Free coffee and cake! A retention initiative to promote first year business school students’ social interaction with their peers and staff.

Jackson, V (2014) Free coffee and cake! A retention initiative to promote first year business school students’ social interaction with their peers and staff. UCLan Journal of Pedagogic Research, 5.

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Abstract

This paper discusses the findings from a small case study which involved implementing a social initiative with year 1 students on retention ‘hotspot’ programmes in the Business School. Financed by the internal TLA fund, this initiative involved running four coffee and cake events over an academic year specifically for students on the hotspot programmes. The purpose of these events was to facilitate student interaction with other students and lecturers in the department, to promote social engagement, connectedness to the department and feelings of belonging.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Divisions:	Liverpool Business School
Publisher:	UCLan
Date of acceptance:	1 March 2014
Date of first compliant Open Access:	11 December 2023
Date Deposited:	11 Dec 2023 09:47
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2023 10:00
URI:	https://ljmu-9.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/22063

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