Updates from the Induction Team
Meet the Team
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Jenni Murray
Abby Shovlin
Liz Dobson-McKittrick
Kristin Hunger
Overview
• Key Findings - New Student
Survey 2014
• September 2015 Planning
• Status of the Induction Team
contracts
New Student
Survey Findings
Satisfied with Experience Thus
Far
98.00%
96.70%
96.00%
95.20%
94.00%
92.80%
92.00%
90.00%
89.00%
89.00%
88.00%
86.00%
84.00%
UG 2013
UG 2014
PG 2013
PGT 2014
PGR 2014
Striking a Balance - UG
Do you think there are too few, just enough, or too many of
the following types of event?
UG - Comparison of Amount of Events
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Too few - '13
Too few - '14
Just Enough - '13
Just Enough - '14
Too Many - '13
Too Many - '14
Central Induction
9%
8%
83%
87%
7%
5%
School
38%
32%
58%
64%
4%
5%
EUSA Day
19%
12%
70%
76%
11%
13%
EUSA Evening
16%
13%
72%
79%
12%
8%
Striking a Balance – PGT
Do you think there are too few, just enough, or too many of the
following types of event?
PG 2013 compared to PGT 2014
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Too few - '13
Central Induction
9%
School
31%
EUSA Day
16%
EUSA Evening
15%
Too few - '14
8%
28%
10%
11%
Just Enough - '13
77%
66%
71%
73%
Just Enough - '14
84%
68%
76%
78%
Too Many - '13
14%
3%
13%
12%
Too Many - '14
8%
4%
14%
11%
Striking a Balance – PGR
Do you think there are too few, just enough, or too many of the
following types of event?
PG 2013 compared to PGR 2014
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Too few - '13
Central Induction
9%
School
31%
EUSA Day
16%
EUSA Evening
15%
Too few - '14
7%
25%
9%
11%
Just Enough - '13
77%
66%
71%
73%
Just Enough - '14
90%
75%
76%
76%
Too Many - '13
14%
3%
13%
12%
Too Many - '14
4%
1%
15%
13%
How are you feeling now?
Confident I can cope with Academic Demands
• UGs - Confident I can cope with the academic
demands of my course was only selected by
35% of respondents
• PGs - ‘Confident I can cope with the academic
demands of my studies’ was selected by 36%
PGT and by 47% PGR respondents
September New Student Survey Results
Student Feedback & Enhancing
Academic Inductions Workshops
28th April, 09:30-11:30,
• Lecture Theatre 1, 7 Bristo Square
30th April, 10:30-12:30
• Room 4325C - Teaching Studio, James
Clerk Maxwell Bldg, King’s Buildings
Practical Strategies for activity based
induction
7th April, 14:00-16:00
Register via MyEd
Enhanced Academic
Inductions
• ‘Is getting used to it
good enough?
• Abby will be reaching out to
Schools offering her assistance
• Session this afternoon, that does
still have some space if anyone
would like to attend
• If you would like assistance
enhancing your academic
induction please email
induction@ed.ac.uk
September 2015 Planning
September 2015
Central Room Bookings
• Number of buildings off-line
• McEwan
• Adam House
• Portions of Appleton Tower
• David Hume Tower
Please help us ensure that students
aren’t given old information
September 2015
New Venues for Traditional Events
• Card Services & Finance –
Appleton Tower NOT Adam House
• Parents Welcome o Joint between EUSA and University
o Hosted Saturday and Sunday of Arrival
Weekend
o George Square Lecture Theatre
• Principal’s Welcome –
Assembly Hall, New College NOT McEwan
Branding
Welcome!
• Soft roll out last year
• Welcome Badges
• New Student webpages referred
to ‘Welcome Week’
• We are asking that University Staff
refer to September Induction Period
as ‘Welcome Week’
• University Welcome runs
concurrently with EUSA’s Freshers’
Week
Pre-Arrival Questionnaire
• Aims to provide PT with a quick
understanding of their tutees’
motivations, career aims/aspirations
and a plan of action
• Stimulates students’ thinking on
these topics
• Already successfully running in
Biomedical Sciences
• We need you!
Student Expectations Framework
We would like to create a framework for
Group Tutorials so that student
expectations can be looked into in more
detail.
We would like to work with PTs and
students to create an outline of the
framework.
Please get in touch with us to become a
part of this work!
Status of our
Contracts
• Recommendation from the
Programming Board that our roles
become mainstreamed
• Induction Team contracts extended
until December 2015
• By the end of the Planning Round
we should know the outcome and
will keep our contacts updated of
the status
• We look forward to continue
working with you for this September
and Autumn Semester.