Juggling, sword swallowing, contorting: What I heard in interviews and research with students studying and working to get ahead shaped using circus arts metaphors to understand and analyze their experiences.
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Recognizing and accrediting students’ prior learning and competencies is one way universities can tweak business-as-usual approaches.
Many employers are waiting just as anxiously as universities for international students to return to our shores. The students’ labour is especially important for the hospitality and care sectors.
A study of entrepreneurship activity at 27 universities in Canada showed an increased interest in co-op work terms where students could work in their own start-up.
Student mental health was already an issue before the pandemic. And then students felt the strain on all fronts as studies went online and they lost jobs and social contacts.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of young people are starting out in the workplace for the first time in isolation and with little to no onboarding assistance. That must change.
LSAY is one of the biggest and oldest surveys of its kind in the world. It follows young Australians from the age of 15 to 25 to find out what helps and hinders them along the way.
Canada should invest robustly in students’ post-secondary education. Data about effects of the pandemic and how students balance classes and work show why we urgently need this investment.
Tailored strategies to address students’ finances, academic success and socio-emotional connections with an institution or program can help keep students in school.
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Professor, Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia
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Dom Herrick Entrepreneur in Residence and Visiting Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
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Survey Methodologist, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)
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Lecturer, School of Political Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Research Assistant, Griffith University
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Post-Doctoral Fellow, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor and Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Professor of Adult Psychiatry and Clinical Lead, Mental Health, Griffith University
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Innovation Lab Director and Professor, Educational Technology and Innovation Mindset, Concordia University
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Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation, University of Saskatchewan
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Senior Research Officer, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)