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.
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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.
More can be done to ease transitions for West African students in the United Kingdom.
Learning over the internet is not a simple replacement for face-to-face teaching.
Working-class academics can play a key role in boosting student diversity.
The regulation of student accommodation varies between different providers.
Many of the privileges that middle-class students enjoy are not obvious, even to themselves.
Inclusive freedom reflects university values in protecting free thought, inquiry and expression, while protecting the dignity of all students and faculty by allowing them to equally contribute.
As universities advocate for ‘zero suicide’ frameworks, it is important for university leaders to work at suicide awareness, prevention and response, and to reinforce a culture of compassion.
Students need to be able to manage their time, write to an academic standard, be aware of what constitutes plagiarism, make sure they know what support services are available to them, and have fun!
Universities should very rarely prevent controversial speakers from spreading their message.
It’s estimated that 20 percent of first year students are put on academic probation. That’s not a small number. Universities are beginning to tackle the problem head on.
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Education and Students), University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct professor of architecture, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Wollongong
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Professor & Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT 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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Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, the University of Queensland; International Distinguished Fellow, the Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University., The University of Queensland
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Professor. Dean, New Business Acceleration, Federation University Australia
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Director of Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Rhodes University & Visiting Research Professor in Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, Rhodes University
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Associate Professor of Higher & Postsecondary Education, Arizona State University
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor Student and University Experience, University of Tasmania
