26.-28.5.2010 Antwerp, Belgium

Each year thousands of students across Europe jump into higher education. Thousands of these first year students take this big leap forward successfully every year.In this fifth edition of the European First Year Experience Conference we will explore what makes these students succeed. We share our findings on how we can reinforce the students' strengths and what we can do to support all of our students to experience a golden year as an important corner stone for the rest of their future. As an institution of higher education we want to develop our students' talents in an appreciative way, in order to support them to accomplish their first year of higher education and to maximize their further chances for a successful career.

We invite you to bring in good practices, research findings and refreshing ideas to share with colleagues from all over Europe and beyond. By sharing our experiences on guiding first year students successfully throughout the first year of higher education, we will have the opportunity to improve the quality of European higher education on appreciating all of our students' talents and empowering them for a successful future.

More information about formats, subthemes and guidelines, but also practical information can be found on the efye website http://www.efye.eu/