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Succes@Hogeronderwijs Success@Highereducation

Succes@Hogeronderwijs Success@Highereducation. June 10th, 2014 Presentation EFYE Nottingham Study Advice Service, KU Leuven, Belgium Joke Vanhoudt. 1. University of Leuven. An autonomous university In Belgium Founded in 1425 15 faculties. 1. University of Leuven.

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Succes@Hogeronderwijs Success@Highereducation

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  1. Succes@HogeronderwijsSuccess@Highereducation June 10th, 2014 Presentation EFYE Nottingham StudyAdviceService, KU Leuven, Belgium Joke Vanhoudt

  2. 1. University of Leuven • An autonomous university • In Belgium • Founded in 1425 • 15 faculties

  3. 1. University of Leuven Group Science, Technology and Engineering Group Humanities Group Biomedical Sciences 4 faculties Science Industrial Science Engineering Bioscience Engineering 8 faculties Law Arts Theology Canon Law Philosophy Social Sciences Business and Economics Psychology and Educational Sciences 3 faculties Medicine Pharmaceutical Sciences Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences

  4. 1. University of Leuven • Students:41.255 (Campus Leuven - 23/05/2013) • 16,2 % international students: 6.724 • Students: +- 58.000 (after integration – 20/05/2014) • Degree students: 81% • Doctoral Programmes 11 % • Largest student populations: • Medicine (±17,5 %) • Business andEconomics (±12%) • Law (±11%) • Engineering (±11 %) • Arts (±11 %)

  5. 2. StudyAdvice Unit A centre of expertise on student learningandstudychoice. Fosters the development of know-how, prepares policy andprovidesadviceand training for: Prospectivestudents KU Leuven students Learning skills Study methods Planning your work Programme information Advice on changingprogramme Opportunities for advanced students Study abroad Career guidance • Programme information • Programmeselection

  6. 3. Success@highereducation 3.1 What ?

  7. 3. Success@highereducation 3.1 What ? • Timemanagement • Study skills (structuring, analyzing, relating, …) • A scientific essay • Exam skills

  8. 3. Success@highereducation 3.1 What? • Studentsand health • Workandstudy / the mature student • Support your student

  9. 3. Success@highereducation • 3.1 What ? • As individual or in a workshop • Independent or with a coach: continuum • Just read or try out ? • Focus on skills or in combinationwith a specific course content ?

  10. 3. Success@highereducation 3.2 For whom? • Students!!! • Allstudents or only these studentswho have problems ? Preventiveor remedial ? • First yearstudents or allstudents ? • KU Leuven or Flanders

  11. 3. Success@highereducation 3.2 For whom ? • Students!!! • Study counselors central services • Studyadvisors in the faculties • Parents • Professors • Teachers secondary schools…. • …

  12. 3. Success@highereducation 3.3 Why ? • Discussionwithyourneighbours: For a centralStudyAdvice Service, whatcouldbegoodreasonsto make Success@highereducation ?

  13. 3. Success@highereducation 3.3 Why? • To take into account manychanges in the educational context (new needs, new themes) • Togiveanswerto the very large groups of students • Toindicate the importance of study skills andstudy counseling • Toreduce the gap betweenstudy skillsandwhatteachers / professors do • …

  14. 3. Success@highereducation 3.3 Why ? • Tolook forscientificevidence of what we are doing • Tocreate tools forstaff in the faculties • Tobringtogetherknowledgeandexperiencesfrom the wholeuniversity • To explicit minimumstandardsforqualityin study counseling • Tocreatepossibilitiesfor professional development To accept the new challengesfor the centralStudyAdviceUnit!!!

  15. 3. Success@highereducation 3.4.How we made it ? • Process: 1 yearpreparation / 1 yearwritingandpublishing • A lot of partners: authors are colleaguesfromour Unit, from Student Services, a reading committee, editor, layout studio, … • Co-operationwith a publisher More professional, more deadlines!

  16. 3. Success@highereducation 3.5 Opportunitiesfor professional development Discussion: whichopportunitiesfor professional developmentcouldthisinitiativebring ? Andtowhom in the institution ?

  17. 3. Success@highereducation 3.5 Opportunitiesfor professional development • For individuals as author of a booklet • For the team of the centralStudyAdviceService • For individualstudyadvisors in the faculties

  18. 3. Success@highereducation 3.5 Opportunitiesfor professional development • For a whole team of studyadvisors in the faculties • For a new team of studyadvisors, because of scaling/integration • For colleaguesfrom Student Services, Language centre, Libraries and Learning Centres, Teaching Staff

  19. 3. Success@highereducation 3.5 Opportunitiesfor professional development Discussion: Is thisevolution (role of a centralStudyAdviceas a training center) somethingyoucanrecognize in yourinstitution ? Do youagreewiththis change ?

  20. 3. Success@highereducation 3.6 Evaluation • Advantagesanddisadvantages • Dreamsfor the future

  21. Success@highereducation Anyquestions ? More information: Joke.Vanhoudt@dsv.kuleuven.be +32 16 324324 www.kuleuven.be/studieadvies www.kuleuven.be/english/studentservices/studentservicesleuven

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