The damning findings of five years ago did prompt universities to change policies and practices. The problem is we still lack evidence for what works to prevent sexual violence on campus.
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Childhood dreams of being an All Black helped give a senior academic leader the courage to adopt the humble posture of a pupil with much to learn.
Peer support, opportunities to engage in responses to combat racism and bias and culturally responsive counselling are important for the mental health and well-being of international students.
Since the pandemic began university decision-making has become more student-centred in response to students’ demands for flexibility.
Students matching the ‘traditional’ applicant’s profile see university as a stepping stone to a good job. Those from less-well-represented groups care more about higher education’s intrinsic value.
Universities must take leadership in the fight to stop sexual and gender-based violence in first-year orientation week.
Many universities overseas have already made vaccination a condition of being allowed on campus. There are precedents for this policy, which is based on strong public health and economic grounds.
International student demand for places in Australia has fallen by a third over the course of the pandemic, while for our key competitors demand has remained stable or even increased.
Digital technology and COVID-19 have transformed the ways universities are delivering courses. But some are taking a minimalist low-cost approach, while others are aiming higher.
The course offers a model for teaching about complex problems, and underlines the critical role of university learning, research and outreach in understanding and addressing them.
Shutting down sports teams can save schools millions of dollars but create longer-term challenges for enrollment, fundraising and campus life.
Starting out at university can be daunting, even more so amid the uncertainties of a pandemic. But students can maximise their chances of thriving by taking a few simple steps.
Université de Sherbrooke introduced 10 new outdoor classrooms during COVID-19 and created a guide about outdoor teaching. It will fine-tune outdoor teaching in response to student feedback.
The residential hall for international and local university students equipped them for a globalised world, more than anything they could learn in a class.
Trans people are confronted by discrimination and misunderstanding, but education communities can do a lot to help overcome these problems.
Students can still have a good experience at university this year – if universities take their needs and concerns seriously.
South African universities should do more to support students from low-income households.
Universities need to consult more with those at the sharp end of the changes forced by the coronavirus, and that means the students.
Young Black Canadian writers like Desmond Cole and Eternity Martis look at anti-Black racism on campus.
Not all teaching spaces in universities are big enough to allow students to return to normal study as the pandemic restriction ease.
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Distinguished Professor of Physics, University of California, San Diego
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Associate Professor of Higher & Postsecondary Education, Arizona State University
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Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow, Director, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director, Reducing Gender-Based Violence Research Group, La Trobe University
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