The UACE Student Support Network

The University Association for Continuing Education (UACE) has in the last year created the UACE Student Support Network. One of the joint Co-ordinators is Melissa Wride of the University of Sunderland who is a long-time NAEGA member. Melissa writes:

As part of the UACE Student Support Network ongoing activities, Pauline McManus (University of Warwick) is repeating the part-time student support workshop in London in November and we are organising a day conference on financial support for P/T students in HE in Oxford in December. The details are as follows:

SUPPORTING THE PART TIME STUDENT

WHY, WHEN AND HOW?

The aim of this seminar is to consider good practice for all staff who are involved in supporting part time adult students, especially at the start of their academic career. In particular we will discuss students' expectations and concerns about the student role, and how you can contribute to "a good start" and ongoing development.

We welcome attendance from the following people:

  • Secretarial and clerical staff
  • Administrators
  • Library staff
  • Personal tutors
  • Student support staff
  • Ancillary staff

Venue:

 LCC, University of the Arts, Elephant and Castle.
London SE1 6SB

Date:

 Thursday, November 18th

Time:

Sandwich lunch from 12.30pm
Seminar from 1.00pm to 4.30pm

Facilitator:

 Pauline McManus, Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Warwick

Cost:

 £15.00 (including sandwich lunch)

A sandwich lunch with drinks will be available on arrival at the seminar, and there will be a break during the afternoon for refreshments. The structure of the seminar will be as follows:

Session 1:
 What is meant by 'student support'? Why some part-time students might need support

Session 2 (Paired work + Plenary):
 Reflection on students you have supported

Session 3 (Paired work + Plenary):
 Case studies in student support - what should be done?

Session 4 (group work + Plenary):
 Identifying good practice and developing a 'Student Support Plan'

Session 5:
 Evaluation of the seminar

Further details and booking form available from:

A Further date for your diary:

The Network will also be running a one-day conference on financial support for part-time students in higher education at the University of Oxford on Wednesday 8 December. More details to follow shortly.

The provisional programme for 8 Dec is:

10.00am

Coffee and registration
10.30 - 11.30am

Alastair Thomson, NIACE
The current national and political context
11.30 - 12.00pm Small-group session to identify questions for speaker
12pm Questions to Alastair Thomson
12.30 - 1.30pm

Lunch
1.30 - 3pm Workshop on funding for individual students, led by Peter Quinn, and including a demonstration of the FunderFinder database
3.00pm

Tea
4.00 - 4.30pm Group session on sharing best practice etc

Further details available from:

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