{"id":1490,"date":"2019-10-16T15:12:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T14:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2019-10-16T15:19:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T14:19:28","slug":"transition-skills-and-widening-participation-qublibrary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/transition-skills-and-widening-participation-qublibrary\/","title":{"rendered":"Transition Skills and Widening Participation @QUBLibrary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As part of its support and outreach activities the Library at Queen’s has been involved in a number of recent initiatives, two of which are being celebrated by an exhibition in the first floor display cases at the McClay library<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Transition Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Library has developed a Transition Skills online training programme to assist students making the transition from school to higher education. This initiative originates from a series of discussions about the challenges met by new students in adjusting to a different way of learning within a higher education environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Library, in consultation with academic staff, held a forum with Principals, Vice Principals, School Librarians and career teachers which resulted in a series of workshops for pupils and teachers. Further development has led to the online training programme which can be found at this site https:\/\/www.qub.ac.uk\/elearning\/transition-skills\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aimed at year 13 and 14 pupils, the content is of relevance\nto those embarking on higher education but the skills are transferable and of\nvalue to those choosing to enter the working environment too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are five components including Academic Expectations\nfollowed by four modules: Understanding Research Literature, Searching the Web,\nPlagiarism and Referencing, Social Media and Email Etiquette. Taking about 30\nminutes to an hour, a quiz follows each element and the entire programme can be\ntaken module by module as and when time permits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course is free, does not require a login and at the end,\na certificate is granted which the participant can print. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We welcome feedback on this initiative and equally if you have any enquiries, please drop Norma Menabney an email at n.menabney@qub.ac.uk<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Widening Participation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The library was also delighted to have the opportunity to support the work of our colleagues at the Widening Participation Unit<\/a> at Queen’s through hosting a series of workshops, visits and lectures over the last few months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In July, we welcomed students on the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Pathway Opportunity Programme<\/a> to Special Collections and Archives where they were introduced to the range and scope of our holdings and took part in a hands-on document analysis workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n