Get Ahead… Skills for HE

Roz Howardr.m.c.howard@salford.ac.ukAcademic Support Manager,

International, Partnerships and Community Engagement

19th January 2012

Overview

• Information Literacy Project• FE Partnerships• Skills for HE Programme• Planning• Delivery• Evaluation• Lessons Leant• The Future

Information Literacy Project

• Strategy• ASPIRE• APR• Mapping

Start Apr 2010End June 2011

IL Implementation Key Milestones

Intended learning

outcomes (June 2011) Pre-induction

(July 2010)

Induction (Aug 2010)

Comms & Website

(Aug 2010)

Online Resources

Review (Aug 2010)

Turnitin Training

(Sept 2010)

Benchmarking (Aug 2010)

Diagnostic Tool

(Sept 2010)

Referencing (April 2011)

Research (Dec 2010)

Staff Awareness (Dec 2010)

Staff Development

(ongoing)

IL Week (Feb 2011)

Digital Packages

(March 2011)

Community / Partners Support

FE/Alumni (March 2011)

Transforming Information Literacy

FE Partnerships

• Compact Agreement• Learning to Learn• Selecting students• Skills for HE

Skills for HE Programme

• Planning• Staff Resources• Delivery• Evaluation & Feedback

Planning - Focus

• on introducing the students to independent learning

• developing study skills such as reflective writing, note taking and planning.

• laying the foundations of information literacy

• Inspire confidence and skills levels of the students

Planning - Programme

• Collaboration• Accreditation• Access to resources• Timescales• Groups

Staff Resources

• Recruitment• Student Ambassadors• Lecturers• Library Support staff• Student Services Staff• Work placement staff

Delivery -

• Week 1 & week 2• Competencies testing• Activities

PROFiler

Evaluation & Feedback

• Student Ambassadors• Lecturers• Staff

Evaluation -1

• Student Ambassadors• “The research skills sessions were

very informative and I personally feel the students benefitted from it”

This week has helped me focus on the skills I need for University.

1 2 3 4 5

62%

27%

0%

12%

0%

1. Strongly Agree2. Agree3. Neutral4. Disagree5. Strongly Disagree

This week has made me feel more confident about going to university.

1 2 3 4 5

50%

38%

0%4%

8%

1. Strongly Agree2. Agree3. Neutral4. Disagree5. Strongly Disagree

After this week, I think that the University of Salford would be a good university to go to.

1 2 3 4 5

27%

54%

4%0%

15%

1. Strongly Agree2. Agree3. Neutral4. Disagree5. Strongly Disagree

Evaluation & Feedback -2

• Choosing Skills for HE• Experiences of Skills for HE• Students’ Confidence

Lessons learnt

• Communication• Intensity of sessions• Timing• Student competencies

The Future

• Re-design• Changes to Wider Key skills• Delivery changes• More students with 5 FE Colleges

References:http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2008/08_32/

Schwartz Report “Admissions to Higher Education Review” (2004)

Compact Schemes in HE (2008)HEFCE’s “Higher education outreach: targeting

disadvantaged learners” (2007)VC Prof. Martin Hall’s blog:

http://www.corporate.salford.ac.uk/leadership-management/martin-hall/blog/

Questions?