The University of Lincoln is contributing to a major new £485,000 project designed to ensure that students confronted by challenging circumstances during their time at university can get the most from their studies.
Each of the four universities involved will concentrate on different hurdles faced by different students in higher education with the goal of developing interventions which personal tutors can deploy to enable students to achieve the success they deserve.
Experts in pedagogical research from the Lincoln Higher Education Research Institute at the University of Lincoln will work with students and personal tutors to create a new online ‘academic development’ programme. This online resource will feature interactive materials designed to help tutors support their students in overcoming obstacles in their learning.
The overall project, entitled ‘Intervention for Success’, is being led by the University of Huddersfield, which will focus its research on the challenge of living at home and facing a long commute to and from university. The other institutional partners are Coventry University and Manchester Metropolitan University.
The work is being funded as part of a national £7.5 million programme of support to tackle barriers to student success, which will see 17 projects involving 64 higher education providers receive funding from the Catalyst Fund administered by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to drive innovation in the higher education sector.
Dr Karin Crawford, Head of Lincoln Higher Education Research Institute at the University of Lincoln, is leading Lincoln’s contribution to the project.
To read more visit: http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/news/2017/03/1335.asp