Re-building the first year experience, one block at a time
McCluskey, Trish, Weldon, John, and Smallridge, Andrew (2019) Re-building the first year experience, one block at a time. Student Success, 10 (1). pp. 1-15.
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Abstract
For many years, universities around the world have been developing and enhancing the First Year Experience (FYE), with a view to improving retention, performance and student satisfaction. This feature practice report outlines a strategic initiative, launched in 2018 at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia that aims to transform the experience of Victoria University’s first-year students on an unprecedented scale. This unique model reconceptualises the design, structure and delivery of first year units of study in order to deliver a program that deliberately focuses on students’ pedagogical, transition and work/life balance needs. This initiative required the disruption and redevelopment of all university systems to ensure students experience a supportive and seamless transition into, and journey through, their first year of study at university.
| Item ID: | 74911 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2205-0795 |
| Keywords: | block model, disruption, higher education landscape, first year experience, student success |
| Copyright Information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. As an open access journal, articles are free to use, with proper attribution. |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jul 2022 04:48 |
| FoR Codes: | 39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390303 Higher education @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1601 Learner and learning > 160102 Higher education @ 100% |
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