The Australia and New Zealand Student Services Association Inc.

A University of Saskatchewan program to support new students, encourage a sense of Aboriginal community on campus, and ensure these students are aware of all of the academic opportunities available to...

The Going to Uni website is an information source for prospective and continuing higher education students from the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST).

This DEST paper reports on a project involving three coordinated studies whose objectives were to identify issues and strategies related to students’ successful secondary to tertiary transitions.

This EDNA site provides a range of resources from Australia's universities and other sources to help students understand what to expect in their first year of university and how to deal with the exper...

Into Adulthood helps parents understand and deal with the stages that their children go through after finishing school and moving into post-secondary study. The authors, Jenny English and Jean Edward...

Based at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, USA, the centre has as its mission to build an international educational community committed to the success of first-year college students and al...

Changing from secondary school to TAFE or university is a big move for all students, deaf or hearing. There is much more freedom as well as much more responsibility in tertiary education. The change c...

This website is for NZ parents, students and learners, educators, people involved in governance, researchers, and special communities (e.g. ethnic groups). The site is intended to be a pathway to edu...

Since its inception the Student Learning section has provided support to students in their first year, a focus that was enhanced and legitimised by including the first year experience of students as o...

Recipes and suggestions for students at university, who are away from home and taking care of themselves for the first time. The recipes are provided by the Uniting Church Chaplain at the University ...

This report provides an analysis of trends in the perceptions and behaviours of first year undergraduate students in seven Australian universities.

The following are recommended resources: Into Adulthood by Jean Edwards, University of Melbourne and Jenny English, Deakin University, A book  from Finch Publishing (recommended for parents an...