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Stephanie Fleischer

Senior Lecturer

contact:
Applied Social Science
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9PH

Telephone: +44 (0)1273 644529

Email: S.Fleischer@brighton.ac.uk

Research interests

  • First year students' experience
  • Student retention
  • Student finance
  • International students

Teaching

  • Introduction to Research Methods
  • Social Policy and Social Welfare
  • Research Project (module coordinator)
  • Community Engagement: Theory into practice
  • Dissertation
  • PASW/SPSS tutorials

Current projects

  • First year international student retention and persistence
  • The financial situation of students at the University of Brighton

Publications

Jones, J. and Fleischer, S. (2012) Should I stay or should I go? Factors affecting first year international students' decisions to leave or continue with degrees in Transitions quality adaptability and sustainability in times of change. Articles from the Learning and Teaching Conference 2011. Centre for Learning and Teaching, University of Brighton Press, p31-41
www.brighton.ac.uk/clt/clt-publications/

Jones, J and Fleischer S. (2012) Staying on course: factors affecting first year international students' decisions to persist or withdraw from degrees in a post-1992 university UK Practice and Evidence of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Vol. 7, No. 1, October 2012, pp.21-46
www.pestlhe.org.uk/index.php/pestlhe/article/view/134/241

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JONES, JENNIFER and FLEISCHER, STEPHANIE (2012) Should I stay or should I go? The perceptions and experiences of first year international students, which influence their decisions to persist or withdraw from degree courses In: Transitions: quality, adaptability and sustainability in times of change – articles from the Learning and Teaching Conference 2011, Centre for Learning and Teaching, University of Brighton, 15 July 2011.

JONES, JENNIFER and FLEISCHER, STEPHANIE (2012) Staying on course: factors affecting first year international students’ decisions to persist or withdraw from degrees in a post 1992 UK university Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 7 (1). ISSN 1750-8428

FLEISCHER, STEPHANIE (2011) Student absenteeism: whose responsibility? Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 48 (3). pp. 227-237. ISSN 1470-3297

Fleischer, Stephanie, Banks, Laura and Haynes, P. (2010) The Winn report. The financial situation of students at the University of Brighton: the eighteenth report 2009-2010 University of Brighton, Brighton.

WALKER, CARL, FLEISCHER, STEPHANIE and Winn, S. (2008) A path analysis of first year social science students' engagement with their degree and level one academic outcome Enhancing Learning in the Social Sciences, 1 (2). pp. 1-19. ISSN 1756-848X

Fleischer, Stephanie, Chalkley, Joanna and O'Connell, Paul (2008) The Winn report: the financial situation of students at the University of Brighton: the seventeenth report, 2007-08 SSPARC, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.

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Conference presentations

Jones, J. and Fleischer, S. 2011 Experiences of first year international students in relation to persistence and proposed withdrawal from degree courses at the University of Brighton: A case study of research in progress. Centre for Learning and Teaching Pedagogic Research Conference. 4 February 2011, University of Brighton.

Fleischer, S. and Doust, M. 2008 Guiding lights: Enhancing student retention through student support and student ambassadors. 21st First Year Experience Conference 23-26 June, Dublin, Ireland.

Wilcox, P. and Fleischer, S. 2007 'Students' lives today: It's learning but not as we knew it!' HEA/SWAP Conference: University life uncovered – how are students' experiences outside the classroom impacting on their learning? 9 November 2007, University of Manchester.

Walker, C. J. and Fleischer, S. 2007 'I'd rather read the lecture notes than go to the lecture'. University of Brighton's Learning and Teaching Conference, 13 July 2007, Brighton.

Wilcox, P. and Fleischer, S. 2007 'Student Retention in Changing Times: Opportunities and Challenges', STAR Conference 14-15 June 2007, Strategies for Student Retention Conference, University of Ulster.

Fleischer, S. and Walker, C.J. 2007 'I'd rather read the lecture notes than go to the lecture': Using Structural Equation Modelling to understand the role that student factors play in level 1 academic achievement', STAR Conference 14-15 June 2007, Strategies for Student Retention Conference, University of Ulster.

Fleischer, S. and Walker, C.J. 2007 'I'd rather read the lecture notes than go to the lecture': First year social science students' engagement with their degree and implications for teaching and learning. European First Year Experience Conference 9-11 May 2007, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Additional roles

Admissions tutor for mature students