The seven projects produced research reports practical tools and other resources as part of Phase 1.
> Northumbria University - Dispositions to stay: the support and evaluation of retention strategies using the Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory
> Aston University - Peer Mentoring Works! How Peer Mentoring Enhances Student Success in Higher Education
> Anglia Ruskin University - A comparative evaluation of the roles of student adviser and personal tutor in relation to undergraduate student retention
> Nottingham Trent University - HERE! Higher education retention and engagement
> University of Sunderland - Good practice in student retention: an examination of the effects of student integration on non-completion
> University of Leicester - ‘Belonging' and 'intimacy' factors in the retention of students - an investigation into student perceptions of effective practice and how that practice can be replicated
> University of Reading/ Oxford Brookes University - Comparing and evaluating the impacts on student retention of different approaches to supporting students through study advice and personal development