You are cordially invited to attend the next CEGE4ALL: Ethics & Sustainability Seminar by Jack Hogan (Abertay University), on “Building a Student Success Ecosystem: A Whole-Institution Approach to Transition and Belonging”. The seminar will take place on April 27th, between 11.30 am and 12.30 pm in room EP002 (Porto - Foz Campus - Paradise Building).

This seminar will be held in a hybrid format. You can attend it either in person (room EP002) or online.

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Registration is mandatory. Please register by April 26th indicating if you will be attending in person or online. The weblink will be emailed to online attendees after registration.

 

Jack Hogan is a Lecturer in Academic Practice in the Abertay Learning Enhancement (AbLE) Academy. His pedagogic research interests are around the first-year student experience, transitions, retention, and employability. His current focus is around personalised learning, diagnostics and how microcredentials can be used to support student transitions.



Abstract

Supporting students through transition into higher education demands more than isolated interventions, it requires a coherent institutional ecosystem in which structures, relationships, and culture work together. Drawing on Thomas's (2012) What Works? framework and Tinto's (2017) student-centred perspective on retention, this session examines how Abertay University has developed an integrated approach to student success that starts at pre-arrival through the first year and beyond. From Welcome Week designed on the 5 Ways of Wellbeing, Lizzio's (2006) five senses of success, to coaching conversations, learner development services, and the embedding of microcredentials within the formal curriculum, the session argues that belonging is not incidental but must be deliberately designed. Using McNair et al.'s (2016) concept of the student-ready institution, we explore what it means to shift from reactive support to proactive partnership, and the practical challenges of sustaining this across a university.