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Month: April 2017

The ‘risky business’ of university attendance and ways to overcome this ‘risk’

  April 3, 2017  |    Leave a comment

  Despite interventions, national departure rates from Australian universities remain consistently high at 18% but if we focus only on figures, we fail to adequately address the personal impacts that leaving university has on those who do depart. In fact, we know that these departing students are often the most vulnerable in our society and… Read More


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