For orientation & transition teams
Orientation is a moment. Belonging is built over the weeks that follow. First Six carries the welcome past day one into a steady, personalised first six weeks.
The challenge
Orientation packs everything into a few overwhelming days, and then the scaffolding disappears. Students leave welcome week with a tote bag and a blur, and the careful work of your team fades by the time the real pressure of study arrives.
Outcomes
What changes when First Six is running for your team.
A structured first six weeks, not a one-off welcome
The momentum your orientation builds carries through the weeks that decide whether students stay.
Higher attendance at belonging events
Events land in each student's timetable, so the connection moments don't get lost in the noise.
A warm line to support kept open
Students keep an easy, low-stakes way to reach a person well past welcome week.
Less first-month drift
Steady weekly contact keeps new students oriented instead of quietly slipping away.
How First Six helps
The same six-week method, pointed at what your team needs.
01
Carry the welcome past day one
A personalised weekly briefing extends orientation into the weeks where students actually need it, instead of stopping on Friday.
02
Put the right events in front of them
Belonging events surface in each student's own timetable, filtered to their degree and campus, so the ones that matter get seen.
03
Keep a quiet line open
A one-tap weekly check-in keeps support a tap away long after welcome week, and routes a struggling student to help.
04
Tailor it to each cohort
Every briefing and event can be scoped to a campus, program or audience group, so each student sees a welcome that fits them.
What you get with First Six
Three things this gives your team from the first week.
Carry the welcome
Weekly briefings extend orientation into the weeks where students actually need it.
Fill the events
Belonging events surface in each student's timetable, filtered to their degree and campus.
Keep the door open
A quiet weekly check-in keeps support one tap away long after welcome week.
Extend your welcome week
See how orientation becomes a six-week arc.
Frequently asked questions
What teams ask us most.
No. It extends your orientation rather than replacing it, carrying the relationships and momentum your program builds through the critical weeks that follow.
Yes. Every briefing and event can be scoped to a cohort, campus or audience group, so each student sees a welcome that fits them.
You author the week once; First Six assembles each student's personalised version from their enrolment and campus. Templates make reusing what works across intakes fast.
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See it for your next cohort.
Currently meeting with universities.