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The conference offers a comprehensive program giving delegates a complete professional development opportunity. This in depth agenda includes:

• Pre conference workshops
• Keynote addresses from world-renowned academics
• Small concurrent case studies, best practice examples and discussion groups
• Student panel forums

All workshops and conference sessions will be held at Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus.

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Wednesday 12 July 2006
8.00 - 8.30	Registration	Block G03
8.30 - 12.30	Workshop - Gen Y - A New Breed of Students Col McCowan - Manager Careers & Employment Service, Queensland University of Technology	Block G03 Theatre 1
8.30 - 12.30	Workshop - Engaging With 'The Self' Mantze Yorke – Visiting Professor, Lancaster University	Block G03 Theatre 2
10.30 - 11.00	Morning Tea	Block G07 Uni Bar
Lunch - own arrangements
1.00 - 5.00	Workshop - Strategies for Student Engagement: Reflections from the Coalface Stuart Levy - Monash University	Block G03 Theatre 1
1.00 - 5.00	Workshop - Pedagogies of Engagement John Dearn - University of Canberra	Block G03 Theatre 2
3.00 - 3.30	Afternoon tea	Block G07 Uni Bar
6.00 - 7.30	Welcome Cocktail Reception - Holiday Inn, Surfers Paradise

Thursday 13 July 2006
8.00 - 9.00	Registration	Block G17 Foyer
9.00 - 10.15	Welcome	Block G17 Foyer
10.15 - 11.00	Keynote Address - Student Engagement: Deep, Surface or Strategic? Mantze Yorke - Visiting Professor, Lanacaster University	Block G17 Theatre 4
11.00 - 11.30	Morning Tea & Poster Discussion	Block G07 Uni Bar
11.30 - 12.10	Concurrent Sessions
	Refereed paper “Engaging First Year students through relationship marketing” – Maxine Mitchell	Block G03 Theatre 1
	Refereed paper “Making it Mainstream; engaging students who articulate from Vocational Education and Training (VET)” – Janice Catterall	Block G03 Theatre 2
	Refereed paper “Early targeting of First Year Learning Expectations” – Cecilia Andrews	Block G17 Theatre 3
	Nuts & bolts “Engaging Secondary Students in the University Experience” – Kylie McKenzie	Block G01 Room 3.55
	Nuts & bolts “UTAS Catalyst Program – Embedding First Year Support in Faculties” –Alison Poot, Sharon Pittaway & Kellie Brandenburg	Block G01 Room 3.35
	Nuts & bolts “Indigeneity, Engaging Students and the Articulation of Relationships” –Sally Steedman, Aqura Gordon, Jayne King & Miriama Scott	Block G01 Room 3.19
	Round table "Student Centred Policy: Institutional Mission, Policy and Resource Allocation for the First Year” –Bill Johnston	Block G01 Room 1.01b
12.10 - 1.10	Lunch & Poster Display	Block G07 Uni Bar
1.15 - 2.00	Keynote Address - Raising Expectations: A New Vision for Learning in the 21st Century John Dearn - University of Canberra	Block G17 Theatre 4
2.05 - 2.45	Concurrent Sessions
	Refereed paper “From ‘LOST’ to engaging in uni life: How a pilot student mentoring program is assisting first year students” – Joanne Boyd	Block G03 Theatre 1
	Refereed paper “Use and perceptions of use of a blended learning resource: are students engaging with the materials?” – Osu Lilje	Block G03 Theatre 2
	Refereed paper “Engaging from a distance and on-campus with an introductory biology unit” – Frances Quinn	Block G17 Theatre 3
	Nuts & bolts “Transition Begins Before Day One: An Innovative Partnership to build Knowledge about University Life in Year 12 Students and their Parents” –Jayne Brown & Narelle Palmer	Block G01 Room 3.35
	Nuts & bolts “Supporting Retention: A systematic Intervention and Monitoring Programme” –John Carlson	Block G01 Room 3.19
	Nuts & bolts “Engaging Maori and Asian Students in the use of the Self Access Learning” – Jennifer Naeem	Block G01 Room 1.01b
	SPECIAL SESSION "The First Year Experience Collaboration for a Carrick Grant" – Craig Zimitat, Kerri-Lee Krause	Block G01 Room 3.55
2.45 - 3.15	Afternoon Tea & Poster Discussion	Block G07 Uni Bar
3.15 - 3.55	Concurrent Sessions
	Refereed paper “Dive in 2006: A CD – ROM in “Student Speak” for First Year Students” – Russell Walton	Block G03 Theatre 1
	Refereed paper “Engaging Students in the implementation of criterion referenced assessment in first year law” – Natalie Cuffe & Sheryl Jackson	Block G03 Theatre 2
	Refereed paper “Preliminary essay plans: promoting academic engagement in a first year communication course” – Eleanor Kiernan	Block G17 Theatre 3
	Refereed paper “Engaging First year students: a collaborative approach implemented in a first year nursing course” – Jill Lawrence	Block G01 Room 3.55
	Nuts & bolts "Linking study skills courses and content: A joint venture between Student Services and Health Faculty" – Jackie Hammill	Block G01 Room 3.35
	Round Table “Should peers be the face of first year learning?” –Valda Miller, Elwyn Oldfield, Mia O’Brien, Clair Hughes & Paul Ebert	Block G01 Room 3.19
	Round table “If you were asked to run a workshop called ‘Teaching First Year Students’, What would it look like” –Allan Goody & Judy Skene	Block G01 Room 1.01b
4.00 - 5.30	SYMPOSIUM Connectedness: Engaging students through collaboration within and across the Higher Eduction sector – The FYE QLD Network	Block G17 Theatre 4
7.00 - Late	Conference Dinner - 1920's Prohibition Party The Grange, Hyatt Regency, Sanctuary Cove

