FFYE Forum – Enhancing Student Transition: A Focus on Relational-Based Strategies Inside and Outside the Classroom | 20 November

How are we supporting students to successfully transition into our current complex university environment?  How does this align with the Student Experience Framework (Engagement, Belonging, Wellbeing and Partnerships)? What supports are evident inside and outside the classroom? What is missing? 

This forum delves into innovative relational-based strategies designed to support and enhance student transition both inside and outside the classroom. We know from the literature and experience, the importance of fostering strong, supportive relationships among students, educators, and the broader academic community to create a more inclusive and effective learning environment.  

Meet our new Student Experience Director, Natalie Bradbury, and hear about her team’s strategic projects and initiatives – aligned with the Student Experience Framework (SEF) – that improve processes, systems and experiences, with the overall goal of supporting our students’ success.  Here is her recent UTS LX blog post. 

Hear from FFYE grant holders who will share their projects, showcasing their innovative, inclusive, and intentional curriculum practices to enhance successful student transition. Grant projects were framed by one or more curriculum principle of transition pedagogy, with outcomes linked directly to the Student Experience Framework. This UTS LX blog post introduces you to the 2023 grants. 

In breakout room activities, we will explore the depth and variety of relational-based support strategies that are provided for students – and be able to share our own practice with peers. 

All welcome – academics, professional staff and students 

This is an online event. 

What is the UTS FFYE Program?

The UTS FFYE (First and Further Year Experience) Program is an institutional-wide program designed to support the successful transition of students in their journey through their degrees and into the workplace. The program has three foci: curriculum, people and the university infrastructure, drawing from community and connection in collaboration with academic and professional staff.

One key element of the program is community building. FFYE Forums (regular meetings) and the FFYE community (MSTeams) provide spaces for sharing, learning, and ongoing collaborations that connect research, practice, and student experience. Contact Kathy Egea (FFYE coordinator) to join.

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Your video, audio and the meeting chat transcript may be recorded or photographed. Please advise the facilitator if you do not wish to be recorded or photographed.

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