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Early-intervention initiatives to tackle student disengagement can be challenging to implement. A centralised, targeted approach using a communication nudge can encourage students to re-engage with online learning ....
Well-being assistance, leadership development and mentoring opportunities are key to supporting students from under-represented groups. Here, Angus Howat details a programme for widening participation from a Kiwi perspective ....
UC’s Te Pūrongo ā-Tau | Annual Report for the year ending 31 December 2020 was published this week. Tumu Whakarae | Vice-Chancellor Professor Cheryl de la Rey says last year the University, like the rest of Aotearoa New Zealand, had to swiftly adapt to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, managing the consequences of closed borders and fluctuating alert levels. “Our Covid-19 response has reinforced the University as a place where we stand by our community in times of need and rally together to provide solutions. It also emphasised that our top priority must always be our people, both students and staff.” ....
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This was most acute among Pasifika students, with 40 per cent of students in the first year of any university course or degree leaving their studies, compared to 24 per cent in 2019. The retention rate of non-Māori and non-Pasifika students in the same group also declined from 78.1 per cent in 2019 to 71.1 per cent in 2020. However, the 2020 retention rate for students in the first year of their undergraduate degree remained similar to 2019. UC was able to launch new programmes to boost student wellbeing and success, such as the Takere scholarship programme for first-year Māori and Pacific students and the Analytics for Course Engagement (ACE) system to identify and assist first-year students needing extra help. ....