{"id":62,"date":"2021-08-25T12:41:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T11:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/academic-transitions\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2025-07-02T16:46:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T15:46:28","slug":"student-voices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/academic-transitions\/student-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Voices on Transitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Student Stories: Academic Transitions<\/h2>\n<p>These stories were collected from the Student Panel in autumn 2024. (click on the image to access all the stories).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAGrduUqxQ0\/d63WWbNWXXT7z4MyT05BjA\/view?utm_content=DAGrduUqxQ0&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link2&amp;utm_source=uniquelinks&amp;utlId=h06e528f02a \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1894 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/academic-transitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/07\/image-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/academic-transitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/07\/image-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/academic-transitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/07\/image-1024x858.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/academic-transitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/07\/image-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/academic-transitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/07\/image.jpg 1528w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Videos by students for students<\/h2>\n<p>In 2023 students from the School of Politics &amp; International Relations (SPEIR), along with Vicki Matthews (Executive Support Officer, SPEIR) worked on a project to \u00a0identify key areas of support for new students and then develop videos offering specific advice and top tips for a positive transition experience from a student perspective.\u00a0 The videos are around the themes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DReVaauNK8A&amp;list=PLQ7QRYUQyu-t0AdfOhwSO4SpX0-gqHSDt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">embedding yourself within the academic community<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pv_UQ0wu0s0&amp;list=PLQ7QRYUQyu-t0AdfOhwSO4SpX0-gqHSDt&amp;index=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">working with the academic community<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pB8VQsz1ljQ&amp;list=PLQ7QRYUQyu-t0AdfOhwSO4SpX0-gqHSDt&amp;index=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shaping the academic community<\/a>. You can watch the videos, hosted on YouTube, below, and signpost your students to them. The full project report is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/t-and-l-exchange\/2023\/08\/30\/working-in-partnership-with-students-to-signpost-support-structures-to-first-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T&amp;L Exchange<\/a>.<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DReVaauNK8A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pB8VQsz1ljQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pv_UQ0wu0s0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>First in Family Podcast<\/h2>\n<p>The First In Family podcast is for potential, current and former university students who are the first in their immediate family to attend or plan to attend university, and for policy makers with an interest in this student group.<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mxBLePua52I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student Stories: Academic Transitions These stories were collected from the Student Panel in autumn 2024. 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