Ms Jasmine Steer, First Year Coordinator Engineering, University of Queensland
BSc (USQ)
Jasmine Steer earned a BSc from the University of Southern Queensland. She became the Learning Centre Co-ordinator at the Wide Bay campus of USQ in 2002 where she implemented a number of first year initiatives including a coordinated approach to the transition into university. Ms Steer accepted a newly created appointment as Engineering First Year Coordinator at University of Queensland in December 2005 where she is responsible for a wide range of transitional activities including orientation project day, coordinating the flagstone engineering course ENGG1000, managing the First Year Engineering Learning Centre and training staff and tutors for the School of Engineering. The first year engineering cohort numbers approximately 900. Ms Steer is currently undertaking post graduate studies in psychology.
Ms Steer’s research interests focus on the Student Experience, in particular, First Year Experience, student engagement, retention and student identity. She is currently researching student use of learning spaces and exploring the ways in which learning spaces might be evaluated.