1. An introduction to belonging

Many thanks to Jan McLean (Director of IML) for providing the resources in this post. Jan has written an explanatory blog post on what belonging is with tips on how to make it part of your learning and teaching practice, which you can read here:

How to help students feel like they belong at UTS

2. What students say

At a First Year Experience Forum last year, students offered their thoughts on what belonging means for them. Watch the video below to find out what they said.

3. Helpful flashcards

For quick hints on different aspects of belonging, take a look at these Bits of Belonging flashcards.

Introducing yourself

Ice breakers

Online introductions

4. Learn more about belonging at UTS

These resources were developed as part of a First Year Experience grant with Andy Leigh and Alex Thomson from Science. You can find out more about this project in this PDF:

Beginning with belonging

Feature image by Henry & Co.

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