1.
Student Transition
from FE to HE
Leeds City College
Learning Resource Centre
& University Centre Library
Rebecca Knights

2.
Further Education in Leeds:
• Lower-than-average proportion of population qualified to Level 4 and above
• 40% of our students come from wards that are among the most deprived in
the country
• High proportion of our students have no GCSEs in English and/or maths
(Source: https://files.api.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/2761495)
About us

3.
Leeds City College Group*:
• Park Lane Campus
• Printworks Campus
• University Centre
• Technology Campus - soon to close
• Quarry Hill Campus - soon to open
*also includes Leeds College of Music; Keighley College; Harrogate College; plus numerous Centres and Academies
(Source: https://www.leedscitycollege.ac.uk/the-college/)
About us
• Fourth largest Mixed Economy provider
• FE is Ofsted rated “Good”
• over 20,000 students and apprentices
• ~1,267 members of staff

4.
Progression:
• Number of students that progress from FE to HE:
Difficult to ascertain…
• Total number of students at University Centre in 2018/19:
1113
• Number of FE students that progressed internally to University Centre:
204 (5.5% of 2018 intake)
About us

5.
Study Support Team:
• 13 x Study Support Officers
• 4 x Study Support Coordinators
Academic Support Team:
• 4 x FE Librarians
• BTEC / A-level / Access / L4 - L5
• 1 x HE Research Librarian
• L6 - L7
The Teams

6.
Support Sessions include:
• Induction
• Using Google Apps
• Plagiarism / Referencing / Copyright
• Interpreting the Task (Command Verbs + Bloom’s Taxonomy)
• Literature Searching
• Assessing Information Sources
• Essay / Report Writing
• Academic Poster
• Literature Review
• Research Methods etc.
Academic Skills

7.
Study Skills
Self-assessment:
Teaching, Learning & Assessment

8.
Command Verbs:
Teaching, Learning & Assessment

9.
Bloom’s Taxonomy:
Teaching, Learning & Assessment

10.
Plagiarism & Referencing:
Teaching, Learning & Assessment

11.
Plagiarism & Referencing
online tutorial:
Teaching, Learning & Assessment

12.
Online tutorials:
Teaching, Learning & Assessment

13.
Service Promotion

14.
2018-19 Support
Librarian Sessions
(1-2-1 & Group)
Student Contacts
(Total)
Further
Education
315 3589
Higher
Education
244 1662

15.
Independent Skills App:
Future Development
Digital Literacy
Skills
Work Ready
Skills
(Employability)
Study Skills Academic Skills Digital
Citizenship
Skills
Skills for
Independence
Foundation /
Entry-L1
Digital
collaboration
Digital curation
Digital research
etc.
Teamwork
Decision making
Communication
etc.
Writing
academically
Revision skills
Note taking
etc.
Searching for /
Assessing
Information
Academic
writing
Referencing
etc.
e-Safety
Digital footprint
Social media
etc.
Time
management
Autonomy
Critical thinking
etc.
ESOL
L2-L3 Vocational
(BTEC)
L3 Academic (A-
level/Access)
Higher Ed