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Too often in education we think we know what is best for our students. Not often enough do we listen and hear what our students are saying about their education. This collection tries to show more of the student perspective.
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College Dorm Decorations Become a Front in the Campus Free Speech Wars.

College Dorm Decorations Become a Front in the Campus Free Speech Wars. | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
Barnard College is requiring students to strip decorations from their dorm doors in the wake of protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
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Never Too Late (Update) - Gregory Smith

Never Too Late (Update) - Gregory Smith | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
Five years after his first appearance on Australian Story, Dr Gregory Smith continues his astonishing transformation. Homeless and an addict for many years, Smith is now an academic, has received an OAM and found new love.
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Mind the Gap: Strategies for Unifying the Student Digital Experience

Mind the Gap: Strategies for Unifying the Student Digital Experience | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
Six strategies can help develop intentional, effective structures to improve students’ digital experiences.
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Students’ Perspectives on Using AI

Students’ Perspectives on Using AI | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
Students are using artificial intelligence tools to assist them in their academic careers. Three students share their viewpoints on the tools they use
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Seven Students, 7 Campuses: College Life Before the Fall of Affirmative Action

Seven Students, 7 Campuses: College Life Before the Fall of Affirmative Action | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
This is a portrait of college life in America before the fall of affirmative action.
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Has It Become Harder to Connect With College Students?

Has It Become Harder to Connect With College Students? | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
Many professors are struggling to connect with their students these days. First the pandemic forced emergency remote learning, where professors ha
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How alarming are Florida's higher-ed reforms? Students weigh in.

How alarming are Florida's higher-ed reforms? Students weigh in. | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
On the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, students and teachers worry about threats to education.
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Opinion | With some of my fellow Stanford Law students, there’s no room for argument.

Opinion | With some of my fellow Stanford Law students, there’s no room for argument. | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
If you're not overtly progressive enough, you're a dismissed as a "future prosecutor." Meanwhile, far-right students, far fewer, are provocateurs.
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Sydney’s International students speak on renting, housing experiences across city

Sydney’s International students speak on renting, housing experiences across city | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
When future engineer Rafiul Hossain arrived in Sydney, he didn’t expect to have to share his bed with bugs. And he isn’t the only newcomer to our fair city with a story to tell.
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School attendance rates are dropping. We need to ask students why

School attendance rates are dropping. We need to ask students why | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
Today Australia’s education ministers are meeting and school attendance is high on the agenda. Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has repeatedly flagged this as one of his key concerns.
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International student opens up about studying in NZ

International student opens up about studying in NZ | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
As borders reopened overseas, learners started to return - slowly.
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Victoria education: Calls for anti-racism training after African-Australian students report discrimination

Victoria education: Calls for anti-racism training after African-Australian students report discrimination | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
Students of African heritage say they felt more heavily policed, were suspected of cheating if they did well and were encouraged to leave school rather than do VCE even if their marks were good.
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What Grown-Ups Don’t Understand About School 

What Grown-Ups Don’t Understand About School  | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
What is school really for? Students at Oakland’s Fremont High answer this question with their cameras.
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Universities Accord: there’s a push to increase Indigenous students and voices in higher education. But we need more detail and funding

Universities Accord: there’s a push to increase Indigenous students and voices in higher education. But we need more detail and funding | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
The accord calls for meaningful steps to increase the numbers of Indigenous graduates and Indigenous leaders in higher education. In a post-referendum Australia, this is more important than ever.
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Will Our Educational System Keep Pace with AI? A Student's Perspective on AI and Learning

Will Our Educational System Keep Pace with AI? A Student's Perspective on AI and Learning | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
Reflecting on AI and learning, a student offers four insights gleaned from firsthand interactions with ChatGPT.
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Failure in medicine: these exams need to change 

Failure in medicine: these exams need to change  | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
There must be a better approach to measuring a junior doctors’ skills, commitment and knowledge than the current battery of examinations, writes a trainee who obtained the highest clinical examination score at their training hospital. I thought it was time we talked about the exams through which we put every doctor who wants to specialise. …
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Departures at Stanford and Northwestern Put Student Journalists in Spotlight.

Departures at Stanford and Northwestern Put Student Journalists in Spotlight. | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
The president of Stanford and the head football coach at Northwestern left their positions after being scrutinized in campus newspapers.
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Australia’s most satisfied students are not at Group of Eight universities

Australia’s most satisfied students are not at Group of Eight universities | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
Small, religious and private universities have the most satisfied students, a new survey shows, but the Group of Eight are pushing back on the findings.
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AI in Education: Students' Views on Chatbots and Cheating

AI in Education: Students' Views on Chatbots and Cheating | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
The majority of the students surveyed expressed positive views towards AI tools like ChatGPT, with more than a third using them regularly.
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LGBTQI: I’m Melbourne Grammar’s school captain and I’m gay. The Presbyterian Church would have me sacked

LGBTQI: I’m Melbourne Grammar’s school captain and I’m gay. The Presbyterian Church would have me sacked | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
I should not have to pen this opinion piece. Not in modern Australia. But here I am, a student, writing an open letter to a group of adults.
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College Students Have Something to Say. It’s Just Not What You’d Expect.

College Students Have Something to Say. It’s Just Not What You’d Expect. | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
And to find out what it is, there’s one great place to look.
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How Creative Listening Helps Institutions Better Serve Students

How Creative Listening Helps Institutions Better Serve Students | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
Listening to students' wants and needs throughout their interactions with a college or university can help uncover the moments that matter — the intervention points that can make or break the student experience.   
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Old-school backpacks too heavy, Japan’s pupils complain.

Old-school backpacks too heavy, Japan’s pupils complain. | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
Sturdy leather bag known as randoseru can weigh 4-10kg when full, leaving students in pain and wanting something lighter
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Why are we carrying around so many books? When we have tablets that can hold 1000's of books?
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HSC: It’s time to stop gaslighting HSC students, one student says

HSC: It’s time to stop gaslighting HSC students, one student says | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
We regularly get told the HSC does not define us, but the system is set up to remind us that it does.
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‘Zoom picketing’: students protest Sydney University staff cuts by disrupting online tutorials

‘Zoom picketing’: students protest Sydney University staff cuts by disrupting online tutorials | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
Campus authorities argue digital disruption is ‘not protected action’ and ‘unlawful’ while activists say they were forced into the creative tactic
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