CEGE4ALL: Ethics & Sustainability Seminar

The next CEGE4ALL: Ethics & Sustainability Seminar, by Julie Blackwell Young (Universidade de Abertay), will explore the theme “MySuccess Modules: Four Years of Transition Microcredentials at Abertay University”. The seminar will take place on April 28th, between 11.30 am and 12.30 pm in room EP004 (Porto Campus - Paradise Building).

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This seminar will be held in a hybrid format. You can attend it either in person (room EP004) or online.

Registration is mandatory. Please register by April 27th indicating if you will be attending in person or online. The weblink will be emailed to online attendees after registration.

Julie Blackwell Young is Head of Teaching Quality and Learning Enhancement in the Abertay Learning Enhancement (AbLE) Academy. She has worked at several universities in England and Scotland and in her current post has cross-institutional strategic roles in teaching excellence, curriculum design and development and supporting pedagogic research.

Abstract

Since September 2021, Abertay University has delivered the MySuccess Modules (Millard, Blackwell Young & Hogan, 2023) a suite of credit-bearing transition microcredentials designed to support students entering higher education. This seminar presents four years of implementation data (2021–2025), exploring what the programme has achieved and what it might offer to other institutions exploring similar opportunities.

All students complete ABE101 Being Successful at Abertay, which includes the Abertay Discovery Tool (Hogan & Millard, 2024) a diagnostic instrument offering individualised insights into academic and social strengths before selecting three further modules from nine options spanning academic literacies, digital skills, wellbeing, employability, and social integration.

The seminar will focus particularly on impact across three levels. For students, we examine choice patterns, pass rates, and progression outcomes over four cohorts. For departments, we consider how cross-institutional collaboration spanning professional services, academic staff, the Students' Association, and senior student Module Assistants has reshaped how transition support is conceived and delivered. We also reflect on the curriculum development framework surrounding the MySuccess Modules. We conclude by reflecting on the MySuccess Modules in enabling institutional change.