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Microcredentials are short, modular programs or courses that focus on developing skills and competencies to help students enter the labour market quickly. (Wes Lewis/unsplash)

August 29, 2022

Microcredentials and mentoring: How universities can boost student employability

Ann-Louise Davidson, Concordia University

Recognizing and accrediting students’ prior learning and competencies is one way universities can tweak business-as-usual approaches.

February 13, 2022

International students are coming back and it’s not just universities sighing with relief

Peter Hurley, Victoria University

Many employers are waiting just as anxiously as universities for international students to return to our shores. The students’ labour is especially important for the hospitality and care sectors.

Learning to create value in environments of uncertainty with limited resources is something that can help all young people build their futures, especially amid the uncertainty of COVID-19. (Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa)

December 7, 2021

Entrepreneurship learning: All university students can benefit

Stephen Daze, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

A study of entrepreneurship activity at 27 universities in Canada showed an increased interest in co-op work terms where students could work in their own start-up.

December 16, 2020

Stressed out, dropping out: COVID has taken its toll on uni students

Susan Harris Rimmer, Griffith University; Kate McGuire, Griffith University, and Neeraj Gill, Griffith University

Student mental health was already an issue before the pandemic. And then students felt the strain on all fronts as studies went online and they lost jobs and social contacts.

The first few weeks of a new job are usually spent absorbing a lot of information. That’s been much more difficult for new hires during the pandemic. (Tima Miroshnichenko/Pexels)

November 26, 2020

How to help new hires as they start their jobs in COVID-19 isolation

Michael O'Neill, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of young people are starting out in the workplace for the first time in isolation and with little to no onboarding assistance. That must change.

August 13, 2020

A 3-decade ‘moving picture’ of young Australians’ study, work and life, thanks to LSAY

Somayeh Parvazian, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) and Ronnie Semo, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)

LSAY is one of the biggest and oldest surveys of its kind in the world. It follows young Australians from the age of 15 to 25 to find out what helps and hinders them along the way.

A man on a skateboard and a young woman pass large letters spelling out UBC at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C., November 2015. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

August 6, 2020

Drop tuition fees: University students face a precarious future amid COVID-19

Alison Taylor, University of British Columbia

Canada should invest robustly in students’ post-secondary education. Data about effects of the pandemic and how students balance classes and work show why we urgently need this investment.

Finances, academic performance and a sense of belonging may all be factors in whether or students finish their post-secondary studies. (Shutterstock)

November 3, 2019

What universities can do to keep students from dropping out

Lenin Cavalcanti Guerra, University of Saskatchewan and Ken S. Coates, University of Saskatchewan

Tailored strategies to address students’ finances, academic success and socio-emotional connections with an institution or program can help keep students in school.

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