Using the findings of a recent project focused on student transitions, Scotland’s QAA will build resources to help students with transitions at University, from a sense of ‘belonging’ to their institution to the development of graduate skills.<\/p>\n
The project,<\/a> led by Dr Ming Cheng, a Lecturer in the Academic Development Unit at the University of Glasgow, examined models of transition and their applicability to HE.<\/p>\n The study’s findings and a range of resources are available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n The aim was to provide students and staff with resources to help them to gain an insight into these processes but also to highlight transition, and a continuing process of change, as an inherent part of the University experience for students.<\/p>\n The project formed part of QAA’s Scotland’s Student Transitions Enhancement Theme.<\/p>\n The work is likely to feed into future projects looking at how transitions skills can be beneficial at university but also in alter life.<\/p>\n In recent years a variety of institutions and research bodies have been focusing on student transitions, as a way of improving students’ experiences at and after University, both academically and personally.<\/p>\n These transitions also take into account the movement from school, college or work to University and can contribute to processes of recruitment and widening participation.<\/p>\n