The big read collaboration between Kingston University, the University of Wolverhampton, Edge Hill University, and the University of the West of Scotland, 2018–2019

Alison Baverstock; Jackie Steinitz; Tanuja Shelar; Kelly Squires; Nazira Karodia; Rebecca Butler; Sara Smith; Natia Sopromadze; Sara Crowley; Alison Clark; Maya Hutchinson; Rebecca Holderness; Clare Carney; Jeanette Castle; Richard Jefferies

doi:10.1163/18784712-03103005

The big read collaboration between Kingston University, the University of Wolverhampton, Edge Hill University, and the University of the West of Scotland, 2018–2019

Alison Baverstock
, Jackie Steinitz
, Tanuja Shelar
, Kelly Squires
, Nazira Karodia
, Rebecca Butler
, Sara Smith
, Natia Sopromadze
, Sara Crowley
, Alison Clark
, Maya Hutchinson
, Rebecca Holderness
, Clare Carney
, Jeanette Castle
, Richard Jefferies

Kingston University

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Abstract

This paper outlines the experience of four universities that collaborated on a pre-arrival shared reading project, the Big Read, in 2018/2019. They did so primarily to promote student engagement and retention and also to ease the transition into higher education, particularly for first-generation students, to promote staff connectedness, and to provide a USP (unique selling point) for their institution. The paper covers all the associated processes, from isolating the respective aims of the collaborators to the choosing and sharing of a single agreed title. In analysing the outcomes, recommendations are made for future cross-institutional projects of this kind.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34-65
Number of pages	32
Journal	Logos (Netherlands)
Volume	31
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/18784712-03103005
Publication status	Published - 19 Nov 2020
Externally published	Yes

Funding

In the case of UWS, to pay for involvement in the Big Read, funding was sought and secured from the Scottish Library and Information Council, Innovation and Development Fund. The project was encouraged by the Steering Group of the Scottish Book Trust, but this brought no associated financial support. The Vice Principal for Learning and Teaching and the Library Services Manager therefore decided that the book should be made available to a specific course on which retention was an issue. An invitation to be the sponsored course was then circulated within the whole university via the Pro Vice Chancellor (PVC) for Education’s monthly meeting with the Associate Deans for Education.

Keywords

Higher education
Pre-arrival shared reading
Transition
Welcome
Freshers
Common-read

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Communication
Media Technology
Computer Science Applications
Literature and Literary Theory
Library and Information Sciences

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Baverstock, A., Steinitz, J., Shelar, T., Squires, K., Karodia, N., Butler, R., Smith, S., Sopromadze, N., Crowley, S., Clark, A., Hutchinson, M., Holderness, R., Carney, C., Castle, J., & Jefferies, R. (2020). The big read collaboration between Kingston University, the University of Wolverhampton, Edge Hill University, and the University of the West of Scotland, 2018–2019. Logos (Netherlands), 31(3), 34-65. https://doi.org/10.1163/18784712-03103005

Baverstock, A, Steinitz, J, Shelar, T, Squires, K, Karodia, N, Butler, R, Smith, S, Sopromadze, N, Crowley, S, Clark, A, Hutchinson, M, Holderness, R, Carney, C, Castle, J & Jefferies, R 2020, 'The big read collaboration between Kingston University, the University of Wolverhampton, Edge Hill University, and the University of the West of Scotland, 2018–2019', Logos (Netherlands), vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 34-65. https://doi.org/10.1163/18784712-03103005

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The big read collaboration between Kingston University, the University of Wolverhampton, Edge Hill University, and the University of the West of Scotland, 2018–2019

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