Title How Can We Support The Living at Home Students Experience? BMH Learning at Lunch Thursday 14 th September 00
Title What is an Off- Campus Students’ Project Coordinator? 00
Title The Off-Campus Student Project Coordinator Role • Partnership between the University and the Students’ Union • Focuses on Integrating and Improving Off- Campus Student Experiences • Encompasses: Living at Home Students, Mature Students, Student Parents and Carers 00
Title Living at Home Students • 27% of students live at home (The Guardian 2013) • Due to family, religious or economic reasons • Less likely to complete studies or feel involved in student community • Less likely to engage in extra-curricular, more academically focused 00 (Alterline Research 2016)
Title How Do We Engage With Living at Home Students? 00
Title Living at Home Residential • Before Welcome Week • Tote-bags with: support guides, common room map, portable charger, travel wallets, biscuits, pens, notepads • Social and Supportive Activities 00
Title Residential Feedback “I’m really glad this event was held. Before it, I was rea eally ly ne nervou ous s abou out t starti ting ng uni nivers ersit ity y but I we went nt hom ome e no not bei eing ng able e to o wa wait till it started.” 00
Title Residential Feedback “It made me feel a lot more confident about mee eeting ing peo eople ple at uni niversi versity ty and nd partici ticipa patin ting g in n student life.” 00
Title Residential Feedback • 94% agreed they felt more part of the Living at Home (the remaining 6% slightly agreed) • Similar figures for wider student community • Overwhelmingly emphasised the fantastic opportunity to make friends 00
Title Welcome Week • Pre-Welcome Mature Students Day: focus on wellbeing • Active Society: stalls, meet and greets, quizzes, meals • University Departmental Welcome Events • Home Away From Home 00
Title Home Away From Home 00
Title Our Societies • Living at Home Society • Mature Student Society • Student Parents and Carers Group 00
Title Living at Home Society • Student led society which organises socials, trips, meals • Communicate with 535 member Facebook Group • Work with SU to bring Living at Home projects to life! 00
Title Living at Home Projects • Residential • Daytrippers • Student Train Campaign • Rep Positions on Senate • Commuter Cost Fund 00
Title Commuter Cost Fund • Clear link between travel and experience (Institutional Partner Liz Thomas Research 2016) • Travel cost reimbursement £100 per term • 50 places available, 688 applications • Part of a wider research project to improve support for living at home students • Feeding in to this years Access to Recreation Fund 00
Title Access to Recreation Grant • Joining SU societies and groups which have membership fees • Purchasing equipment necessary for joining SU society activities (for example, kit) • Joining RAG (Raise and Give) challenges which have admin fees • Travel to attend meetings and activities with your society • Trips that meet the goals and purpose of the society • Gaining relevant documentation to participate in activities (e.g. overseas criminal records checks that require payment) UP TO £200 PER SEMESTER 00
Title Mature Students Society • Important to think about, diversify and tailor to different branches of ‘Living at Home’ students • 500 member Facebook Group + Email Newsletter • Developed research with their support • Socials & Lunch Club • Careers • Peer Mentoring 00
Title Student Parents and Carers Group • 198 members in Facebook Group • PGR Parent Peer Support Group • Student Parent Advice Booklet • Feeding into new university policy for undergrad new parents • Family Friendly Activities and DayTrippers • Working with Carers Trust, Carers UK, Manchester Carers Centre – Carers Awareness Day Activities… Conferences, Stalls • Supporting Going Higher Campaign for Student Carers – Interacted with campaign to get Carers recognised by UCAS 00
Title Family Friendly Campus Tour Day 00
Title Back to Living at Home Students! 00
Title Beyond Engagement? Engaging with Living at Home Students is most important with Welcome Week social events and supporting representation… BUT … This needs to be sustainable with the long term interest of re-thinking the image of a stereotypical student Knowing I Halls or Having my won’t miss Home University out on a (different but equal) understand Student ‘ Living at Experience Home ’ needs 00
Title Establishing and Embedding Living at Home • Ensuring representation is consistent and accessible e.g. members of staff, officers, reps, society • Creating Long Term Thinking with Institutional Events (importance of academic routes with uni and SU)… e.g. Welcome Week, Follow Up Meets, Pre-Exam Well-Being Sessions, Post-Exam Celebrations, Reclaim the Night inclusion, Elections • Appropriate Timetabling for Living at Home Students (Can placements be made local for students) • Online Resources • Discussing Living at Home with Prospective Students 00
Title Thinking about Living at Home Students Bad Example Lack of Consideration on Student Finance Flyer 00
Title Thinking about Living at Home Students Good Example Included at Open Day next to Accommodation 00
Title Additional Support • Working with Advice • Developing FAQs • Raise Awareness of Support • Temporary Solutions to Long-Term Issues 00
Title To Conclude! What Can You Do?! • Don’t forget these students exist!! • Consider tailoring support and being flexible for living at home students. A little empathy can go a long way. (if you’re an academic tutor ask about them living at home, if you’re a lecturer or seminar tutor be considerate if a student may be a little late) • When discussing student experience, ask the question “will this be accessible to any students who lives at home?” • Do you work with an academic society or student reps, are they considering living at home students? • Sign-post living at home students to the Students’ Union. 00
Title Stay In Touch miriam.amies@manchester.ac.uk Off-Campus Students Project Coordinator 0161-275-2940 Where you can find me: /LivingatHomeUoM www.manchesterstudentsunion.com University of Manchester Students’ Union @ManchesterSU Any Questions? 00
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