FREE UKSG Further Education Webinar Series: The next step: How FE and HE libraries can work together to improve the transition of students from one to the other

This is a fantastic opportunity to listen to expert speakers with no travelling required. This is a free webinar – Please note that advance registration is required. This webinar will be recorded and all registrants will receive a link to the recording after the session. Join us for this webinar that will take place on Friday 15th November from 12:30pm to 13:45 GMT.

When

Friday, November 15, 2024 – 12:30 GMT
to
Friday, November 15, 2024 – 13:45 GMT

Where

Online
United Kingdom

About the Event

The transition from college to university can be a daunting process for students. From a library perspective this can be exacerbated by differences in expectations, facilities and services from FE to HE libraries. For a number of years, HE librarians at some institutions have been seeking to bridge this gap by taking a skill-based approach and offering support with the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) to college students. In this webinar we’ll look at the limitations of this approach and suggest an alternative mindset-based approach where FE and HE library colleagues can collaborate on better preparing students for transition between the sectors.

Recording

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Slides

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Information Librarian |Southampton Solent University 

Mike Jones has been working in academic libraries for nearing 20 years, starting his career in a 6th form college before moving into higher education in 2018, first at University of Winchester and currently at Southampton Solent University. Mike’s previous work has looked at the effectiveness of social media communication for FE libraries, improving networking opportunities at conferences (in collaboration with Jo Wood) and how academic libraries can adapt their information skills training to fit the AI age.


  1. An understanding of the differences between FE and HE library provision and the impacts this can have on student transition
  2. An understanding of the skills-based approach take in relation to EPQ support and the limitations of this
  3. An introduction to the mindset-based approach and how FE librarians can look to work with HE colleagues on easing transition

Introductory and non-intensive, no previous knowledge or experience required. Relevant to all working in FE and 6th Form college libraries.


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This is a free webinar and is open to members and non-members of UKSG alike – Please note that advance registration is required.

Recording registration

Unable to attend? Register anyway and we will send you a link to a recording of the webinar after the event. If you have already registered and are subsequently unable to attend, please do not cancel your registration – only active registrations will receive the recording in a follow-up e-mail.


UKSG wants to provide the best possible experience for all our delegates, making presentations as accessible and inclusive as possible. Our intention were possible is to strongly encourage our speakers to provide auto generated closed captioning for both live and recorded events as well as to make sure their slides are as easy as possible for all people to read. In addition we can provide auto generated transcripts post event for each of the recorded sessions.

If you have particular accessibility needs or questions about this webinar, we welcome you to contact Samira Koelle.

Feedback

The UKSG webinars are great for me – they offer a wide range of topics and are very well prepared. I never experienced any technical difficulties. Due to the austerity measures brought by the recent worldwide events the training budget in my institution was frozen, so the fact that UKSG webinars are free is really a boon too!

Anonymous

The UKSG webinar was fantastic – well-organized, timely, accessible, and with an array of presenters that had insight into the topic

Anonymous

Great to squeeze in so much useful knowledge and information without having to go out to a conference. I could enjoy taking it in with a sandwich at my desk! I felt very empowered afterwards.

Emma Thompson, Glasgow Caledonian University

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