Diversity @ Deakin – Transition pedagogy: maintaining the momentum

Dear Colleague,

“…in all their diversity, students come to higher education to learn and … it is within the first year curriculum that students must be inspired, supported, and realise their sense of belonging; not only for early engagement and retention, but also as a foundation for later years’ learning success and a lifetime of professional practice” (Kift, 2009, p. 1).

Transition Pedagogy was first raised more than ten years ago and has been widely adopted in Australia and internationally as a sustainable student success framework. In 2018, are we any better at meeting commencing students’ needs? Is momentum for a whole-of-student, whole-of-institution approach flagging or building in a time of tightening budgets and near-universal student participation?

Please join me in welcoming Professor Sally Kift, who pioneered transition pedagogy, to address these important questions for a whole of Deakin audience in ‘Diversity @ Deakin – Transition pedagogy: maintaining the momentum.’

I look forward to seeing you there,

Mel

Mel Martinelli

Director
Diversity and Inclusion 
Deakin University