Category Sense of belonging

Blog 39: The XII Pillars of Multiple and Multi-dimensional Transitions: Implications for COVID-19 related transitions

By Divya Jindal-Snape Our research suggests that certain dispositions and environmental dimensions can lead to successful educational and life transitions (Glazzard et al., 2020; Gordon et al., 2019; Jindal-Snape et al. 2020, 2021; Jindal-Snape & Cantali, 2019; Jindal-Snape &…

UoD Web Team
15 January 2022
Change, Child, Collaboration, Compassion, Confidence, COVID-19, Discourse, Early Years, Educational Transitions, Emotional resilience, Life Course, Life Transitions, Multiple and Multi-dimensional Transitions Theory, Navigating change, Pandemic, Parents, Partnership, Peers, Psychological Transitions, Relatedness, Relationships, Resilience, Resources, School closure, Sense of belonging, Social Transitions, Students, Support networks, Teachers, The XII Pillars, Transition preparation, Wellbeing

Blog 38: Exploring the extent to which first-year Education students at two institutions developed university identities in light of changes to teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Dr Kieran Hodgkin and Dr Samantha Shields Setting the context For students, the transition into Higher Education (HE) has long been an area of concern. Early transitional work explored academic and social integration as the two main challenges during…

UoD Web Team
7 December 2021
Educational Transitions, Higher Education, Identity, Motivation, Narratives, Online learning, Relatedness, Relationships, Sense of belonging, Social Transitions, Students, Support networks, Transitions, University, University staff, Wellbeing

Blog 29. Writers’ Retreats During the Pandemic

By Beth Hannah and Judith Sixsmith Many academics are under increasing stress in their academic role. Research has suggested that increases in stress are linked to teaching more students, less time to spend with students, heavy workloads, more administration to…

UoD Web Team
10 January 2021
Engagement, Motivation, safe spaces, Sense of belonging, Social connection, Social Transitions, Support networks, Unified spaces, University, Writing retreats
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Blog 29. Writers’ Retreats During the Pandemic

UoD Web Team
10 January 2021
Engagement, Motivation, safe spaces, Sense of belonging, Social connection, Social Transitions, Support networks, Unified spaces, University, Writing retreats
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Blog 21. School transitions: Whose transitions are they anyway? (comic)

By Samuel Stones, Jonathan Glazzard, Divya Jindal-Snape and Chris Murray; Artwork Catriona Laird This comic illustrates the impact of Covid-19 transitions on school educators and the pupils in their care. It demonstrates how transition experience can be both positive and…