{"id":509,"date":"2018-02-07T12:22:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T12:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentsuccess-news\/?p=509"},"modified":"2018-02-07T12:22:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T12:22:07","slug":"staff-seminar-why-monitoring-the-academic-attainment-of-students-with-btecs-is-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentsuccess-news\/2018\/02\/07\/staff-seminar-why-monitoring-the-academic-attainment-of-students-with-btecs-is-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Seminar &#8211; \u2018Why monitoring the academic attainment of students with BTECs is important\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pageWrapper\" class=\"chronosTemplate\">\n<div id=\"contentWrapper\">\n<div id=\"contentContainer\">\n<div id=\"contentRight\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"snippetBox\">\n<div class=\"summary2 summary2-content\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p>Student Success Staff Seminars will\u00a0 be taking place on a monthly basis, both Medway and Canterbury Campuses throughout the Spring and Summer terms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentsuccess-news\/files\/2017\/05\/AA-report-Hensby-May-2017-FINAL-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-408\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentsuccess-news\/files\/2017\/05\/AA-report-Hensby-May-2017-FINAL-002-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentsuccess-news\/files\/2017\/05\/AA-report-Hensby-May-2017-FINAL-002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentsuccess-news\/files\/2017\/05\/AA-report-Hensby-May-2017-FINAL-002.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You are warmly invited to the second staff seminar on \u2018Why monitoring the academic attainment of students with BTECs is important\u2019, taking place on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday 14 February, 13.00-14.00 \u2013 Canterbury Campus, Keynes College, Seminar Room 14<\/li>\n<li>Friday 16\u00a0February, 13.00-14.00 \u2013 Medway Campus, Pilkington Building, PK104<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To register attendance at this or any of the other seminars published online, please email through to <a href=\"mailto:studentsuccessproject@kent.ac.uk\">studentsuccessproject@kent.ac.uk<span class=\"forPrint\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This seminar will be delivered by Dr Lavinia Mitton, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy based at the University of Kent&#8217;s School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research (SSPSSR).<\/p>\n<p>Further to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/studentsuccess\/staff-only\/index.html\">Student Success 2017 BTEC Report<\/a>, this talk will present a more in-depth analysis of 17 interviews with Kent students that were designed to explore the student identities of undergraduates who had taken Level 3 BTECs instead of, or alongside, A levels. We analysed the role of the academic\u2013vocational divide in their student identity construction.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of this event is to allow colleagues from across the University exchange insights and explore how pathways in further education effect students at higher education.<\/p>\n<p>For more details about this, and the other staff seminars, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/studentsuccess\/seminarseries.html\">Student Success website<span class=\"forPrint\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student Success Staff Seminars will\u00a0 be taking place on a monthly basis, both Medway and Canterbury Campuses throughout the Spring and Summer terms. 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