Abstract

Welcome to Volume 2, Issue 2 of the International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education. The theme for this issue of the journal is 'Design for Student Success'.

Highlights

  • The Feature in this issue of the journal is In conversation with Mantz Yorke and Steve Larkin, the two keynote speakers at the conference

  • With a view to designing for success for all commencing students, Andrea Adam, Jane Skalicky and Natalie Brown (Article [A]) out of the University of Tasmania discuss the development and application of a Peer Learning Framework, an institutional-level planning tool for designing and coordinating peer learning programs and theoretically underpinned by a community of practice model. They reflect on the framework by using it to evaluate an existing peer learning program, demonstrating its usefulness and dynamic nature

  • A number of studies focused on the needs of specific cohorts of students—alternative entry mature-age students, first in family and Pacific students—and on the development of specific knowledge and skills

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Introduction

The Feature in this issue of the journal is In conversation with Mantz Yorke and Steve Larkin, the two keynote speakers at the conference. With a view to designing for success for all commencing students, Andrea Adam, Jane Skalicky and Natalie Brown (Article [A]) out of the University of Tasmania discuss the development and application of a Peer Learning Framework, an institutional-level planning tool for designing and coordinating peer learning programs and theoretically underpinned by a community of practice model.

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