Friday 14 July 2006
8.00 - 9.00	Registration	Block G17 Foyer
9.00 - 9.40	Concurrent Sessions
	Refereed paper “Easing the transition to university study: ideas and practice” – Judy Skene	Block G03 Theatre 1
	Refereed paper “Mainstreaming Tablet Classrooms Engaging First Year Students” - Greg Williams	Block G03 Theatre 2
	Refereed paper “FIRST: Finding the “I”. Revealing Students Tensions and experiences during their first year at the University of Queensland” – Lynn Burnett	Block G17 Theatre 3
	Nuts & bolts “Towards and Academic Community – Orientation and Beyond” –Sandie Rudman & Judith Dickson	Block G01 Room 3.35
	Nuts & bolts “If you can’t beat ‘em, podcast ‘em” – Alan Calder	Block G01 Room 3.55
9.50 - 10.30	Concurrent Sessions
	Refereed paper “Designing a First Year Accounting Curse from the Student Perspective” – Frances Miley	Block G03 Theatre 1
	Refereed paper “Engaging First Year Students with an effective learning environment: Combining Laurillard’s Conversational Framework and Active Learning with Blended Delivery” –Rachael Field & Barbara Kent	Block G03 Theatre 2
	Refereed paper “Bridging courses: Good learning environments for engaging students?” – Justin Read & Adrian George	Block G17 Theatre 3
	Refereed Paper “A matter of time: Temporal influences on engagement of first year university students” – Louise Horstmanshof	Block G01 Room 3.55
	Nuts & bolts “Office to Assist student involvement and success (OASIS) – Christine Holmes	Block G01 Room 3.35
	Round Table “Emotional Well-being of first year University Students: The challenge of engaging the whole person” – Mir Rabiul Islam, Libbie Douglass	Block G03 Room 1.01b
10.30 - 11.00	Morning Tea	Block G07 Uni Bar
11.00 - 11.45	Keynote Address - The Changed Relationship Between Policy and Pedagogy: The Implications for Engaging Students John Dewar - Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), Griffith University	Block G17 Theatre 4
11.50 - 12.30	Concurrent Sessions
	Refereed paper “Contextualising student engagement: Orientation and beyond in teacher education” – Sharon Pittaway	Block G03 Theatre 1
	Refereed paper “A blueprint for enhanced transition: taking an holistic approach to managing student transition into a large university” – Sally Kift	Block G03 Theatre 2
	Refereed paper “Using online collaboration to personalise the first year experience and actively engage students in their education” – Paul Richard Ebert	Block G17 Theatre 3
	Nuts & bolts “Transition @ UB – A Collaborative Approach” –Jeannie King & Valerie Runyan	Block G01 Room 3.55
	Nuts & bolts “Scarfie Col: easing the isolation of the non-hall first year” –Andrew Wicken	Block G01 Room 3.19
	Nuts & bolts “Tailor-making a transition program to cater for student diversity” – Dawn Gleeson, Michelle Livett, Heather Thomas “Start at the very beginning: Engaging Students in Orientation Week activities” –Stephanie Davison	Block G03 Room 3.35
	Round Table “Appreciating Issues from Students perspectives” – Josie Healy & Rena Frohmann	Block G03 Room 1.01b
12.30 - 1.30	Lunch	Block G07 Uni Bar
1.30 - 2.10	Concurrent Sessions
	Refereed paper “Assessment: a tool for development and engagement in the first year of university study” – Janet Taylor	Block G03 Theatre 1
