Scottish First Year Experience Network

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56433/jpaap.v12i2.604

Keywords:

student transitions, Networking, Integrated Practice, Student Success, First Year Experience

Abstract

The Scottish First Year Experience Network (SFYEN) is a collaborative effort drawn from across the Scottish higher education sector that focuses on enhancing the transition, engagement, and outcomes of first-year students. Established during the European First Year Experience (EFYE) Conference (2023), this network has initiated three Targeted Activity Groups (TAGs) which focus on practices that address the challenges and opportunities of working with mature, international, and articulating students. This paper sets out the vision, theory of change and initial outputs of the network since the network’s inception.

Author Biographies

Jack Hogan, Abertay University

Jack Hogan is a Lecturer in Academic Practice in the Abertay Learning Enhancement (AbLE) Academy. His pedagogic research interests are around the first-year student experience, transitions, retention, and employability. His current focus is around personalised learning, diagnostics and how microcredentials can be used to support student transitions.

Julie Blackwell Young, Abertay University

Julie Blackwell Young is Head of Teaching Quality and Learning Enhancement in the Abertay Learning Enhancement (AbLE) Academy. She has worked at several universities in England and Scotland and in her current post has cross-institutional strategic roles in teaching excellence, curriculum design and development and supporting pedagogic research.

Emily McIntosh, University of the West of Scotland

Emily McIntosh is Director of Student Success at the University of West of Scotland. Emily is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA) and a National Teaching Fellow (NTF). Emily is co-editor of the recently published monograph The Impact of the Integrated Practitioner in Higher Education.

Luke Millard, Abertay University

Luke Millard is Professor of Student Development, Dean of Teaching and Learning and Head of the AbLE Academy at Abertay University in Scotland. He is a Principal Fellow of the UK’s Higher Education Academy which recognised his work on improving the student experience through collaborative working with staff and students in the areas of student engagement and co-creation, student employment, transitions and the first-year experience.

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2024-11-01

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2024): Special issue on our Tertiary Landscape

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