Wonkhe SUs · The 2026 webinar box set
Bonus: Becoming a student
What the welcome period – and the journey to “becoming” a student – really involves, and how SUs can shape it. (Recorded in a previous year.)
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What we cover
- Why the concept of student “readiness” is under pressure
- The competency staircase and the risk of falling off at step two
- Helsinki's Freshers' Adventure gamified scavenger hunt across the city
- Using social norms videos to close attainment gaps
- Student attributes frameworks and closing confidence gaps
- European examples of mentor-led, belonging-focused welcome programmes
Things to read
- There's a new "student needs framework". Here's what SUs need to know
- Students need to know the secret codes to success at university
- Do students lack skills, or does the system struggle to surface them?
- Supporting students to transition well into university
- Students transition through, not just into, university
- Getting ahead on student voice: why pre-arrival questionnaires are (literally) the future
- Pre-arrival surveys make it possible to meet students where they are
- The power of pre-arrival student questionnaires
- Students need shallower ends to build belonging during Welcome Week
- Thirty ideas for revitalising welcome week from across Europe
- Freshers need extra help with social connections
- Could "Freshman Learning Communities" help students transition to university?
- How do mature students make the transition into HE?
- What are this year's Freshers thinking?
- Supporting outstanding transitions from school and college to university
- Helping students develop a sense of belonging
- Pre-arrival questionnaires highlight entrant preparedness