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Universities can support mature students by addressing stigma and ageism, creating a sense of community and adapting programs to suit their multiple roles.
The transition to a new school year will be an important time for students to focus on strategies for fostering positive mental health and well-being, and recognizing signs that help may be needed.
Universities can draw on health research about patient/health-care practitioner shared decision-making to centre the voices of BIPOC students when creating policies and practices to dismantle racism.
Students in an international survey said they really missed chances to be together in person for campus-related activities, not only due to academic concerns.
International students are not only ideal candidates for settlement in Canada, they’re also vital to our prosperity. So why is it so difficult for them to come to Canada, especially those from Africa?
The humanities are labouring under a culture of managerialism – could the answer lie in reconnecting old traditions to post-1960s progressivism?
Casual or short-term contracts, a lack of professional development, little hope of career progression: a survey of academic working conditions sounds a warning.
In the 19th century, British colonial practices of using land to fund universities was a fragmented, but far-reaching, pattern of institutional development.
Over the course of a career and retirement, gender pay gaps lead to a difference of roughly half-a-million dollars for women professors relative to their male counterparts.
Strikes have had a negative impact on Nigeria but private universities have benefited.
Students once might have been the main clients of higher education, but today communities, industries and the government demand the ear of the university.
Universities can be hostile, overwhelming and unwelcoming places for many First Nations Peoples working in academia. More needs to be done to ensure culturally safe workplaces.
The tradition of awarding honorary doctorates highlights unpalatable truths about the role of universities in reproducing social inequality.
Incorporating lessons from Ryerson University’s renaming process could help Canadian institutions address colonization.
With academic freedom comes moral responsibility. Men within New Zealand universities – and beyond – must challenge misogynistic abuse of their women colleagues and not stay silent.
As we observe with the war in Ukraine, humanities skills are crucial for understanding 21st-century problems.
Today’s students are part of a generation demanding society-wide change in the culture that perpetuates sexual violence, and the students expect their universities to lead the way.
Social scientists in Nigeria communicate their research results more among themselves than they do to policymakers and the general public.
COVID-19 planning needs to take disability justice seriously. Universities must design courses to be accessible to all learners, and offer ongoing remote learning.
Top contributors
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Research Affiliate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Gavin Moodie is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
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Director, Office of Planning and Strategic Management, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Higher Education, UCL
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Professor, Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
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Visiting Professor, School of Management, University of Bath
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Executive Director, Student Equity; and Director, Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor, Social & Political Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
