Sense of belonging and community with Dr Nadine Cavigioli

This session is focused on facilitating authentic conversations relating to your lived experiences of being a mature part-time student, studying at a distance. We will explore the motivations for why you decided to return to education, as well as reflect on the realities of being a mature part-time student. In addition, we will also consider to what extent you feel a sense of belonging and community as a student. In respecting confidentiality, the session will not be recorded and there will be no expectation for you to share anything you do not feel comfortable talking about.

You will receive a short pre-session anonymous questionnaire which is aimed at capturing some of your initial thoughts on the above themes, which will help me in facilitating discussions that have relevance to you.

Prior to the session there will be a pre-recording of a conversation between myself and Joanne Mulvihill-Allen in which I’ll be sharing…