March 2003
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Student Success Projects

Academic Schools recently submitted proposals for projects to aid student retention as part of the University's widening participation strategy.

The £168,000 is being made available to the Schools over two years, with the initiative being co-ordinated by the School of Lifelong Education and Development (SLED). It will enable Schools to offer learning support to students, whilst recognising students' diverse needs.

Physiotherapist Kate Ellis supervises student physio Yvonne Nicholson with patient Loreece Cunningham as part of Pysiotherapy's clinical placement at St James' Hospital in Leeds.

Success projects include:

Social Sciences and Humanities employing two doctoral students to provide ongoing academic and study skills to 20 first-year students, including regular group workshops and individual support.

Peace Studies appointing a Student Support Assistant to work with students.

Languages and European Studies offering student support scheme for new entrants in grammatical skills.

A Learning Support Officer at the School of Management partly funded by the student success project, to implement dedicated support sessions on issues such as group work, presentations and essay writing.

Archaeological Sciences, who are using the funding towards providing academic and study skills for first-year students through the development of a computer-based package to support teaching of numerical and statistical methods and through the provision of group workshops and individual support sessions for statistics and numeracy skills.

An academic bridging unit in Physiotherapy to offer study skill sessions to year-one students and a clinical bridging unit to prepare year-two students for their first clinical placements. Staff from SLED and the Student Career Development Services have been providing the academic skills sessions.

A series of workshops in Informatics entitled 'Writing for Professional Purposes' to help students develop their writing skills.

Bradford Centre for International Development who have appointed a tutor to work with targeted students on statistical skills.

For further information on the projects contact Dr Chris Alder on (01274) (23)4020.

18 March 2003

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