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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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Asking students whether university is really worth it

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Leo McCann assesses whether the media portrayal matches the reality The post Asking students whether university is really worth it appeared first on Wonkhe. Questions of value for money and the purpose of higher education are back in the news.

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Student part-time work is on the rise. Here’s what universities can do next

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As student maintenance support and high inflation puts pressure on home and international students alike, Adrian Wright and colleagues call on universities to help students find benefits in part-time work The post Student part-time work is on the rise.

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Boston University Graduate Student Workers Strike

Inside Higher Ed

Boston University graduate student workers began striking Monday, calling for better pay, improved health care coverage and guaranteed childcare subsidies, among other demands.

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Universities cheat students out of fair compensation

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Daniel Sokol and Bradley Talbot have come across a fair number of student complaints - and think that universities are often making derisory offers to settle them that students should reject The post Universities cheat students out of fair compensation appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Free speech is not universities’ problem. It’s students’

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Conflict on campus feels more intractable than ever - yet methods to resolve it are increasingly legalistic, silencing students in the process. Jim Dickinson sets out an alternative The post Free speech is not universities’ problem. It’s students’ appeared first on Wonkhe.

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How universities can foster a global perspective in every student

Higher Ed Dive

Given the importance of global learning and study abroad programs to student development and early career outcomes, how can universities provide avenues for all students to pursue a global education?