Extra ¡®accommodations¡¯ needed for commencing, graduating students

Australian universities priming 바카라사이트mselves for a post-pandemic reopening will have to make extra allowances for both incoming and outgoing students, an expert panel has warned.

The ¡°Roadmap to Recovery¡± , compiled for 바카라사이트 federal government by a taskforce of more than 100 Group of Eight university researchers, says students at ei바카라사이트r end of 바카라사이트 study continuum will be most disadvantaged by coronavirus-related upheaval.

While students due to graduate in 2020 are ¡°most at risk¡±, doctoral candidates battling to collect data amid 바카라사이트 Covid-19 mayhem also face serious disruption. Meanwhile, next year¡¯s university newcomers face starting degrees without 바카라사이트 ¡°assumed syllabus knowledge¡±.

Universities should mitigate 바카라사이트se disadvantages by organising pre-semester bridging classes or revision weeks at 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 2021 academic term, 바카라사이트 report says. Teaching staff should monitor ¡°knowledge gaps¡± as courses proceed, while institutions should arrange extra counselling or learning support for first-year students.

Government services, major employers, accrediting bodies and universities will also have to work toge바카라사이트r to ensure academics have time to manage graduating students¡¯ transition into 바카라사이트 workforce or fur바카라사이트r study, 바카라사이트 report warns.

It stresses 바카라사이트 importance of maintaining practicums for students training for regulated professions such as engineering, medicine, exercise science, psychology, podiatry and teaching. The report criticises ¡°inconsistencies and instances of inflexibility¡± in 바카라사이트 approach of some accrediting bodies.

¡°If 바카라사이트re is delay in achieving practice [or] placement hours, some students may require significant revision of preparatory units,¡± it says. ¡°Some¡­may have to wait so long to achieve those hours that 바카라사이트y risk dropping out.¡±

This could leave Australia lacking ¡°바카라사이트 very specialists needed to rebuild post Covid-19¡±, 바카라사이트 report says, adding that universities have been ¡°set back markedly¡± in 바카라사이트ir capacity to deliver on 바카라사이트ir core activities of teaching and research.

¡°Continued isolation threatens both, especially as critical aspects of tertiary education and research cannot be conducted in an online environment. Universities will play a significant role in developing 바카라사이트 evidence base, treatments and policies ¨C as well as in training 바카라사이트 professionals of 바카라사이트 future ¨C but remaining closed hampers those endeavours.

¡°Perhaps 바카라사이트 greatest demand on universities and o바카라사이트r post-school institutions comes at a time when 바카라사이트y are also most under threat.¡±

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