15/04/15 1 Supporting Student Transition from Glasgow International College Moira Fischbacher-Smith, Adam Smith Business School Anna MacVicar, Glasgow International College (GIC) Josephine Adekola, Adam Smith Business School and GIC Aims for the session • Recognise the complex nature of transition into UK Higher Education for many international students; • Identify some of the key challenges that GIC students have surrounding transition into the University of Glasgow; and • Evaluate your own approach to transition support. A little bit about why we’re all here… • To teach international students, to help them fulfill their ambitions for study at the University of Glasgow, and to support transitions – to GIC and then to UoG