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21 décembre 2017

How to encourage young people to make a habit of helping others

The idea of helping others, also known as social action, service or volunteering, is often held up as a virtue of national importance to British identity. It is at the heart of treasured programmes such as the Scouts, the Guides, or the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, as well as new bodies such as the National Citizen Service (NCS) and the #iwill campaign. More...

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21 décembre 2017

Black students on going to Oxbridge: ‘it’s not even asked or pushed for, it’s just assumed no one is applying’

This has sparked extensive debate about the accessibility of elite higher education institutions for the socioeconomically disadvantaged and black, Asian and minority ethnic students. It has also led to calls for elite institutions to do more to improve their widening participation schemes and offer more places to students from different backgrounds. More...

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21 décembre 2017

Campus culture wars: Why universities must ditch the dogma

A teaching assistant in a communications program was reprimanded for showing video clips of a debate on the use of gender-neutral language, a scolding that seems almost incomprehensible in a university setting. More...

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21 décembre 2017

How boys and girls are taught different things about violence

Men and women can often disagree about what is considered violent behaviour and what is considered normal human interaction. And in this way, it sometimes tends to be the case that women who speak out about abuse are accused of exaggerating or seeking attention. More...

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21 décembre 2017

Universities are failing their students through poor feedback practices

Educators and students often struggle to learn from each other through the use of feedback. Our research into feedback practices has found that students and staff find feedback practices largely unsustainable, de-motivating and without opportunity for improvement. More...

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21 décembre 2017

Starting next year, universities have to prove their research has real-world impact

Starting in 2018, Australian universities will be required to prove their research provides concrete benefits for taxpayers and the government, who fund it. More...

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21 décembre 2017

Want to solve our STEM skills problem? Bring in the professionals

Recent Australian studies show there’s a decline in student participation in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects in high school. OECD data also shows we’re lagging behind high-performing countries like Singapore and Taiwan in literacy and numeracy. More...

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21 décembre 2017

Student press in 1960s Australia was political, now it’s more Prozac

In 1967, the academic year began with student newspapers saturated in politics. At the National Union of Australian University Students (NUAUS) summer conference, concerns were expressed about the presence of ASIO agents on university campuses. ASIO, they had reason to suspect, had files on students they regarded as a potential security risk. More...

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21 décembre 2017

How school has been used to control sovereignty and self-determination for Indigenous peoples

Indigenous Australians have been denied self-determination for decades. This has impacted their ability to influence education and other policies at national and state levels. Recently, Prime Minister Turnbull rejected the recommendation that an Indigenous voice be constitutionally recognised in the parliament. He said he didn’t think it would get support, and would be “contrary to principles of equality and of citizenship”. More...

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21 décembre 2017

Supporting part-time and online learners is key to reducing university dropout rates

Attrition does not mean dropping out. It just means the student did not continue their study in the following year. For example, attrition includes students who suspend studies due to personal circumstances, but return to study a later year. However, the evidence is that most students who discontinue their studies do not end up completing. More...

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