12th Conf of CSSI (1):Layout 1 - Trinity College Dublin

12th
Conference of the Confederation
of Student Services of Ireland
D R A F T S C H E D U L E
The First Year Student
Experience
Institute of Technology, Sligo
15th – 17th June, 2009
The Confederation of
Student Services of Ireland
www.cssi.edu.ie

12th Conference of the Confederation of Student Services of Ireland
The First Year Student Experience
Monday 15th June 2009
12:00 – 13:30 Registration
14:00 Welcome
Stephen Kennedy, CSSI Executive Committee
14:15 Opening of Conference
Professor Terri Scott, President, IT Sligo
14:30 What’s Unique about the Irish First Year Student Experience?
Colleen Doyle, Student Adviser, University College Dublin
Dr. Claire Laudet, Department of French, Trinity College Dublin
15:15 Tea & Coffee
16:00 – 17:00 Concurrent Paper Sessions 1 – 3
1.
Hearing the Student Voice – Examining the Processes of Transition, Persistence and
Engagement for a Group of First Year, First in Family University Students
Dr. Sarah O’Shea, Manager, Student Transition and Retention Unit, University of New
Castle, Australia
New Entrants Expectations and Worries: Can We Ignore Them?
Dr. Claire Laudet, Department of French, Trinity College Dublin
2.
Students Supporting Students in GMIT and AIT
Nuala Harding, Learning & Teaching Unit, Athlone IT
Carina Ginty, SIF 2 Project Manager, Galway-Mayo IT
Mentoring First Year Students in IT Sligo
Kevin Savage & Mentoring Team, Department of Civil Engineering & Construction, IT Sligo
3.
Demystifying the Process Together – Academic Writing and the First Year Student
Martin Crehan, Marian Fitzmaurice & Mark Russell, Learning, Teaching & Technology
Centre, Dublin Institute of Technology
Virtually There: An Action Based Inquiry into Improving Academic Performance
Michael Goldrick, Learning Support Tutor, National College of Ireland
19:00 Reception & Conference Dinner
Clarion Hotel, Clarion Road, Co. Sligo
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12th Conference of the Confederation of Student Services of Ireland
The First Year Student Experience
Tuesday 16th June 2009
09:00 Registration
Registration desk will be open for the day
09:00 – 09:30 Tea & Coffee
09:30 – 10:30 Concurrent Workshop Sessions 1 – 4
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2.
3.
4.
The SOS Student Mentor Programme – 10 years On & Still Going Strong!
Dr. Sarah O’Shea, Manager, Student Transition and Retention Unit, University of New
Castle, Australia
Waking the Dead: Using Interactive Technology to Engage Passive First-Year
Students
Dr. Mary Armstrong, Dr. Bill Byers & Mr. Stephen McKenna, School of Health
Sciences, University of Ulster, Jordanstown
Peer Mentoring for Students with Mental Health Difficulties
Pauline Quinn & Sue Steging, Student Support, University of Ulster, Jordanstown
Performance Measurement in Student Services: ‘Not Everything that Counts can
be Counted’
Brian Gormley, Manager, and Rachel O’Connor, Research and Project Officer,
Campus Life at Dublin Institute of Technology
10:30 – 11:30 Concurrent Paper Sessions 4 & 5
4.
5.
Using the Wheel of Life and Health to Help First Year Students Adjust to
University
Dr. Greg Kelly, Mark Poulter, Jacqui Crosbie, Stephen McKenna, School of Health
Sciences, University of Ulster, Jordanstown
Learning to Learn: A Module to Promote First Year Science Students’ Curiosity
and Self Development
Mary Hannon, Department of Environmental Science, IT Sligo
Developing Civic Engagement Projects When Resources Are Scarce: A Case
Study Of Partnership Between Third Level Institutions & National Award
Authorities
Aidan Healy, University of Limerick
Personal Development Planning (PDP): Transitioning Students to Independent
Learning
Deirdre Scott, Applied Social Studies, IT Sligo
11:30 – 12:00 Tea & Coffee
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12th Conference of the Confederation of Student Services of Ireland
The First Year Student Experience
12:00 – 13:00 Concurrent Paper Sessions 6 & 7
6.
