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The HERE! Project received a grant of just under £200,000 from HEFCE to research student retention in higher education at Nottingham Trent, Bournemouth and Bradford Universities. The research will focus on why some students with doubts stay enrolled while others withdraw, as well as identifying degree programs with high retention rates and exploring factors that may contribute to their success in retaining students. The three year study will examine student retention particularly in the first year of undergraduate programs.
![The HERE! Project In response to the National Audit Office report “Staying the Course” and subsequent Public Accounts Committee report, HEFCE invited tenders from universities to review student retention in Higher Education. Importantly the focus was to be on ‘why do students stay?’ rather than ‘why do they leave?’. Over 60 proposals were submitted and a joint bid from Nottingham Trent, Bournemouth and Bradford Universities was successful in gaining a grant of just under £200,000 to research student retention. The research will run from autumn 2008 to autumn 2011 and concentrate on student retention in the first year. Contacts Nottingham Trent University Ed Foster [email_address] Bournemouth University Christine Keenan [email_address] University of Bradford Becka Currant [email_address] Photo ‘a bench facing the sun’ by Gadl www.flickr.com/photos/gadl Higher Education: Retention & Engagement (HERE!) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/hereproject-090320062350-phpapp02/85/Here-Project-1-320.jpg)
