University student life

How to support students beyond the classroom, in all facets of university life. Here you'll find resources to direct student services, foster well-being, support a rich extracurricular offering and build inclusive campus communities and student societies.

By miranda.prynne , 24 June, 2021

Turning a new page: information literacy goes online

Engaging students in readings and microlectures

Xiaowei Li and Lulu Wang explore how to take an on-campus institution such as a university library online to deliver hands-on information literacy skills to students around the world

Reading time

4minutes

By dene.mullen , 14 June, 2021

Socialising is hugely important, but virtual campuses help learning, too

A female student logs in to a virtual campus.

The social elements of university help students succeed academically, so we must start transplanting them online, says Elizabeth Lehfeldt

By dene.mullen , 11 June, 2021

Professors, stop pretending that you never cheat

Preacher man. Academics need to drop the holier-than-thou attitude and sees themselves in their students when it comes to cheating

Academics should drop the holier-than-thou attitude and look at cheating from a student’s perspective if we want to understand and eradicate it, says Hamish Binns

By dene.mullen , 25 May, 2021

This model is the future of diversity in higher education

Diversity faces many challenges in HE, but the Council of Coalitions model at ASU could offer valuable lessons

Coming together for support is the only way forward – and the Council of Coalitions is the model for inter-group organising we desperately need, says Pardis Mahdavi

By dene.mullen , 21 May, 2021

The sector’s mental health workers need help too

Personal crises can strike students at any time, especially given the pandemic, and those who help them probably need help too.

More assistance must be offered to help students survive, let alone thrive – and the same goes for student crisis interventionists like me, says Lula Torres

By miranda.prynne , 20 May, 2021

Using online coaching to support student well-being

Taking a human approach to providing support for student well-being online

Helen Duff explains how a human approach to providing support online, in the form of coaching sessions, can have a powerful impact on student well-being

By dene.mullen , 20 May, 2021

Beware the futility of higher education’s wellness theatre

An atmospheric theatre. Beware the futility of wellness theatre

Surface-level emphasis on self-care without discussing systemic problems in HE runs the risk of gaslighting students who face very real barriers, says Fiona Rawle

By dene.mullen , 6 May, 2021

Cybersecurity is not just for the geeks in the IT department

Our first-year university students might have received no education on cybersecurity since the age of 13, say Andy Phippen and Emma Bond

By dene.mullen , 30 April, 2021

The sector should come together to welcome students back to campus

Universities wasted a lot of time developing individual online transition resources last year. Let’s not make the same mistake again, says Donna Murray

By dene.mullen , 8 April, 2021

Don’t let Covid disrupt bonding with overseas students

A multiracial group of students. It's going to be even tougher to engender interactions between students from different countries while learning online.

We will need to work harder than ever to create meaningful interactions between international and domestic students in pandemic times, says Futao Huang

University student life