Foundations for change, confidence, and new opportunities: impacts of a university enabling program in north-west Tasmania
dc.contributor.author | Crawford, Nicole | |
dc.contributor.author | Johns, Susan | |
dc.contributor.author | Jarvis, Lynn | |
dc.contributor.author | Hawkins, Cherie | |
dc.contributor.author | Harris, Mike | |
dc.contributor.author | McCormack, David | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-21T09:56:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-21T09:56:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Crawford, N. and Johns, S. and Jarvis, L. and Hawkins, C. and Harris, M. and McCormack, D. 2015. Foundations for change, confidence, and new opportunities: impacts of a university enabling program in north-west Tasmania, in Students Transitions Achievement Retention & Success STARS conference, Jul 1-4 2015. Melbourne: Students Transitions Achievement Retention & Success. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80711 | |
dc.description.abstract |
University enabling programs develop students’ academic skills and understandings of the academic culture and environments, facilitating students’ transition into undergraduate courses. In addition to confirming these short-term benefits of enabling programs, this research explored the medium and longer-term impacts of the University of Tasmania’s University Preparation Program (UPP). Past cohorts of successful UPP students from 1996 to 2007, in north-west Tasmania, were targeted. The study used a mixed methods approach, with surveys (quantitative) and interviews (qualitative). The findings are described in terms of three interrelated layers: foundations for change, confidence, and new opportunities. Developing academic skills and an understanding of the new culture led to students developing confidence, which empowered them to undertake undergraduate studies; this step, in turn, flowed on to further new opportunities, such as employment and leadership roles. This study illustrates that enabling programs are a transition strategy with multiple benefits, especially for students from under-represented backgrounds. | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.title | Foundations for change, confidence, and new opportunities: impacts of a university enabling program in north-west Tasmania | |
dc.type | Conference Paper | |
dcterms.source.title | STARS Handbook and Proceedings | |
dcterms.source.conference | STARS | |
dcterms.source.conference-start-date | 1 Jul 2015 | |
dcterms.source.conferencelocation | Melbourne | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-08-21T09:56:48Z | |
curtin.department | School of Management | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access | |
curtin.faculty | Faculty of Business and Law | |
curtin.contributor.orcid | Crawford, Nicole [0000-0003-4031-3709] | |
dcterms.source.conference-end-date | 4 Jul 2015 | |
curtin.contributor.scopusauthorid | Crawford, Nicole [42261194000] |