month or two, just getting used to it because I also had other problems at home.. that was really difficult to, struggle between the two. (Line 216) No. 1 Jan 12/VN 8500011 Becoming a student is about constructing a new sense of identity and a sense of belonging (Wilcox et al 2005). Initial experience on campus can influence students continued engagement in Higher Education. The findings from the students highlight levels of fear within the first few weeks/months of commencing the programme related to finding their way around the system and accessing support. Discussions of initial feelings featured amongst the and language participant’s feedback referring to feeling nervous, isolated was used to describe how they felt in the first few days/weeks. feelings starting on the course, erm, I was overwhelmed shall we say. I've “my waited four years to get on to the (Line 3) No. 4 Jan 12/VN 850004 programme”. think, don't underestimate how nervous people maybe feel about coming on “I these courses (Line 112) No. 5 Jan 12/VN 850005 I came here I was on my own. I was totally on my (Line 226) And “when own”. how did that make you feel? Isolated. (Line 234) No. 2 Jan 12/VN 850001 Some of the participants reported positively about their initial experience of support and the environment of the university. initial experience on campus was good, I mean, erm, (Name campus) seems “My like a nice campus, everyone seems friendly, and everybody seems helpful. The staff were all (Line 3) No. 5 Sept 12/VN 850003 helpful”. must say that I feel that that the support that I have obtained and just the general “I culture of (Name University) was far superior to that of the previous establishment that I (Line 30) No. 7 Sept 12/VN 850006 studied”. was very evident in the first week that the staff were going out of their way to “it welcome students and to encourage a positive environment in which, you know, people would (Line 32) No. 3 Jan 12/VN 860004 study”. The participants appear to require increased support within the first few months of the programme when levels of uncertainty relating to adjustment to Higher Education, unknown requirements of the programme appear to lead to increased anxiety and lack of
month or two, just getting used to it because I also had other problems at home.. that was really difficult to, struggle between the two. (Line 216) No. 1 Jan 12/VN 8500011 Becoming a student is about constructing a new sense of identity and a sense of belonging (Wilcox et al 2005). Initial experience on campus can influence students continued engagement in Higher Education. The findings from the students highlight levels of fear within the first few weeks/months of commencing the programme related to finding their way around the system and accessing support. Discussions of initial feelings featured amongst the participant’s feedback and language referring to feeling nervous, isolated was used to describe how they felt in the first few days/weeks. “my feelings starting on the course, erm, I was overwhelmed shall we say. I've waited four years to get on to the programme”. (Line 3) No. 4 Jan 12/VN 850004 “I think, don't underestimate how nervous people maybe feel about coming on these courses (Line 112) No. 5 Jan 12/VN 850005 “when I came here I was on my own. I was totally on my own”. (Line 226) And how did that make you feel? Isolated. (Line 234) No. 2 Jan 12/VN 850001 Some of the participants reported positively about their initial experience of support and the environment of the university. “My initial experience on campus was good, I mean, erm, (Name campus) seems like a nice campus, everyone seems friendly, and everybody seems helpful. The staff were all helpful”. (Line 3) No. 5 Sept 12/VN 850003 “I must say that I feel that that the support that I have obtained and just the general culture of (Name University) was far superior to that of the previous establishment that I studied”. (Line 30) No. 7 Sept 12/VN 850006 “it was very evident in the first week that the staff were going out of their way to welcome students and to encourage a positive environment in which, you know, people would study”. (Line 32) No. 3 Jan 12/VN 860004 The participants appear to require increased support within the first few months of the programme when levels of uncertainty relating to adjustment to Higher Education, unknown requirements of the programme appear to lead to increased anxiety and lack of
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