| First Year in Higher Education 2003 Conference 'Enhancing Transition to Higher Education: Strategies and Policies that Work' |
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Below is a list of papers from the 2003 FYHE Conference - Enhancing Transition to Higher Education: Strategies and Policies that Work held at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. Papers are listed in presentation type. Each of the links take you to the abstract for the paper as an HTML document. From the HTML page you will be able to access the full paper as a Microsoft Word document.
Only papers submitted electronically and with the consent of authours are listed on this site.
All papers are copyright to the authour and to the conference organisers. If using these papers you must reference your source appropriately eg:
AUTHOR, (DATE) TITLE. The Seventh Pacific Rim - First Year in Higher Education Conference: Enhancing Transition to Higher Education: Strategies and Policies that Work. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. 9-11 July 2003.
| Keynote Address | |
| Dr Kerri-Lee Krause | Which way frm here? Passion, Policy and Practice in First Year Higher Education |
| Dr Randy L. Swing | First Year Student Success: In Search of Best Practice |
| Professor Geoff Wilson |
The First Year
Experience |
| Refereed Papers | |
| Theme A - Strategies and Innovations in Teaching and Learning | |
| Patricia Cartwright & Lynne Noone |
Tertiary Undergraduate Literacy Integration Program (TULIP): An innovative appraoch to tertiary teaching and learning |
| Stella Granville & Laura Dison |
Thinking about thinking: integrating self reflection into an academic literacy course |
| Kerry Howells |
The First Year Experience: Starting with the Student |
| Ursula McGowan |
Plagiarism detection and prevention. Pedagogical implications for lecturers of first year students |
| Rowan Hollingworth & C. McLoughlin |
Even foundation level students can get the HOTS for science! |
| Douglas Morgan |
Assessing First Year Students: A Case for Mixed Mode Assessment |
| Shelley Yeo, Robert Loss & Marjan Zadnik |
Reflections on teaching science students the skills of self-reflection and self-directed learning |
| Theme B - Student Populations and Diversity | |
| Sharon Broughton & Joanne Merley | Enhancing Aspirations through Access and Equity Programs: Griffith University |
| Robyn Muldoon & Julie Godwin | The Faculty Mentor Program in the Sciences: an innovative approach to supporting student learning |
| Ruth Gorinski & Gloria Abernethy |
Maori Student Retention and Success: Curriculum, Pedagogy and Relationships |
| Stuart Levy, Monique Osborn & Margaret Plunkett |
An investigation of international students' academic and social transition requirements |
| Judy Skene | Improving Student Diversity Through Transition Support at the University of Western Australia |
| Theda Thomas | Working with diverse students: Can lessons learnt in South Africa be applicable in Pan-Pacific region? |
| Louise Horstmanshof & Craig Zimitat | The impact of extracurricular roles impact on retention: a social exchange theory perspective |
| Theme C - Support Systems and Programs | |
| Janice Catterall, Betty Gill, Ros Martins and Edda Simeoni |
Look before we leap: investigation before implementation when addressing student drop out |
| Julie Trafford |
Successful partnership in learning support for first-years: How a faculty-funded Learning Centre support programme enhances the transition and performance of first-year business students |
| Theme D - Transition and Adjustment | |
| Helen Cameron and Frank Tesoriero | First Year at Uni |
| Jenny Simpson, Jeanne McConachie, Phyllida Coombes, Geoff Danaher, R. E. Harreveld and P. A. Danaher |
Contesting ‘Transitions’ and (Re-)Engaging with ‘Subjectivities’: Locating and Celebrating the Habitus in Three Versions of ‘the First Year Experience’ at Central Queensland University |
| Cath Fraser & Lin Ayo | Recognising excellence when we see it: Early steps in the development of an institutional award |
| Sally Kift | First Year Renewal to Engage Learners in Law |
| Stuart Levy and Julie Murray | The transition of at risk students: strategies for success |
| Paul Parker |
In your ‘own’ words: Learning advisers on student difficulties with avoiding plagiarism during the transition to university |
| Sue Purnell |
A map, a bicycle and good weather: The transition to undergraduate study |
| Glenice Watson & Greer Johnson |
Filling the gaps: Students perceptions of university affordances |
| Nuts and Bolts | |
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Access to Tertiary Studies: What Helps and What Hinders |
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'Uni for a Day': Taking the mystery out of university life
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Implementing an applied skills & scholarship unit as a means of developing generic skills (and minimizing attrition). |
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An integrated strategy for student service delivery to enhance the first year experience |
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The Auckland University of Technology Student Mentor Programme and first year student orientation |
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Building Community on Campuses - the role of mentor programs |
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A Web-based tool for improving students' writing skills
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Using Institutional Research Projects to Improve Student Retention Management |
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'U-connect - For all new students' - An online orientation pilot |
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Working with First Year Female Muslim Students |
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| Is 'Freshman' English the Way to Go? | |
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The mind of the first-year student: Practical implications of insights from lifespan developmental psychology |
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Peer Mentoring the First Time Around: Is it all a matter of negotiation? |
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Simulations: Learning by Playing Around |
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Promoting an Integrated Campus-wide Approach to First Year Student Retention
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Pathways to University: A Scholarship Programme to Facilitate the Transition of Second Chance Learners to the First Year of Higher Education
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You're a real teacher, aren't you? |
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Assisting Transition: Campus Initiatives and Community Links |
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| Round Table Discussions | |
| Matthew Cairns | The O Week Experience: Integrating Student Associations into the Orientation Week Program to Represent and Advance the Interests of Students. |
| Janet Depiazzi & Tim Perkins | University Peer Mentoring... more than just a friendly face (in the sea of academia)? |
| Julie Grove | Peer Mentoring Programs - How Do We Know They Really Work? |
| Bernadette Madill | Lecturing as Communication: How lecturers and students understand a lecture event. |
| V.A. Richards | Alienation and the First Year Experience in 2002: naming the wall(s). |
| Poster Presentations | |
| Janet Depiazzi & Tim Perkins | From caterpillar to emerging butterfly: the metamorphosis of a tertiary mentoring program. |
| Bryce Mason and Caroline Mason-Rogers | The AIM model for Student Retention: Assessment, Intervention, Measurement. |
| Paul McGrath | Providing enriching learning experiences in basic neurophysiology for 1st year health science students. |
| Sue Franklin and Mary Peat | Foundation and Bridging programs: the First Year Biology way. |
| Robyn Pigozzo | PALS (Peer Assisted Learning Strategy) - An integrated support program for first year students. |
| Linda Thies | 'The Big Brother Factor' - Is It Relevant to First Year Student Withdrawal? |
| M.T. Leach, L.K. Paku and D. Tupara | Te Tautoko o Pütaiao Mäori - Support of Mäori in Science |
For enquiries please contact the FYHE Conference Manager at fyhe@qut.edu.au
This page was last updated on 12/08/2005