UTS approach to FYE Dr Kathy Egea, project coordinator

Systems, policies and practices that support effective curriculum design, management, implementation and evaluation Academic & Professiona l staff Curriculum University Infrastructure Systems that support learning and engagement Easy access to uni and course information eg timetabling Embedding Transition Pedagogies (Kift) Aligning curricular and co-curricular support UTS FYE Framework

Context: where FYE fits at UTS University funding Working with students – Student services unit (SSU) – focus on student identity and sense of belonging – Academic support Peer tutoring U:Pass - group style study sessions facilitated by high achieving students Study skills Higher Education Language and Presentation Support – Faculties - Academic Liaison officers (faculty) – Library – extra and intra curricular support Working with academics – T& L unit (IML) Curriculum development – projects Academic language and learning specialists Faculty support academics T&L conference T&L grants Graduate certificate Tutor workshops Commencing staff workshops Equity funded projects Working with students – Supporting students Extend Upass (SSU) Mature Age Transition Support Project (SSU) Principals Recommendation Scheme (PRS) Transition Support Maths support - Pathways to UTS Math (Maths) TextHelp Read and Write Literacy software (Equity) Industry Material Scholarships (DAB) Working with academics FYE project (work with academics in transition pedagogy) » Central vs faculty roles

Staff Engagement Transition Pedagogy Evaluation and reports Day to day Management of project Key activities of FYE project at UTS Forums Workshops CoPs Websites list Faculty focus vs central focus Fye grants – subject level Tutor guidelines/worksh ops Use of UTS stats Monitor success/retention Frequent reporting to deans, T&L and shareholders, advisory group Grant holders Faculty FYE Coordinators Budgets Forums Websites Other Project activities

Achievements A wide range of subjects are embedding Transition pedagogy in classroom and subject design (grants, faculty workshops) Extensive engagement from staff in FYE project – FYE grants, forum attendance, community list, webpage Variety of Faculty approaches to FYE with FYTE coordinators

Challenges Funding - university vs external funds Broadening the academic engagement in FYE – Top down support within faculty – Bottom up engagement Identifying way to keep focus on transition with large casual allocations in FY subjects