Inter-institutional collaboration on Easing the Transition to University

One of the primary functions of the Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) subject centres is to promote and facilitate collaboration between institutions, particularly in terms of sharing good practice and resources. There are however some practical difficulties in such collaboration. These include: differences in level of student intake • pressures on staff time; differences in aims and objectives of provision; differences in type and volume of resources; differences in IT platforms, operating systems, strategies, etc…This article reports the progress of one group in coming together for educational development purposes with the help of and a small amount of funding from the LTSN Maths, Stats & OR Network.