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During the pandemic, online learning suddenly replaced traditional teaching methods.
The development of an immersive mobile phone application for university anatomy students offers insights into the future of online learning.
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.
The new ‘Screenomatic’ model can protect students and academics, while still providing useful feedback.
The proportion of Australian university students who want to found a business after they graduate is increasing fast and is now around 16%. But most of their courses perpetuate an ‘employee mindset’.
We have interviewed more than 80 young people since the start of the pandemic, in an effort to better understand the concerns of many disengaged, marginalised and disadvantaged young people.
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.
The damning findings of five years ago did prompt universities to change policies and practices. The problem is we still lack evidence for what works to prevent sexual violence on campus.
Culturally safe spaces are pivotal in the academic success of First Nations students.
Having international students in Australia gives us a head start in the global race to attract skilled migrants. COVID border closures that halved their numbers could have very long-term costs.
Since the pandemic began university decision-making has become more student-centred in response to students’ demands for flexibility.
International education is a huge source of income for the sector and the broader economy, but students are concentrated in a limited number of institutions and most come from a few source countries.
Indian students in Australia haven’t had the experience they hoped and paid for. Campuses closed, they lost work and they watched helplessly from afar as COVID-19 ravaged their home country.
Research is now showing what works — and what doesn’t — for students forced online by the pandemic. Better course design should be the next step.
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.
The subsidies for student places up to 2024 fall about $1.1 billion short of the level needed to create the extra places the government promised its Job-ready Graduates policy would deliver.
New research shows mindfulness training can be effective when delivered online. The benefits for university students included one particularly notable development for well-being.
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.
Cancelling campus events won’t address the potential harms of binge drinking this fall. Universities must plan additional activities to curb risky alcohol use and promote student wellness.
Top contributors
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin 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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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Cultural and Social Analysis, Western Sydney University
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Alan Morris is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Lecturer, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor of Policy and Society, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Fellow, Sociology, Macquarie University
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Professor, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Higher Education, UCL
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Vice Chancellor, Monash University
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Tutor, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Visiting Research Fellow, Australian National University
