E Young
Emotional transitions? Exploring the student experience of entering higher education in a widening-participation HE-in-FE setting
Young, E; Thompson, RK; Sharp, J; Bosmans, D
Abstract
This paper details a small-scale research project that explores the student transition into higher education (HE), delivered in a further education college (FE), and considers whether the requirements of transition at this level impacts on emotional wellbeing. As such, it aims to contribute to the growing body of research on HE-in-FE from the perspective of student transition and emotional wellbeing. The data drawn on in this paper were collected by a questionnaire,administered at two points in the first semester, to measure levels of anxiety in students,alongside a further questionnaire designed to evaluate the effectiveness of bespoke academic skills input aimed at supporting the transition into HE. From quantitative and qualitative data, key findings identify factors that influence students’ emotional responses to HE, including those that exacerbate an those that mitigate negative emotional responses. Significantly, the research identifies academic factors, rather than personal or social issues, as being critical to students’ emotional experiences during the transitionary period.
Citation
Young, E., Thompson, R., Sharp, J., & Bosmans, D. (2020). Emotional transitions? Exploring the student experience of entering higher education in a widening-participation HE-in-FE setting. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 44(10), 1349-1363. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2019.1688264
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 27, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 28, 2019 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Apr 29, 2020 |
Journal | Journal of Further and Higher Education |
Print ISSN | 0309-877X |
Electronic ISSN | 1469-9486 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Volume | 44 |
Issue | 10 |
Pages | 1349-1363 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2019.1688264 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2019.1688264 |
Related Public URLs | http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjfh20/current |
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