Students sense of belonging in Social Education

The paper draws on a current longitudinal study (Hermanowicz (2013) investigating students' sense of belonging and their unexpected adventure within the Social Education at University College Copenhagen (2022-2026). In the field of higher education, the student's sense of belonging is frequently linked to high academic accomplishments, learning outcome, social relations, and the feeling of social acceptance. The study is adding a spatial dimension to this understanding and argue that belonging unfolds in relation to places and spaces of the built environment of the university campus. Following this, the paper addresses the questions: "In what ways are students' academic and social engagement and belonging shaped by the built environment at campus?