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Supporting Teachers who Support Student Transition

Transnational Meeting 3

2 December 2022

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  1. Update on Result 1 work progress

- what has been established in the 5 Small Groups

- what can be expected by LTTA2 (Madrid)

- what needs to be done in Madrid

2) LTTA2: aims & logistics

3) Update on Result 4 from EDIW

4) Dissemination activities and any other project-related questions

Agenda

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5 sections

1: Elements that can help academics (AA) become aware of

challenges students (SS) experience in transition to HE in general

2: Elements that can convince AA that they should care

3: Elements that can help AA find out about challenges their SS experience

4: How can faculty/staff/educational developers raise AA’s awareness & motivate AA to take up the task of supporting SS in transition

5: Message to convince AA they can make a difference

Awareness Raising Toolkit

Addressing

the Why:

Why do

those teaching

first-year students

have a special role

to play?

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Aim: to have the contents of each section ready by Madrid

* first version

* incl. work done at the LTTA2

Small Groups 1-5

1: Melina Solari (UP) 2: Marelle Rice (UCD)

3: Juanjo Vinagre (UPM) 4: Marigel Garcia (UPM) 5: Maria Yarosh (UG)

Reporting:

- what has been established

- what can be expected by LTTA2 (Madrid)

- what needs to be done in Madrid

Awareness Raising Toolkit

Addressing

the Why:

Why do

those teaching

first-year students

have a special role

to play?

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LTTA2: Madrid, Spain, 16-18 Jan 2023

Becoming aware of the students YOU have:

what do you need to know about your students and

how you can get to know this

  1. Finalise the first full version of the Awareness raising toolkit (contents)
  2. Agree on the steps to get the Toolkit ready to be shared by May 2023 (graphics/design + the versions in Spanish, French & Slovenian)
  3. Introduce the proposed structure of Result 4, first elements & collect feedback
  4. Conduct an open professional development session for UPM staff

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LTTA2: Madrid, Spain, 16-18 Jan 2023

Becoming aware of the students YOU have:

what do you need to know about your students and

how you can get to know this

Logistics:

Arrival on January 15th; one person to stay till 12.00 on Jan 19th (for the post-LTTA2 TPM)

Participants: 29

[24 + 5 “pending” from LTTA1 (2 from UP, 2 from UL, 1 from UPM)]

UCD – 4; EDIW – 2; UP – 4+1/+2; UL – 4+1/+2; UG – 6; UPM – 4+1/+?

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  • Slowly start working in Year 1

  • EDIW end-of-year 1 Multiplier Events are on Result 4 first elements

Bridging the inter-sectoral communication gap:

What is required to succeed in HE & How to let prospective students know?

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  • Thanks to the UP team for

the November website update [https://supportingstart.eu/news/]

  • Dec 2022: UPM
  • Jan 2023: UCD
  • Feb … - EDIW? UL?

  • Anything else?

Dissemination activities and any other project-related issues