	Refereed paper “Engaging first year students at a metropolitan university: electronic mentoring an effective strategy?” – Hazel Dewart	Block G03 Theatre 2
	Round table “The FYE Soft Cell: Spaces for Participatory Reflection” –Tilly Hinton, Lynn Burnett	Block G03 Room 3.55
	Nuts & bolts “Transition Portal: ‘ Just in Time’ message for commencing students” –Wendy Harper & Julia Humphreys	Block G01 Room 3.35
	Nuts & bolts “You can take a horse to water: students’ self evaluation of their literacy skills, implications for support” –Karen Scouller	Block G01 Room 3.19
2.15 - 3.00	Concurrent Sessions
	Refereed paper "Engaging and Retaining Students through Team Teaching: Reflections on initiatives at Monash University, Australia and Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, UK" - Stuart Levy	Block G03 Theatre 1
	Refereed paper “Improving quality of teaching is part of improving retention: A study of first year students in an Australian University” - Craig Zimitat	Block G03 Theatre 2
	Refereed paper “A merging of Eurocentric and Indigenous teaching models to address retention and success of students.” – Susan Watene	Block G03 Room 3.55
	Refereed paper "Why Tutors Matter" -Clare Rhoden & Natalie Dowling	Block G17 Theatre 3
	Nuts & Bolts "Information & Literacy in Context: the way forward" – Deborah Ambery	Block G03 Room 3.35
3.00 - 3.30	Student Panel, Conference Close and 2007 Launch	Block G17 Theatre 4
3.30-4.00	Afternoon Tea	Block G07 Uni Bar

Posters

"First year Biology at Flinders University: Transition from a traditional lecture-based course to an interactive concept-based course" - Karen Burke da Silva, David Wood

"Major Problems Confronting First-year College Students in the Arabian Gulf Universities" - Abdulaziz Alsunbul

"Does starting on an academic note make a difference?" - Simone Buzwell, Caroline Owen

Does ‘feeling you belong’ matter? Integration and health in first year university students - Hazel Dewart

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Keynote Speakers

The conference committee has secured an exciting group of keynote speakers and workshop presenters who are leading professionals in the First Year Experience. To view these speakers including abstracts of their presentations please click on the Keynote link below.

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Workshops

Each year the FYHE Conference offers delegates the opportunity to participate in comprehensive Pre Conference Workshops relating to the conference theme. For details of this years workshops please click on the Workshops link below.

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Other Events

The 2nd National PASS Day- Monday, 10th July, 2006- Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University.
The event is co- hosted by the PASS National Centre at the University of Wollongong and Griffith University.
This event aims to develop awareness of national and international developments in peer learning programs.
Whether you're a current PASS / SI practitioner or considering implementing PASS, the event provides a terrific opportunity to network with and learn from other PASS practitioners.

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