Between 23% and 52% of education, civil engineering, nursing and commerce students failed a unit of their degree. Those who failed a subject were four times more likely to drop out of their course.
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Lecturer, Deakin University
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Associate Professor & Academic Director, Widening Participation, La Trobe University
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Research Affiliate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Director: Research and Postgraduate Support, Durban University of Technology
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Professor, Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University
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Vice Principal (Education) and Dean of Doctoral School, Royal Holloway University of London
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Doctoral Researcher in Higher Education (Part-time), University of Leeds
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
