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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How do you teach something as complex as clinical reasoning?
Clinical reasoning is considered a core skill in healthcare and this is a skill that is difficult to teach using traditional teaching methods. Amy Lawton, Academic in Victoria University’s College of Health and Biomedicine explains that there is no ‘cookie-cutter’ approach when it comes to teaching clinical reasoning. It it is a combination of areas […]
Read MoreStudent 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 MoreThe new Victoria University demonstration green roof
*Drumroll…* We are very excited to present to you the new Victoria University demonstration green roof at our Footscray Park campus!!! This is a place for research, demonstration and education, and will be used with VU students and the wider community. Watch the video below to see what the finished green roof looks like (2 […]
Read More2020 is coming to an end…
And just like that 2020 is almost over… It feels like this year has gone extremely fast and slow at the same time. The end of 2020 is particularly special because our first Block Model graduates received their bachelor degrees, having studied exclusively in Block Mode since 2018 – a first in Australia. At the […]
Read More2019 is coming to an end
There have been a number of highlights this year, including: Hitting the 400 block unit mark with our revolutionary VU Block Model. We are particularly proud of this in the Connected Learning team at VU. In 2020, we’re looking forward to starting on designing block units for our post grad courses too! Investing more time into performing […]
Read MoreStudents ♥ VU
We went out and asked students what they love about Victoria University. We love that you love VU so much!
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