In conversation with: Professor Richard James

In 2011, Richard James wrote in the Foreword to Nelson, Clarke, Kift, and Creagh's (2012) monograph on Australasian literature on the First Year Experience that: The trend towards universal participation will usher in dramatic changes in the character of the first year in higher education.. (p.iii) In an interview at the University of Melbourne, Australia in July 2013 between Richard James and John Clarke, Co-editor of the International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, these and related issues were explored. The interview picks up where the Foreword left off: focussing on universal participation.