Reaping the benefits of uni doesn’t happen through hope or just turning up to lectures. You need to ask questions, and be an active, independent learner.
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Students from poorer backgrounds already struggle with access to tertiary education. Moving the fees-free incentive from the first to last year of study may make it even harder.
Canada’s future depends on its ability to attract and retain the thinkers, creators and innovators who will define the next generation of progress.
One student exchange program in the 1970s opened the door for an ongoing cultural exchange.
Educators need to carefully consider ChatGPT and issues of academic integrity to move toward an assessment system that leverages AI tools.
Different professors teach differently. If you’re a student with choices in a program, it makes sense to find out what you’re getting.
The annual Student Experience Survey is a litmus test of student engagement, satisfaction and educational quality. But the survey’s categories of study no longer match the post-COVID experience.
Since the pandemic began university decision-making has become more student-centred in response to students’ demands for flexibility.
Prisons seem an unlikely source of outstanding university students, but it is. What’s more, those who have done such study are much less likely to reoffend when they get out.
Artificial intelligence makes it possible to create a highly adaptable, module-based curriculum backed by a system that actively guides students’ choices based on their desired jobs.
Community-run centres in regional and remote Australia are having positive impacts on students who were historically under-represented at university and at high risk of dropping out.
Rather than just blaming the students, educators must consider why course materials are not being read and develop strategies to tackle the problems students face.
People living outside our big cities face many obstacles to going to university, but the innovations during lockdowns have opened a door to permanently improving their access and experience of study.
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.
Universities can best prepare students by teaching them in ways that reflect the realities of how professionals and the wider community now operate.
Tight funding and COVID-related limits on face-to-face contact have forced academics to find other ways to expose students to the real-life work they are preparing them for.
Even before the pandemic added to their financial stresses, a survey of international students suggests more than 20,000 were renting beds that are available to them for only certain hours.
About two-thirds of Australian universities won’t be offering on-campus lectures in 2021. But that’s not all the pandemic’s fault – it simply accelerated a shift away from the traditional format.
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.
There’s no mystery about how to improve your grades. The same steps apply to all assignments to ensure the work you produce is as good as it can be.
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Professor of Higher Education, Rhodes University, South Africa, Rhodes University
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Director of the Learning, Instruction & Technology Lab and Professor of Educational Psychology, School of Education, The University of Queensland
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Chief Data Officer, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
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President and Rector, Universidad del Rosario
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PhD Candidate, Rhodes University
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Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Sydney
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement), The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor in International Education and Development (Education), School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex
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Dean of Graduate Studies; Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Tourism and Regional Development, CQUniversity Australia
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Lecturer at Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Department Head and Professor, Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Tech
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne