What works? Student Retention and Success – phase 2 Final conference

09:30 – 10:00 Registration – Reception area Refreshments - Whittington 1&2

Welcome - Auditorium: 10:00- 11:20

10:00 – 10:10 Welcome by Prof Patricia Broadfoot, Chair Paul Hamlyn Foundation What works? Advisory Group

10:10 – 10:45 Supporting student success: strategies for institutional change Prof Liz Thomas, Lead author final report

10.45 – 11:05 The future of fair access - Prof Les Ebdon OFFA

11:05 – 11:20 A note on Working in partnership: enabling social mobility in higher education – Fiona Waye UUK

A note on Addressing Barriers to Student Success - Kirsty Johnson - HEFCE

Parallel presentations: 11:30-12:15

Portland Harley Whittington 3 Whittington 4 Auditorium

Chair Mantz Yorke Chair Pauline Hanesworth Chair Andrew Rawson Chair Mike Hill Chair: Helen James

RUHere - Data based actioning A curriculum framework to Supporting Students from “It’s gonna help yourself as well How the What Works journey has and intervention evaluation support academic transitions Northern Ireland: Exploring the as someone else”: developing transformed staff roles – and using an interactive online Sarah Parkes, Newman Barriers and Enablers for a supportive networks through careers student attendance monitoring University Birmingham Successful Transition to Higher peer mentoring Nicki Schiessel Harvey, Wil Vincent system - Education in the UK Debbie Whittaker and Gillian and Nick Morton, Birmingham City Carey Freeman Enhancing Employability for Danielle Chavrimootoo, Molyneaux University University of South Wales Student Success Edinburgh Suzanne Hargreaves and University of Salford - - Napier University’s Graduate Liverpool John Moores - How does leadership vary in a Links in the Chain: turning Employability Project University Peer Mentors as Placement satellite Campus and contribute to learning analytics data into Fiona Wager, Edinburgh Napier _ PALS – Final year students student engagement and success. actions University The positive impact of personal helping second year students Jim O’ Brien, Vera Offori Serwaa Ed Foster - advising training on their employability in and Guy Brown, Northumbria Nottingham Trent University Deploying a whole-system lens Dominique Jethwa preparation for their sandwich University London Campus - on student retention and Queen Mary’s University year / industry placement - Start as you mean to continue – success London experience Student partnerships: normal and evaluation of the academic Cathi Fredricks and Ken Powell, - Vianna Renaud democratising practice in higher induction phase at a large Canterbury Christ Church The implementation of a Bournemouth University education metropolitan university, and its University retention and progression - Nicky Andrew and Ruth Whittaker contribution to students project within the Law Division Staff-student partnership: a and Jackie Main and Lesley confidence to continue at London South Bank catalyst for staff-student McAleavy, Glasgow Caledonian Penny Sweasey University engagement University Manchester Met University Chris Shepherd and Risham Roisin Curran

Chohan Ulster University London Southbank University

Lunch 12:15-13:00 Whittington 1&2

Parallel Workshops: 13:00-13:45

Portland Whittington 1&2 Whittington 3 Whittington 4 Harley Auditorium

Chair Mantz Yorke Chair John Storan Chair Andrew Rawson Chair Mike Hill Chair Pauline Hanesworth Chair: Helen James

Level Up Mentoring: A Segmentation of the What worked for us and Smart start: Evaluating The DELITe project : An Using behavioural insights Transitionary Tale of How student journey: co- what can work for you: the evolution and institutional approach to to improve student Staff and Students creating success sharing our ‘toolkit’ of ecosystem of a transition increasing interactivity to engagement via Engaged Collaboratively to throughout the student tried and tested actions intervention for student enhance student randomised controlled Influence the Institutional life cycle Jennie Jones, Rachel on the autistic spectrum. engagement, belonging, trials Change Management Debbie Whittaker and Bowden, Julie Fowlie, Ann-Marie Houghton, retention and success Lucy Makinson, Process for Enhancing Gillian Molyneaux, Marylynn Fyfie Gauld and Catherine Westwell and Matthew Homewood and (Behavioural Insights Engagement, Belonging, University of Salford Elizabeth Guy, University Georgia McCrone David Ellicott, Nottingham Team) Maija Koponen, Retention and Success. of Brighton Lancaster University Trent University Anne-Marie Canning, Jamie Morris and Kerry King’s College London Gough, Birmingham City University

Parallel Presentations: 13:50 -14:35

Portland Harley Whittington 3 Whittington 4 Whittington 1&2 Auditorium

Chair Jonathan Neves Chair Pauline Hanesworth Chair Andrew Rawson Chair Mike Hill Chair John Storan Chair Helen James

