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Student-staff ratios may not have an impact on the student experience after all

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New data analysis from David Kernohan shows that, contrary to popular belief, more staff may not be the most important way to keep students engaged and satisfied with their experience The post Student-staff ratios may not have an impact on the student experience after all appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Helping students means taking university staff wellbeing seriously

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Drawing on the findings of a pan-European study on mental health in universities, Kate Lister calls for more robust policy and practice frameworks to enable wellbeing support for university staff The post Helping students means taking university staff wellbeing seriously appeared first on Wonkhe.

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How to help students make better decisions

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Mass expansion and a diversifying student body has led to "student choice overload." Ellie Garraway and Jon Down explain how to help students navigate increasingly complex decisions The post How to help students make better decisions appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Disabled students need more than support plans and “fixing”

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Jim Dickinson gets into the GTI/Cibyl polling underpinning the UPP Foundation's Student Futures 2 report - and finds collective strategic challenges for universities' growing group of Disabled students The post Disabled students need more than support plans and “fixing” appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher education postcard: student representation

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This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag looks at an early students’ union The post Higher education postcard: student representation appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Advancing student belonging from classroom to campus and from theory to practice

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Nicola Watchman-Smith reflects on the increasing complexities of work on student belonging and introduces a new practical guide to help you move your practice forward The post Advancing student belonging from classroom to campus and from theory to practice appeared first on Wonkhe.

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It’s time to start seeing students as students

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While governance structures and formal committees have important roles for student representatives, Alex Harden-Way asks if we are missing something by not listening to students as students The post It’s time to start seeing students as students appeared first on Wonkhe.

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