Case study: Western Sydney University

Western Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia

About: Western Sydney University is one of Australia's leading institutions and ranked in the top 400 in the world.

Why Studiosity? To support all students in reaching their own academic goals. Studiosity aims to give students ownership of learning, to create self-directed, future-ready learners and graduates.

Outcomes:

• Students who used Studiosity had .12 to .44 higher GPA (Kirkpatrick, 2020)(Gill, 2019)
• Studiosity users 7% - 15% higher retention rate than non users (Kirkpatrick, 2020)(Gill, 2019)
• There was only 3 - 5% overlap with other support services, indicating that the service was fulfilling a new need at the university.(Kirkpatrick, 2020)(Gill, 2019)
• Studiosity use predicts academic self-efficacy (Lee & Hanham, 2017)
• Higher academic self-efficacy predicted higher grades, accounting for 20% variance (Lee & Hanham, 2017)

"The more self-efficacious students were in their academic skills, the higher the academic grade the students were likely to report in the unit of study (subject) for which they had used the service.” - Lee & Hanham, Western Sydney University, June 2017

"Students who use Studiosity's services do better."

For a copy of the research presented by Prof Kirkpatrick in the above presentation, please email partnerservices@studiosity.com.