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Professor Liz Thomas - Devloping your approach to student retention and success
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Developing your approach to retention and success
@ProfLizThomas
Workshop overview Your Access Agreement. Evidence of effective practice from the What
works? Student retention and success programme.
What works evaluation approach. How the University of Chester is working to
improve student retention and success, engaging with academic disciplines and across the University.
How the University of Chester is evaluating the impact of its work to improve retention and success.
Sharing and reflecting on participants experiences.
Using evidence to develop your Access Agreement
What are the priority areas: retention, completion, attainment, progression?
Who are the target groups in relation to these issues?
Use of institutional data in relation to specific student groups across the modes/sites/subjects of study.
Evidence of what has worked well and less well in the past, including contribution to targets.
Development of numerical institutional targets relating to outcomes as well as outputs.
What works? Student retention and success programme
1. At the heart of student retention and success is a strong sense of belonging in HE for all students. This is most effectively nurtured through mainstream activities that all students participate in.
2. The academic sphere is the most important site for nurturing participation of the type which engenders a sense of belonging.
3. Specific interventions cannot be recommended over and above each other. Rather the institution, department, programme and module should all nurture a culture of belonging through the way they function and relate to people.
What works? Student retention and success programme
4. Student belonging is an outcome of:Supportive peer relations.Meaningful interaction between staff and
students.Developing knowledge, confidence and
identity as successful HE learners.An HE experience which is relevant to
interests and future goals.
Academic
Service
Social
E a r l y e n g a g e m e n t ex t e n d s i n t o H E a n d b e y o n d
Student capacity building
Staff capacity building
Institutional management and co-
ordination
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Implementation: Characteristics of effective interventions and approaches
Belonging
Mainstream
Proactive
Relevant
Well timed & appropriate
media
Collabor-ative
Monitored
Strategic implications
Belonging
Commitment Priority for
all staff
Staff capacity
Student capacityInstitutional
data
Monitoring student
behaviour
Partnership with staff and
students
The What works process
Implementation
(activity)
Confidence, engagement
and belonging (outcome)
Retention and success(impact)
S t r a t e g i c e n a b l e r s
Monitor or
observe
Survey/ intervie
w
E&B survey
Institutional data
Activities
delivered
Attitudes/
behaviour
changed
Students
engaged and
‘belong’
Improved
retention &
success
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Evaluation logic, methods and indicators
No. of activitie
s delivere
d
Quantity or
quality of
change
Levels of E&B
increase
% change
in specific indicator
sU n i n t e n d e d c o n s e q u e n c e s
Thank you
For listening, participating and sharing.
For your comments: [email protected].
For more information www.lizthomasassociates.co.uk