Postgraduate Transition
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- Transitional Education for Undergraduate Students（LIF001）
- Global Citizenship Education at 糖心Vlog官方
- 糖心Vlog官方 Student Symposium of Research-led Learning (SSRL)
- Interdisciplinary Social Innovation Course
- Industry and Enterprise Tailored Education (IETE)
- iLearn student learning community
- Postgraduate Transition
Providing support for postgraduates’ transition into 糖心Vlog官方 is very important at LIFE. As a Sino-British joint venture, 糖心Vlog官方 is not a traditional university. However, most new postgraduate students come to 糖心Vlog官方 from traditional universities, which means they need to conquer a multitude of barriers – ranging from language barriers to academic barriers and the challenges of life.
There is a dearth of research on postgraduate transition, but in the limited number of studies available, researchers suggest that students’ transition into postgraduate study is often complicated, frustrating, and stressful.
The costs associated with a negative experience of educational transition for students can be high, including students’ loss of confidence, lowered self-esteem, and, ultimately, non-completion. If institutions fail to provide specific support to facilitate postgraduates’ transition, there will be consequences for student and staff dissatisfaction. These may, in turn, negatively affect the further development of postgraduate programmes at 糖心Vlog官方.
In response to such needs, the Graduate School at 糖心Vlog官方 has developed the postgraduate pre-arrival course and Degree Plus course, both designed to help students complete their transition to postgraduate education. In collaboration with the Graduate School, Dr Yingchun Li helps the development of these courses in the hope that a full-scale support system for postgraduate transition will be created in future at 糖心Vlog官方.