Health• Socialising• Sleep
• Communal life• Domestic• Tolerance• Communication• Problem solving• Dealing with
disagreements
Becoming Independent
• New ways of learning• Independent study doesn’t mean no help
• New relationships with ‘teachers’
• Collaborative learning
• Time management
• Organisation skills
• Increase awareness of own learning styles
• Make use of study skills support
More help…
• Student life presentations
• Student ambassadors
• UCAS – Getting in Getting on
• University websites