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Credit Transfer: Examining the transition process from TAFE to University  \nTheresa Millman University of Wollongong  \nIn responding to a global audience, universities are increasingly bound up in priorities of maintaining viability within landscapes of globalised market imperatives, and with changing paradigms of purpose; universities need to be accessible to all. In Australia, pathways to university provided by Credit Transfer have increased student mobility; the dichotomy however, is that alongside discourses of inclusivity is the need for students to adjust to the often rigorous academic demands of higher education. This paper examines the Bachelor of Communication and Media at the University of Wollongong (UOW), and the Diploma of Communication & Media Studies at the Illawarra Institute of Technical and Further Education (TAFE). Some of the common challenges transitioning students face in their first year at UOWare discussed, including; adapting to different workloads and the demands of self-directed, independent learning. A potential solution is a pre-university entry induction program for TAFE students.  \nAbridged too far? Credit Transfer: Examining the transition process from TAFE to University 327  \nKeywords: transition, credit transfer, advanced standing, Mezirow, transformation  \nIntroduction  \nAs a response to globalisation, the impetus for lifelong learning has resulted in many changes in approaches to access and participation in higher education (HE). The motivation to continue tertiary study is often career advancement, or simply to maintain viability in the workforce. One of the ways HE in Australia has risen to the challenge set by global market and political forces is to diversify entry pathways to university. One approach to achieving this is through Credit Transfer from Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector providers such as institutes of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) to university. Credit Transfer confers various levels of Advanced Standing in some degree courses, a move endorsed by TAFE institutes, which have enthusiastically embraced this burgeoning development. DEST statistics (cited in Watson 2008: 40) show that between 2001 and 2005, the number of students admitted to university on the basis of a TAFE award increased by 46%, while‘the proportion of students gaining credit (or exemption) for previous TAFE study increased from 2.4 per cent to 4.3 per cent [from 1994- 2006](Bradley, Noonan, Nugent & Scales, 2008: 192) .  \nHowever, given that different skills sets are applicable for TAFE and university, some TAFE students’ experience difficulties in the initial stages of their degree, particularly as with Advanced Standing, they may bypass first year of university completely. Some of these difficulties and the associated challenges will be discussed here, with particular emphasis on the ways in which pre-emptive measures may realistically be put into place to enable smoother transitioning for TAFE to university cohorts, and in the process help to alleviate negative outcomes some disaffected students experience. As global learning imperatives increasingly assume centre stage in tertiary education, the OECD (2009) points to the need for individual organisations to attend to globalisation in ways best  \n328 Theresa Millman  \nsuited to local needs, that is, a ‘glonacal agency heuristic’ approach is advocated (Marginson & Rohades, 2002, in Vaira, 2004: 486) when implementing global knowledge paradigms in policies and practices at local level. In viewing this issue from a local lens therefore, the Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies (BCMS) at the University of Wollongong (UOW) and the Diploma of Communication & Media Studies at the Illawarra Institute of TAFE will be examined. Reference to the Learning Development Centre (LD) at UOW will also be made as this unit provides academic support where requ","cbCaitxkmEM3cmGo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitxkmEM3cmGo","pdf",168973,"English","# Introduction\n# Challenges for transitioning students\n## Academic literacies and expectations\n## Assessment expectations and remedial needs","[{\"question\":\"What does the paper study about credit transfer from TAFE to university?\",\"answer\":\"It examines the transition process, including how credit transfer affects students as they move from TAFE into university study, especially in their first year demands.\"},{\"question\":\"Which programs at UOW and TAFE are discussed?\",\"answer\":\"The University of Wollongong’s Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies and the Illawarra Institute of TAFE’s Diploma of Communication \\u0026 Media Studies are examined.\"},{\"question\":\"What solution does the paper propose to support TAFE students’ transition?\",\"answer\":\"It suggests a pre-university entry induction program for TAFE students to help them adjust more smoothly to higher education requirements.\"}]","Abridged too far? 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