Project overview
What do we know?
The first element of the project is to consolidate what we already know about the transition to university.
We are doing this by conducting a systematic review. (a big search of the previous research, registered here).
From this search we reviewed all the results and summarised the findings into a conceptual model (kind of like a mind map) identifying factors that impact a persons ability to 'succeed' in the transition.
Watch this space for updates!
Who thrives?
The second element of the project is to test whether our conceptual model is any good!
We are doing this by conducting a longitudinal study following a group of students through this transition for 8 months.
Based on their data we will test and refine our conceptual model. We will also use the results from this to help design an intervention that targets key components of the model.
Helping people thrive!
The Third element of the project is to trial our intervention!
We will do this by replicating the longitudinal study but asking participants to work through the intervention at some point in their transition.
From this data we will be able to see if our intervention has an impact on allowing participants to succeed and thrive in the transition period. We will also be able to confirm our refined model is still good!
Participation
We would love for you to get involved!
- If you are a teacher (either at a school/college or university), or someone who works with students before/during this transition, please follow the teachers link.
- If you are currently a student in your final year of school/college please follow the students link.
- alternatively, you can visit the contact page and reach out to the team directly.
Teachers
Students
Contact us
Who's on the team?
This project is being run by Psychologists at the University of Chichester. It is part of a PhD programme of study being completed by Isabelle Ball, supervised by
Dr Ian Tyndall, Dr Moitree Banerjee, and Dr Andrew Holliman (based at University College London).
Where can you contact us?
Institute of Psychology, Business, and Human Sciences
Bishop Otter Campus,
PO19 6PE
Prize draw terms and conditions
- The prize draw is open to all participants of the Who Thrives? Project survey who are UK residents aged 18 years or over, except employees of the Promoter, their families, agents or any third party directly associated with administration of the prize draw.
- The prize draw is free to enter and no purchase is necessary.
- Entries must be submitted via completing the consent question at the end of the Who Thrives? surveys. You are allowed one entry per person at each time point with the final time point automatically counting as 5 entries.
- a. Therefore, completion of all four time points will mean an individual can hold a maximum of 8 entries.
- The opening date for entries is 00:01 on 1st July. The closing date of the prize draw is 00:01 on 1st of March 2024. Entries received after this time will not be counted or valid.
- a. The first time point will run from 1-31st July 2023, giving the opportunity of one entry per person
- b. The second time point will run from 21st August - 11th September 2023, giving the opportunity of one entry per person
- c. The third time point will run from 1-30th November 2023, giving the opportunity of one entry per person
- d. The fourth time point will run from 1-28th February 2024, giving the opportunity of five entries per person
- i. You only need to complete the fourth survey once, entry after this time point is automatically counted as five entries.
- If for any reason a technical interruption, fault or site failure occurs when completing the survey online, the Promoter does not take any responsibility for incomplete submissions and any incomplete submissions will not be considered valid for entry into the prize draw. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any submissions which are not completed due to a technical fault (technical malfunction, computer hardware or software failure, satellite, network or server failure) of any kind. If you have difficulty entering because of a technical problem with your device please contact customer support.
- The winners will be chosen by random draw performed by a computer process on the 1st of March 2024 ("Draw Date").
- a. Six names will be drawn to correspond to the 6 available prizes.
- b. As names are drawn they will not be returned to the draw.
- The winners will receive one of the following prizes: x3 £25, x1 £50, x1 £75, and x1 £100 vouchers in the form of Love2Shop e-gift cards.
- a. The first name drawn will win the largest prize (£100), followed by the second (£75), and so on for the 6 prizes.
- The winners will be notified by email (using details provided at entry) before 7th March 2024 and must acknowledge the notification by return email to claim their prize. If the winner does not respond to the Promoter within 7 days of being notified by the Promoter, then the Promoter shall be entitled to select another winner in accordance with the process described above.
- The prize will be sent to the winner within 7 days of the Promoter receiving their reply to the notification of winning.
- The prize for the winner is non-transferable, non-exchangeable and no cash alternative is offered.
- The prize is supplied by Love2Shop (the "Supplier") in the form of a virtual contactless card that can be spent at a range of businesses. The Promoter reserves the right to replace the prize with an alternative prize of equal or higher value if circumstances beyond its control makes it necessary to do so.
- The decision of the Promoter regarding any aspect of the prize draw is final and binding. No correspondence will be entered into about it.
- The Promoter must either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place. To comply with this obligation, the Promoter will send the recording of the prize draw to anyone who emails i.ball@chi.ac.uk within one month after the closing date stated in condition 4. Due to data protection regulations, this recording will obscure personal details. However, participants should be aware, the Promoter must still provide the information and winning entry to the Advertising Standards Authority on request.
- Participants are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions upon entry. If a participant breaches these terms and conditions, the Promoter reserves the right to refuse entry, or refuse to award the prize to that participant.
- The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, cancel, suspend or amend the promotion where necessary.
- Insofar as is permitted by law, the Promoter, its agents or distributors will not be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the Promoter, its agents or distributors (whether acting in their capacity as such or not) and/or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
- Personal data supplied during the course of this promotion will only be processed in accordance with the Promoter's privacy policy. See also condition 13 with regard to the announcement of winners.
- The prize draw will be governed by English law and entrants to the prize draw submit to the jurisdiction of the English courts.
- The Promoter of this prize draw is Isabelle Ball of University of Chichester, College Lane PO19 6PE.