The Experience of First Year Students in UCD Who Entered Their Degree
Programme with the Support of an Access Programme
Suzanne McVicker, ACE Coordinator, Tallaght and Jennifer Murphy, Student Adviser,
UCD New ERA Programme
7.
On Being an Access Student
Gerard McHugh, Disability and Student Quality Officer, Dundalk Institute of
Technology
Managing Student Retention in Higher Education
Martina Harte and Laura Keane, CHART Office, Waterford Institute of Technology
Sport as a Tool for Successful Integration into Student Life
Yvonne O’Connor, Dublin City University and Colleges & Universities Sports
Association of Ireland (CUSAI)
13:00 – 14:00 Conference Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 CSSI AGM & Report from CSSI Delegation Trip to USA
All Conference attendees welcome
15:00 – 16:00 Concurrent Paper Sessions 8 – 10
8.
How Unilink (a mental health service for students) Enables First Year Students to
Engage in College Life
Clodagh Nolan and Sarah Quinn, Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Trinity College
Dublin
9.
10.
The Role of Orientation Programmes for Transitioning Students to College Life
Sheelagh O’Gara, Student Support Services Manager, and Dr. Etain Kiely, Learning &
Teaching Co-ordinator, IT Sligo
Teaching and Learning Methodologies to Support Student Transition
Martina Naughton, Dr. Joe Carthy & Dr. Tahar Kechadi, School of Computer Science
and Informatics, University College Dublin
Dispositional Optimism, Attachment Relationships, Coping Style and Adjustment
to University
Martin Healy, University of New South Wales, Australia
Attracting First Year Students: Leadership Programme for High School Leaders
Wayne Gillespie and Julie Grove, Counselling Service, University of New South Wales,
Australia
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12th Conference of the Confederation of Student Services of Ireland
The First Year Student Experience
16:15 – 17:15 First Keynote Speaker of the CSSI Conference
Is The Gap Between Student Expectation & Experience Acceptable, Reasonable
& Inevitable?
Professor Bernard Longden, Liverpool Hope University
19:00 Buffet Dinner
Clarion Hotel, Clarion Road, Co. Sligo
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12th Conference of the Confederation of Student Services of Ireland
The First Year Student Experience
Wednesday 17th June 2009
09:00 Registration
Registration desk will be open for the morning
09:00 – 09:30 Tea & Coffee
09:30 – 10:30 Concurrent Workshop Sessions 5 – 8
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8.
Speaking with the Enemy: Designing Programmes for Use with Parents of First
Year Students
Fr. John Callanan, S.J., Chaplain/Student Adviser and Colleen Doyle, Student Adviser,
University College Dublin
The Portal of My College Life
Lorraine Shortt, Student Counsellor, Dublin Institute of Technology
Innovative Approaches Across Four HEIs for Integrating Students with
Disabilities
Stephen Kennedy, National College of Ireland, Declan Treanor, Trinity College Dublin,
Anne O’Connor, Dublin City University, Rose Ryan, NUI Maynooth
UCD Links – A First Year Peer Mentoring Programme
Ros McFeely, Nadia Clarkin and Jennifer Murphy, Student Advisers – University
College Dublin
10:45 – 11:45 Concurrent Paper Sessions 11 – 13
11.
12.
Challenge or Opportunity for Higher Education Institutions
Marie McGloin, Department of Humanities, IT Sligo
Empowering the Orientation and Transition of Blind and Vision Impaired
Students to Higher Education
Mary O’Grady & Linda Doran, Disability Support Service, University College Cork
Perceived Academic Self-efficacy Beliefs in Mature Students
Ashling O’Brien, Final year Undergraduate Psychology Student, Trinity College Dublin
Improving the Success Rate in Assignments
Rachel Doherty, Lecturer and Programme Developer, National College of Ireland
13.
Supporting First Year Students at NUIG
Una McDermott, NUI Galway
First Year Experiences at an American University
Meghan Hegarty, Butler University, USA
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12th Conference of the Confederation of Student Services of Ireland
The First Year Student Experience
12:00 – 13:00 Second Keynote Speaker of the CSSI Conference
Assessing the First Year Experience: A Critical Element in Our Commitment to
Improving the Student Experience
John Shuh, Distinguished Professsor, Iowa State University
13:00 Close of Conference
Colleen Doyle, Chair, Confederation of Student Services of Ireland
A buffet lunch will be served following the closing of the conference (included in
conference fee)
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