Belonging in UK Business Schools

Creating a Community

Catriona Hyde|Hilary Coyle

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Business Schools in the UK attract a range of students: home and international students, full-time and part-time, on campus and at a distance. These students come from a range of backgrounds and have varied pastoral and academic needs. University can be an isolating time for students and this can lead to high attrition rates and low performance and engagement. So what can business schools do to address key difficulties supporting students with particular needs? The chapters brought together by the editors explore the challenges faced by students who are disabled, neurodiverse, from widening participation backgrounds and students who regularly disengage. The research examines issues these groups of students face and offer practical experiential solutions to ensure that these students feel included and as a result can achieve academic excellence. The book provides a platform for academics to share firsthand accounts of building community in Business Schools, sharing their own experiences of both pedagogical and pastoral successes and failures. Each chapter offers narrative-driven insights into how the authors have explored the issues faced by their students and how they have built belonging despite the difficulties. By highlighting these experiences, this book aims to inspire those in Business Schools to create a more inclusive learning environment.

Introduction to Belonging in UK Business Schools: Creating a Community; Catriona Hyde and Cynthiana Hartono

Chapter 1. Belonging and Engagement inside the Business School: Exploring the UK Student Experience; Nadia Gulko, Nicholas Mcguigan, and Susanna Levina Middelberg
Chapter 2. Belonging in a Business School through the Socioeconomic (and Scholarship) Lens: Student and Staff Perspective; Emily O’Donnell and Bo Kelestyn
Chapter 3. I Thought We Were All in on the Same Joke: The Matter of Belonging and Disabled Students; Claire Ashdown
Chapter 4. Building a Sense of Belonging: Practical Interventions for International Students in Business Schools; Debbie Du Preez, Arpita Ghosh, and Martha Omolo
Chapter 5. Building Firm Foundations: Forging a Sense of Belonging amongst a Foundation Year Cohort; Anne Wylie, Leanne Hampson, and Sarah Jones
Chapter 6. Designing Belonging through Assessment: Staff Reflections from Higher Education; Pierre Ngon A Mbara, Rachel A. English, and Catriona Hyde
Chapter 7. Staff Reflections on Fostering Ethnic Identity and Inclusion: A Means for Building a Sense of Belonging; Angela Izah, Zovanga Kone, and Widin Bongasu Sha'ven
Chapter 8. Fostering Student Belonging Through Personal Tutoring: Reflections from Academic Practice; Fathima Roshan Rakeeb, Ruth Smith, Donna Kavanagh, and Aaron Toogood
Chapter 9. The Transformative Power of Narrative in Accounting Education; Emma Elkington and Catriona Hyde
Chapter 10. Podcasting as a Medium for Authentic and Meaningful Student Voice – “Belonging in a Business School: Life at Salford”; Sami Safadi
Chapter 11. Are We There Yet? – Exploring How Student Trips can Provide a Foundation for Belonging and Growth; Hilary Coyle, Rob Fleming, and Ruth Smith

Catriona Hyde is an Associate Professor in Accounting and Finance at the University of Leicester, UK. She is a Senior Fellow of the HEA. She has previously worked in academia for 11 years at the University of Lincoln and Nottingham Trent University. Catriona is a Chartered Accountant and has worked at both KPMG LLP and Deloitte LLP.

Hilary Coyle is an Associate Professor in Accounting and Head of the School of Accounting and Finance at the University of Leicester, UK. She is a senior fellow of the HEA and is a qualified CIMA Accountant. Hilary worked in a variety of industry roles for 15 years before moving to academia at the University of Derby for 13 years. Hilary has also been involved local government leadership.