Amanda Green, Celia Clarke, University of Huddersfield. 26th June 2019

1. FE Student transition
to HE
Academic&ResearchLibrariesGroup
YorkshireandHumber
By
Amanda Green
Celia Clarke

2. Session
Overview
Aim:
Understanding of FE students needs and how to
accommodate them in transition and
throughout their student lifecycle in a library
context.
Schedule:
• Our roles
• FE Students
• Strategies to engage

3. Warm up
Educational routes to current position:
Share in a pair, then reflect back to the
group

4. Us &
our role
 Our role in FE
 Our role in HE
 Our university context
“Average distance between home postcode and
learning location for undergraduate students
attending a college is 15 miles compared to 53
miles for those at a university (AoC)”

5. Support Plans
Learning Mentors
Study Mentors
HudStudy
Student Union
Wellbeing
Disability
Library
Careers
Finance
Strategies for
recovery/resilience
Support groups
Workshops
Counselling
Support and
guidance
Passive
Independent
Political
Communicating key financial
dates
Career path progression
Role boundaries across the
University of Huddersfield
Progress Tutors
Proactive
Outreach

6. Progress Tutors
Curriculum
School
office
Attendance
Academic
Support Tutor
Placement
Holistic
Role boundaries across the
School of Education
In small
groups:
Discuss support in your
organisations.

7. Further
Education
needs
Values
 WP
 1/3 of under 19’s entering HE
are from FE (AOC, 2019)
 Employment/trade bias
Libraries in FE
 Use of spaces
 Use of researching in
assignments and referencing
expectations
Methods of engagement
 Tracking and monitoring
 Outreach

8. Engaging
those
students
Signs of struggling
 Data
 Referrals
Tracking and monitoring
 Nudges
 Milestones
Communication
 Face to face
 Distance

9. Ideas
Plans to take away
Discuss in pairs and share
Some questions?