At VU we believe in the power of student staff partnership and the importance of student influence in learning and teaching. So in November, at the Students as Partners Roundtable, VU student partner Helen Chong Gum co-hosted a hackathon with students and staff from across Australia. During the hackathon we played, debated, and created. The […]
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Student Project: Creative Outdoor Space for Campus Life
In the unit NEA2102 Architectural Design and Theory, students from different disciplines come together to work on real-life projects. For this project, students worked together to design an outdoor space for VU’s Werribee Campus. The collaboration between design and engineering students provided a unique experience for students to gain hands-on industry experience without even leaving […]
Read MoreNo placement: Early childhood students getting creative with pop-up playground
When Victoria University’s early childhood students couldn’t go to childcare centers for placement, they decided to take the matter into their own hands. The Mini Maddern pop-up playground in Melbourne’s West is a collaboration with Public Realm Lab and Maribyrnong City Council and is providing a place for children to play and connect with the […]
Read MoreStudent voice: web accessibility through alternative formats
In the web accessibility for all series part 3, we are interviewing VU student Sharyl Brockett about her experience using the new web accessibility tool ‘Alternative formats‘ in VU Collaborate (Victoria University’s LMS). Sharyl explains that being vision impaired and studying online has its own set of challenges. What can we do to be more […]
Read MoreStudent voice: online vs face to face learning
How does the online study experience compare to face to face learning? Let’s see what VU students had to say about this…
Read MoreVU@TEQSA
Trish McCluskey, Miriam Gelotte & Aleksandra Trifkovic. The VU Connected Learning team attended the 4th annual TEQSA conference last week. The theme of the conference was ‘Partnerships driving quality’. Trish McCluskey, Miriam Gelotte and Aleksandra Trifkovic spoke about ‘Partnering with Students to Co-Design Quality Learning on the Block’. The presentation emphasised how the Student-as-Staff program […]
Read MoreWhat is it like being a Student as Staff at VU?
Our Students as Staff are our greatest asset and we say it often and with good reason. But what is it that they really do? Watch this video to find out:
Read MoreVU Students @ HERDSA 2019
During the first week of July, our students as staff (SAS) Jodie Gibbons and Aleksandra Trifkovic presented at the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) conference held in Auckland, New Zealand. The topic of their presentation was ‘Students as Co-creators of Curriculum’ which was based upon the unique SAS contribution to each […]
Read MoreVictoria University App wins Australia’s coveted Good Design Award
The Victoria University App received a prestigious Gold Accolade in the Digital Design category for outstanding design and innovation. An innovative mobile ‘super app’ created by a student-led team of Victoria University technologists and designers was given Australia’s highest honour for design and innovation at the peak industry Good Design Awards. Big congrats to our awesome colleagues for […]
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