The challenge in moving to university isn’t ability. It’s expectation.

Less structure
More independence
Support you have to seek out

Do students actually know what’s changing?

#HigherEducation #StudentTransition #IndependentLearning #StudentSupport #Wellbeing

CTU warns Aspira could close mid‑March; board hears calls for accountability and emergency planning Union leaders told the Chicago Board of Education the Aspira charter network is insolvent and has requested roughly $4.8 million to finish the school year for two high schools, prompting calls for emergency student‑transition planning, greater fiscal oversight of charter operators and support for midyear continuity.

The Chicago Teachers Union warns that Aspira's insolvency could displace 570 students unless the district urgently provides $4.8 million to keep its high schools afloat.

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#IL #CharterSchoolReform #CitizenPortal #ChicagoEducation #StudentTransition

Our new paper published today. Izzy Ball's third paper from her PhD research programme published in Educational Psychology Review #studenttransition #studentsuccess #academicsucess #psychosocialoutcomes #highereducation #universitylife #universityoutcomes #educationalpsychology #edpsych

S2 "Voices of Belonging" with Sam Wilson-Thain The ConnectED podcast · Episode

Voices of Belonging ep.13 sees @gemstanden.bsky.social in conversation with Samantha Wilson-Thain from Uni. of Warwick about developing student networks, in partnership with the students.
#Belonging #StudentNetworks #EDI #InclusiveEducation #StudentTransition

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Abstracts

Call for abstracts for European First Year Experience Conf 2025 - come share your research & practice on HE student FY experience &transitions. Deadline Jan 15 2025. #EFYE2025 #studentsupport #HEteaching #studenttransition More info and submission form (abstract tool) here: efye2025.be/abstracts/

Spent a great morning at Halesowen College with Business and Law lecturers and students exploring #studenttransition to HE and how we could share best practice related to #academicskills development. Looking forward to working more closely with our FE feeder colleges.

Navigating the transition to university: key factors for student success - edpsy.org.uk Starting university is a huge milestone. It’s a very exciting time but can also be pretty daunting for some students....

Our blog on Student Transitions to Higher Education & Academic Achievement with research led by Izzy Ball, and supervised by me, Moitree Banerjee, and Andrew Holliman edpsy.org.uk/blog/2024/na... #HigherEducation #StudentTransition #TransitionToUniversity #academicachievement @edpsy.bsky.social