Upping Grades? Upgrade’s contribution to the student experience.

Upping Grades?Upgrade’s contribution

to the student experience

‘The help is helpful!’

‘Upgrade is the best idea the university could have. People @ Upgrade are professionals who help you as much as possible in understanding your work’

‘I thought it was good then they handed out handouts that you can use whist doing the work’

‘When I first attended Upgrade I was only achieving a Grade C but now I am a Grade B+ which I know will even get better with the help of Upgrade’

In 2006/07 Upgrade has delivered

1403 sessions to

744 students

What’s the draw?

Conversation

Relief - sharing anxieties

Non-judgemental / non-assessed / outside

Easy access

Unpacking the task and expectations

Navigating Module Handbooks

BSLES projects at Upgrade

1 Materials development

Strand 1: Referencing Guide for Education students

(adapted from ‘How to reference for Health and Social Care students’)

Strand 2: Doing critical

A guide to ‘writing critically’ for students new to it

2 Resit Support Project: LS / SSL / HSC

Links and collaborative work

Links

Dyslexia service: support work + referrals

ICELS: 1 hour p/w ICELS staff

Specific collaborations (Sem 2 07)

PASS (Life Sciences) – study skills and Maths advice

Referencing workshops (Business School)

Supporting Basic Maths (non-Maths students)

Graduate Writing Workshops (Graduate Centre)

INT 21%(154)

INT 21%(154)

EU 11%(81)

EU 11%(81)

UK 68%

(493)

UK 68%

(493)

Upgrade use by permanent residence 2006/07

Semester 1

EU 12%(44)

EU 12%(44)

UK 68%

(248)

UK 68%

(248)INT 20%

(72)

INT 20%(72)

Semester 2

Tutorial sessions by campus 2006/07

Semester 1 Semester 2

GL (Library foyer)

507

GL (Library foyer)

595

SS 29

SS 51

WH 25W

H 34

MR 22

MR

26

HH

68

HH

36

Upgrade Tutorial Sessions by Week

Semester 1 2006-2007

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Week

Upgrade Tutorial Sessions by Week

Semester 2 2006-2007

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Week

Bringing queries … What we do and don’t do!

Early weeks

What do I have to do? What does this mean?

Help me plan ...

Later

Check this through …

Help – it’s due in at 4.00!

Fix my English …

Tutorial sessions by year / level of study 2006/07

Tutorial sessions Semester 1 2006/07 by School

Tutorial sessions Semester 2 2006/07 by School

Upping grades?

Does the data show it?

We see it …

Students know it …

‘I was getting B+s, then after using UpgradeI started getting A grades’

(Natalie, Observe, Spring 2007 issue 2)

Upgrade

Gotta be a better student experience ….