Pair up lonely learners to improve study, HEA told

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Universities should create greater opportunities for students to meet in less formal situations, Craig McInnis, professor of higher education at Melbourne University, told delegates at the first Higher Education Academy annual conference. McInnis claimed that modern undergraduates were losing the informal learning opportunities that were enjoyed by previous generations of students because of increasing financial pressures that forced then to work when not studying and that universities need to take steps to address this.

Students, College, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Education, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, College students, Speeches, lectures and essays, Scholars, McInnis, Craig

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Fellow warriors on very different battlefields

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An analysis of the work being done by the Open Book Project operated by Goldsmiths College, London, and the work done by Manchester University's University Options project. The Open Book Project aims to break down the traditional barriers that discourage some people from considering entering higher education while the University Options project aims to help prospective students make an informed decision about the options open to them.

Education, Higher, Higher education, University of Manchester

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