This project focuses on six key themes that play a major role in students establishing confidence and a sense of belonging throughout their course.
The University of Leicester is a member of the 1994 group of universities engaging in high quality research and teaching. It has a high retention rate and has repeatedly scored very highly in the National Student Survey (NSS) for overall student satisfaction. Data from the NSS and previous surveys of first year undergraduates from all disciplines has indicated that a sense of ‘belonging and intimacy’ at the University plays a significant role in this. The overall aim of this project was to investigate what makes this happen and how it could be better improved. Questionnaires individual interviews and analysis of video diaries from first and second year students were used to investigate these questions.
