Published: September 7, 2022
Written by: Sarah Lonbay
Dr. Nicola Roberts
Dr Nicola Roberts has had her statistical analysis on student retention published in the Journal of Further and Higher Education, a Routledge journal. Read the article here about ‘variables predicting the odds of failing to progress onto the second year of study for criminology students in a UK university’: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/B3NEAQSC86FEPSZCTYEE/full?target=10.1080/0309877X.2022.2088268. The findings present 3 key variables that predict students failing to progress i) moving to study at their HEI, ii) thinking about dropping out towards the end of their first year and iii) being referred in assessments throughout the year. HEIs should reflect upon these findings when considering which students might be at risk of dropping out of university so that they can focus their resources without delay.