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Student Substance Use: Keele University’s Journey from Zero Tolerance to Harm Reduction

HEPI

Keele University and Keele Students’ Union has been working with Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK) since 2015, when we first started to look at alcohol use on campus, and how we could promote a productive, healthy, and inclusive student culture surrounding drinking. You can read the first blog, an overview of the pilot, here.

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Be bolder about your mental health offer if you want to convert – and retain – more of this year’s applicants

HEPI

About a third of applicants think it likely that they will not take up their place at university. This year, guided by previous findings on school absence and levels of confidence, we wanted to know how many applicants think that they may not, after all, take up their place at university.

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CHLOE 7: Centralization vs. Distribution of Online Student Services

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation The report I'm drawing from and sharing around most enthusiastically this summer is the recently released CHLOE 7: Tracking Online Learning From Mainstream Acceptance to Universal Adoptio n. 1 - Figure 5 gives a good list of the critical services a university must provide for online programs.

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UC San Diego suspends instructor for racist comments

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The University of California, San Diego, removed an instructor from the classroom for the term, following racist remarks he made during an organic chemistry lecture last week. “We sincerely apologize to those who have been impacted, including the university service workers and Spanish-speaking communities.”

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Innovating Through Failure. and Success

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

If a university's a body, where's the ear? There is not a space where universities ask, 'What do you need? The example that stands out is from University of Central Florida. Career services professionals are repurposed as instructional designers to help put career readiness into every single class for each student's four years.

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New cybersecurity technology is ideal for education

University Business

The post New cybersecurity technology is ideal for education appeared first on University Business. This means capturing cost savings and man-hours to distribute among other pressing needs at your organization.

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Here’s how to engage your alumni and facilitate lifelong learning

EAB

By staying involved with graduates and offering alumni benefits, universities can attract alumni interested in lifelong learning experiences, and easily facilitate networking opportunities between current students and alumni. Mount Saint Mary’s University alumni can audit one class per semester for a nominal fee of $25.00.