The Advance HE Podcast

Student Success:access

Student Success is a six-month longitudinal project for the Connect Benefit Series 2021-22 focusing embedding employability and access, retention, attainment and progression in higher education. This is the second in a series of four podcasts previewing the findings of a literature review on access, retention, attainment and progression 2016-21, exploring interventions which have shown impact on access, retention, attainment and progression outcomes and the connections between these areas,  which will be published as part of this theme. 

In this episode, Nathaniel Pickering, Lecturer Research Evaluation and Student Engagement, Sheffield Hallam University is joined by Caroline Heaton, Senior Lecturer (Research, Evaluation and Student Engagement), Sheffield Hallam University, who principally researched this area of the literature review focusing on access. 

This episode was recorded on 11 October 2021.

For more information on this podcast series and the Connect Benefits Series - Student Success, please visit https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/membership/member-benefits-2021-22/connect-benefit-series/student-success 

Turning challenging conversations into transformative ones

Being a leader, manager and colleague means having to handle sensitive and potentially challenging conversations with confidence and understanding.

Approached with clarity and positivity, workplace discussions can lead to stronger relationships and better organisational performance.

Our new Transformative Conversations Programme is designed to help leaders from both academic and professional backgrounds to develop their understanding, approaches, emotional intelligence, self-awareness and empathy, thus building the confidence to engage in sensitive discussions within their teams and across the institution.

In an introductory podcast, programme facilitators Barbara Bassa, Kim Ansell and Clare Pavitt reveal their 'top tips' for approaching challenging conversations.

Find out more about the Transformative Conversations Programme

https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/programmes-events/development-programmes/transformative-conversations-programme

Student Success: progression

Student Success is a six-month longitudinal project for the Connect Benefit Series 2021-22 focusing embedding employability and access, retention, attainment and progression in higher education. This is the second in a series of four podcasts previewing the findings of a literature review on access, retention, attainment and progression 2016-21, exploring interventions which have shown impact on access, retention, attainment and progression outcomes and the connections between these areas,  which will be published as part of this theme. 

In this episode, Dr Rebecca Hodgson, Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Sheffield Hallam University is joined by Dr Liz Austen, Head of Evaluation and Research, Sheffield Hallam University is joined by , who principally researched the area of the literature review focusing on progression.

This episode was recorded on 27 September 2021.

For more information on this podcast series and the Connect Benefits Series - Student Success, please visit https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/membership/member-benefits-2021-22/connect-benefit-series/student-success 

Student Success: retention

Student Success is a six-month longitudinal project for the Connect Benefit Series 2021-22 focusing embedding employability and access, retention, attainment and progression in higher education. This is the first in a series of four podcasts previewing the findings of a literature review on access, retention, attainment and progression 2016-21, exploring interventions which have shown impact on access, retention, attainment and progression outcomes and the connections between these areas,  which will be published as part of this theme. 

In this episode, Dr Liz Austen, Head of Evaluation and Research, Sheffield Hallam University is joined by Dr Rebecca Hodgson, Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Sheffield Hallam University, who principally researched the area of the literature review focusing on retention.

This episode was recorded on 27 September 2021.

For more information on this podcast series and the Connect Benefits Series - Student Success, please visit https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/membership/member-benefits-2021-22/connect-benefit-series/student-success 

Student Success – perspectives from our global membership

Student Success is a six-month longitudinal project for the Connect Benefit Series 2021-22 focusing on embedding employability and access, retention, attainment and progression in higher education.

In this podcast, Dr Catriaona Bell, Head of Membership (Scotland) and Senior Advisor (Learning and Teaching), Advance HE, is joined by Dr Jacqueline Brodie, Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland; Dr Issra Pramoolsook, Assistant to Rector of SUT and International Liaison Officer of the Thai Association for Cooperative Education (TACE), Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand; and Ruth Puhr, Head of Teaching and Learning Development, Les Roches, Switzerland to share their insights on employability. Our panel discuss initiatives at their institutions and how these have been adapted in response to Covid-related challenges, as well as which areas of our recently released Employability: A Review of the Literature 2016-2021 are of particular interest to them, and how they plan to embed this into their future work. 

This episode was recorded on 14 September 2021.

