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Title: Emotional Transitions? Exploring the Student Experience of Entering Higher Education in a Widening-Participation HE-in-FE Setting
Language: English
Authors: Young, Emma (ORCID 0000-0002-5175-7180), Thompson, Rachael (ORCID 0000-0002-4995-7095), Sharp, John (ORCID 0000-0003-3023-8063), Bosmans, Daniel (ORCID 0000-0002-3801-6679)
Source: Journal of Further and Higher Education. 2020 44(10):1349-1363.
Availability: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 2020
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Student Experience, Adult Students, Well Being, Adult Education, Emotional Response, Anxiety, Higher Education, Emotional Experience, Foreign Countries, Likert Scales, Scores
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (England)
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: State Trait Anxiety Inventory
DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2019.1688264
ISSN: 0309-877X
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 and 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.
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