Book your place now for the first Student Success mini seminar, to be held on Medway and Canterbury campuses next month (February).

The seminar, which focuses on “Student Motivation” by Stephen Earl, will take place on:

Wednesday 15 February 2017, Medway Campus, Medway Building Room M1-22, 13.00 – 14.00.

Friday 17 February 2017, Canterbury Campus, Grimond Building, GS3, 13.00 – 14.00.

The purpose of the event is to share details about student motivation at Kent and to allow colleagues from across the University to meet and exchange ideas.

The seminar will provide an overview of research undertaken in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences as part of the Student Success Project. The research takes a psychological perspective to student success, investigating how students’ motivation and experiences at university may influence their attainment, engagement and well-being.

Underpinned by self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000), this work also considers factors that may influence students’ autonomous learning, feelings of competence, and sense of relatedness at university. The aim of the research is to identify how students’ motivation may differ between student groups so we as an institution can better support students’ motivation at university.

All staff are invited to attend. To register your attendance please email Elizabeth Buswell.