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First year student's unwillingness to access to university-wide teaching support services and low usage of tutor office hours has become a noticeable trend over the past five years. The assistance students need to succeed is available, but what is the economic sense of paying for services which they increasingly indicate do not suit the way in which they wish to learn? The solution was to create the FYE Targeted Learning Sessions, which are designed to attract students in selected large year one courses to engage with an easy-access option of discipline specific academic support. This report sets up the aims of the project and gives a systematic breakdown of the way in which course convenors, the First Year Experience program, library and Student Learning staff combined forces to offer students a new way of seeking discipline specific academic support.