A project team approach Expanding induction and One size doesn’t fit all: CLAN- Campus Life Advice Addressing Student “Let’s get WISeR together” - for institutional change to using the VLE to enhance tailor-made retention Network Expectations and Building a university-wide approach improve belonging and induction to First Year Life initiatives Carlo Rinaldi Confidence for the study to increasing staff success through Science. Astrid Herhoffer, University of Glasgow of Law through a Pre- engagement with student improving retention data Chris Finlay and Maureen Staffordshire University - Arrival Activity retention and success Alison Browitt Griffiths - Ulster University Amanda Zacharopoulou Hilary Glendinning University of Glasgow University of Glasgow The entrepreneurial Peer Relations: an Ulster University Queen Margaret University, - - student response to What integrated roadmap to - Musselburgh What Works? An From Induction to Works? student success Student Reflections: The - evidence-based approach ‘Internship’: Embedding Jamie Rawsthorne Aine McKillop, Roisin importance of giving Implementing a holistic in the areas of welcome Employability through Unique Insights Curran, Avril Honan, students the opportunity model of student support: and induction ‘Appropriate Challenges’ - Grainne Doohar and Ian to learn from, and value Lessons from UCLan and Debbie Whittaker and Helena Knapton Enhancing first year Montgomery the experiences their beyond Gillian Molyneaux Edge Hill University students’ experience - degree offers Jackie Cooper and Benjamin University of Salford - through cooperative Recognising, Engaging, Julie Fowlie, Jet Dela Cruz Stein - What worked and What learning and Student Leadership: and Bethany Scott University of Central What Works at Wolves? A didn’t? The Informed Cases from Humanities How to support living at University of Brighton Lancashire and Hobsons Case Study from the Study Project, 5 years on and Social Sciences at home students at - - Institute of Sport. from Phase one: lessons QMUL university Balancing What Works Making The Leap: Mark Groves learnt from developing an Ana Baptista, Queen Mary Miriam Amies and personalised student Supporting First Year University of online self-evaluation of University of London University of Manchester pathways: How Herts Student Transition at the Wolverhampton students Fitness to Students’ Union Success is fostering University of Limerick Practice. success amongst Sarah Gibbons and Michael Richard Day and Susan widening participation Smalle

Annetts students University of Limerick Cardiff University Stéphane Farenga, University of Hertfordshire

Tea and Coffee 14:35 – 15:00 Whittington 1 and Auditorium Station

Parallel Presentations 15:00-15:45

Portland Harley Whittington 3 Whittington 4 Auditorium

Chair Jonathan Neves Chair Pauline Hanesworth Chair John Storan Chair Mike Hill Chair Helen James

From local evidence to No student left behind: Direct Entrant Induction at Can peer coaching improve the Pulling up your briefs: accessible institutional action: a case study Enhancing student learning QMU: nurturing successful academic attainment of higher assessment processes in how research evidence opportunities through a whole students online and in person education students? Debra Cureton collected in one department has institution approach to Karl Johnson Jill Andreanoff and Gill Knibbs, University of Wolverhampton shaped institutional policy and retention and success Queen Margaret University, University of Essex and - practice Debra Mann and Lucy Walker Edinburgh Independent Consultancy Taking an institutional approach Tracy Crossley and Gillian University College of Estate - - to enhancing inclusive Molyneaux Management Early engagement and informed Graduate+: embedding assessment practices University of Salford - induction through innovative belonging through employability Jenny Hambling and Michaela - Building the environment: communications strategies: Luke Millard Birmingham City Borg Five Years of What Works: Academic Mentors and who, what, when, where, how University Nottingham Trent University successes and challenges in enhanced communication to and lessons learned - developing a whole-institutional support transition and improve Ruth Wood and Sue Riddell A co-creative community of transition support programme retention Canterbury Christ University practice in Computing Nicki Schiessel Harvey and Wil Michaela Keenan - Michaela Black Vincent Ulster University Developing multi-dimensional Ulster University Birmingham City University _ change: an institutional and - Improving engagement and student focused approach to Developing valuable and success: a case study of change engagement and belonging relevant skills and attributes at in academic support and Marva de la Coudray and Kaljit L4 to improve retention - a personal tutoring Virdee multi-school investigation. Jan Bamford School of Oriental and African Alison Day London Metropolitan University Studies (SOAS) Cardiff University

15:50 -16:30 The role and place of leadership, staff, students and evidence in whole institutional change – reflection and Q and A with delegates and Niall Hamilton (NUS Higher Education Zone Committee), Dr Roisin Curran (Ulster University), Prof Helen James (Canterbury Christ Church), Dr Geoff Stoakes (HEA) and Prof John Storan (University of East London)

Chair Prof Patricia Broadfoot

16:30 Close