First Year Experience Forum

The Final First Year Experience Forum

The topic is Ways to engage students in their first year at university. The format for the ‘end of year’ forum is a little different as we have a keynote presenter, several 2017 FYE grant presentations, and celebrate with great food and end of year drinks. Please come along.

Date: Friday 24th November
Time: 1:30 for 2pm start – finish 4:30 followed by end of year celebration drinks
Room: CB05C.02.010 020 (new collaborative space in building 5C)
Afternoon tea: special treats (indicate any food intolerances)

If you are able to come, please rsvp (email me back – kathy.egea@uts.edu.au)
Forum attendance (2-4:30)
Celebration drinks (4:30-5:30)

Our Keynote Dr Ella Kahu, Massey University, will present on her current research interests in higher education – Engaging first year students: The importance of individual and situational interest
We are delighted that Ella has accepted our invitation to present – see her Bio below.

Many of the 2017 FYE grant holders utilized practices that were engaging for FY students – several have been invited to present – more details later.
There will be the usual networking and activities– plus a fabulous afternoon tea.

As it is our last forum of the year, we have special treats, and drinks/nibbles to follow

I hope to see you there (note: we need your RSVP for name tags and catering).

Bio: Dr Ella Kahu is a lecturer within the School of Psychology at Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand. She teaches first year courses on psychology and citizenship, both on campus and through distance delivery. Her broad research interests are in social psychology, often exploring how people manage their, at times conflicting, social roles and identities. Her current focus is higher education students and her conceptual framework of student engagement is widely agreed to be a valuable tool for understanding the student experience. Her PhD thesis and associated publications examined the engagement of mature-aged distance students in the transition to university, with a particular emphasis on emotional engagement. She is continuing to research and publish on student engagement with a project in collaboration with the University of the Sunshine Coast following a group of school leavers through their first year at university.

As it is our last forum of the year, we have special treats, and drinks/nibbles to follow at the LX.lab (CB06.04.020).