For more information on the Connect Benefits Series - Student Success, please visit https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/membership/member-benefits-2021-22/connect-benefit-series/student-success 

Student Success: inequalities and differential opportunities

Student Success is a six-month longitudinal project for the Connect Benefit Series 2021-22 focusing embedding employability and access, retention, attainment and progression in higher education. This is the fourth and final podcast previewing the findings of a literature review on employability 2016-21, which will be published as part of this theme.

In this episode, Dr Maia Pal, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Oxford Brookes University is joined by Dr Shirley Shipman, Principal Lecturer (Student Experience) and Programme Lead (Law) at Oxford Brookes University to discuss the aspects of the literature review focusing on inequalities and differential opportunities employability. This podcast focuses particularly on why access to HE alone is insufficient to reduce or remove inequalities, human capital and other types of capitol and their impact on successful entry into the labour market, as well as differential access to employability opportunities and extracurricular activities.

This episode was recorded on 16 September 2021.

For more information on this podcast series and the Connect Benefits Series - Student Success, please visit https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/membership/member-benefits-2021-22/connect-benefit-series/student-success 

Student Success: critiques of employability

Student Success is a six-month longitudinal project for the Connect Benefit Series 2021-22 focusing on embedding employability and access, retention, attainment and progression in higher education.

This is the third episode in this series of podcasts previewing the findings of a literature review on employability 2016-21, which will be published as part of the Student Success theme. In this episode, Dr Roger Dalrymple, Associate Dean: Student Outcomes at Oxford Brookes University and Dr Andrea Macrae, Principal Lecturer, Stylistics and Student Experience at Oxford Brookes University is joined by Dr Maia Pal, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Oxford Brookes University to discuss the aspects of the literature review focusing on critiques of employability. This podcast focuses particularly on how employability is conceptualised, the emphasis on human capital theory and marketisation, and how different aspects of employability from the global north translated in practice in other locations around the world.

This episode was recorded on 2 September 2021.

For more information on this podcast series and the Connect Benefits Series - Student Success, please visit https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/membership/member-benefits-2021-22/connect-benefit-series/student-success 

Student Success: entrepreneurship and work-integrated learning

Student Success is a six-month longitudinal project for the Connect Benefit Series 2021-22 focusing on embedding employability and access, retention, attainment and progression in higher education.

In the second episode in this series of podcasts previewing the findings of a literature review on employability 2016-21, which will be published as part of the Student Success theme. In this episode, Dr Roger Dalrymple, Associate Dean: Student Outcomes at Oxford Brookes University is joined by Dr Andrea Macrae, Principal Lecturer, Stylistics and Student Experience at Oxford Brookes University to discuss the aspects of the literature review focusing on entrepreneurship and work-integrated learning, with particular focus on the provision of work placements, the ongoing challenges of objectively measuring the impact of work-integrated learning, differences in student attitudes to entrepreneurship across different faculties, and the future direction of research on work-integrated learning and entrepreneurial education.

This episode was recorded on 2 September 2021.

For more information on this podcast series and the Connect Benefits Series - Student Success, please visit https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/membership/member-benefits-2021-22/connect-benefit-series/student-success 

Student Success: measuring and measures of employability

Student Success is a six-month longitudinal project for the Connect Benefit Series 2021-22 focusing on embedding employability and access, retention, attainment and progression in higher education.

In the first episode in this series previewing the findings of a literature review on employability, 2016-21, Dr Andrea Macrae, Principal Lecturer, Stylistics and Student Experience at Oxford Brookes University is joined by Dr Roger Dalrymple, Associate Dean: Student Outcomes at Oxford Brookes University to discuss the measurement of different employability interventions and employability development. 

This episode was recorded on 2 September 2021.

For more information on this podcast series and the Connect Benefits Series - Student Success, please visit https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/membership/member-benefits-2021-22/connect-benefit-series/student-success 

Transitions, retention and progression episode three

Transitions, Retention and Progression is a series of podcasts focusing on the challenges and opportunities of different experiences and approaches to transitions, retention and progression.

In the third episode in this podcast series, Ben Brabon, Associate at Advance HE is joined by Hillary Gyebi-Ababio, Vice President Higher Education, National Union of Students, who shares her experience of supporting student transitions and progression.

This episode was recorded on 20 August 2021.

For more information on this podcast series and our work on transitions, retention and progression, please visit https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/membership/member-events/august-october-transitions-retention-and-progression