Back in the 1970s, you may have read Gail Sheehy’s “Passages” about how successful development depends on negotiating the passages, or transitions, between lifecycle stages.
If someone had written about transitions in universities back then, my own journey could have been smoother!
Thankfully, much has now been written about the challenges inherent in moving between stages when studying – and the Scottish enhancement approach has contributed significantly to this body of knowledge.
I’ve been excited by the change process across 20 years, during which Scotland’s enhancement approach has evolved on many fronts. We started with no template to follow; the universities, sector agencies and the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) started from scratch, and gradually faced transitions from one stage to the next.
