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Contextualising the First Year Experience

First Year Experience Project Grants Symposium

23 November 2007 - Industry Development Centre

Symposium: 8.30 - 5.00 pm
Wine and Cheese: 5.00 pm at the University Gallery

This whole-day symposium on the first-year experience at University of Newcastle focuses on three broad areas: supporting students entering first year, providing purpose and direction for the future for first-year students, and supporting students to succeed in first year.

The program for the day includes the presentation of all this year's First Year Experience Projects, grouped thematically into three sessions, a keynote address by Dr Bill Gladstone, a first-year student panel, and a plenary session.

Lunch, and morning and afternoon tea, will be provided, and the day will end with wine and finger food at the University Art Gallery at 5pm.

Please register using the symposium registration form by Monday 19 November 2007

Program

8:30	Registration
8:45	Welcome and Introduction Professor Kevin McConkey, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic
9:00	Engaging and Inspiring First Year students (Keynote address) Dr Bill Gladstone
10:00	Session 1: Providing a supportive context for entry into first year Peer mentor program for first year law students Mrs Katherine Lindsay; Ms Nicola Ross Are we providing steps or walls? Breaking down the barriers to success for Indigenous students entering undergraduate medicine Dr John Stuart; Dr Craig Richards First year experience specific website: supporting and advancing first year student transition into higher education across all campuses with the provision of immediate and easy access to information Ms Yolanda Surjan; Dr Tracey Levett-Jones Dr Tracey Levett-Jones (Session synthesiser)
11:00	MORNING TEA
11:15	Session 2: Providing a future context for purpose and direction in first year Improving Web-based program-linked career information to assist First year students in making appropriate study and career choices Associate Professor Fred Menk; Dr Colin Waters; Ms Cathy Stone; Ms Susan Eade Program guidance mentors for on- and off-campus students Professor John Carter; Associate Professor Tony Williams; Mrs Naomi McLean Development of a careers resource kit for academic teaching First Year students Associate Professor Peter Peterson; Dr Peter Henderson; Ms Cathy Stone, Ms Susan Eade Associate Professor Fred Menk (Session synthesiser)
12:30	LUNCH
1:30	Session 3: Student Panel Student perspectives on the context of first year at the University of Newcastle Student Panel (Facilitator: Dr Craig Richards)
2:15	Session 4: Negotiating the context of first year at university Surviving first year Uni: online learning modules Associate Professor John Germov; Dr Lauren Williams Reducing first year attrition in Business courses Dr Kym Cowley; Mrs Jodie Davis; Ms Christine Yap; Mr Shaun Ryan The virtual speech pathology clinic Associate Professor Alison Ferguson; Miss Kathryn Proudfoot Associate Professor John Germov (Session synthesiser)
3:30	AFTERNOON TEA
4:00	Session 5: PLENARY What have we achieved? Dr Tracey Levett-Jones; Associate Professor Fred Menk; Associate Professor John Germov Context capacity building for enhancing the first year experience at the University of Newcastle Professor Gail Huon, Director, Centre for Teaching and Learning
5:00	Wine and cheese in the University Gallery

For further information about this symposium please contact the Centre for Teaching and Learning:
By email: FYE@newcastle.edu.au
By phone: Donna Reedy 02 4921 6722