1 Factors influencing progress through the liminal phase: a model to assist transition into nurse academic life Dr Fiona McDermid Western Sydney University School of Nursing and Midwifery Locked Bag 1797 Penrith NSW 2751 Australia Email: f.mcdermid@westernsydney.edu.au Contact: 0408675169 Dr Judy Mannix Western Sydney University School of Nursing and Midwifery Locked Bag 1797 Penrith NSW 2751 Australia Professor Debra Jackson Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, UK. Headington Campus, Headington Rd, Gipsy Ln, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK Professor John Daly University of Technology Sydney Faculty of Health PO Box 123 Broadway NSW 2007 Australia Associate Professor Kath Peters Western Sydney University School of Nursing and Midwifery Locked Bag 1797 Penrith NSW 2751 Australia Word Count: 2657