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- Explores the experiences of successful first in family students across a range of disciplines and institutions
- Provides intuitive observations and reflections on the first in family experience
- Offers new data and recommendations for the widening participation of an increasingly diverse student cohort
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)
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Dr Ann Luzeckyj is a Senior Lecturer in Higher Education. She has worked in higher education for over 20 years in both Australia and England, as a lecturer and in libraries (in a range of different roles). She tutored and worked as a research assistant on various projects which explored support for first year students; preparing academics to teach in universities and redeveloping curriculum. She was also a project manager on the ALTC-funded Preparing Academics for Teaching in Higher Education (PATHE) project (2008 - 2010) and was part of the project committee and a key researcher on the ALTC (then OLT) funded First Year Student Expectations and Experiences project (2009 - 2011).
Associate Professor Ben McCann is Head of French Studies at the University of Adelaide. He was the Director of Student Experience for the Faculty of Arts there from 2012 to 2017 and co-Chief Investigator on the First Year Student Expectations and Experiences project (2009 - 2011).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Experience of Being First in Family at University
Book Subtitle: Pioneers in Higher Education
Authors: Sharron King, Ann Luzeckyj, Ben McCann
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0921-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0920-9Published: 06 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-0921-6Published: 26 October 2019
Series ISSN: 2211-1921
Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 113
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Higher Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Sociology of Education