Computing and Technology Student Ambassador Scheme

Academic secondee: Joanna Hartley

It is widely acknowledged that student retention in science and engineering is a major problem. At NTU, the Computing and Technology academic teams have put into place a number of proactive initiatives in attempts to combat this issue.

This secondment project involved the development of a 'Student Ambassador Scheme', in which high-achieving second and final year students were recruited to mentor new students.

The Student Ambassador Scheme was launched in the 2007-2008 academic year. Lessons have been learned from the initial programme, which have been used to improve the scheme in recent years.

For further information, download the project poster.

Paper presented at NTU's Science Learning and Teaching Conference 2009: Using student ambassadors to aid retention of first year students.