Erica Cervini
Dr Erica Cervini is a sessional academic and freelance journalist.
Opinion
Mental health
Let’s get uni students face-to-face again – for their mental health
Too many undergraduate subjects are being taught online, denying young university students crucial in-person social and learning experiences.
- by Erica Cervini
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Opinion
Life in Lockdown
Online courses are not enough for uni students in lockdown
Many current first and second year students have had little face-to-face contact and on-campus experience.
- by Erica Cervini
Universities over-enrolling to make up for funding shortfalls
Universities are over-enrolling students, stuffing lecture theatres to capacity, to make up for shortfalls in government funding, and students are the losers.
- by Erica Cervini
Diverse voices make submissions on tertiary deregulation
Students, academics and campus staff are making submissions to the Senate inquiry into the Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill
- by Erica Cervini
Funding cuts are forcing universities away from intellectual inquiry to a jobs focus
A Cambridge University professor argues universities are losing their way - and their noble calling to advance human understanding.
- by Erica Cervini
Public VET sector under siege
Funding has been slashed and courses and subjects have disappeared.
- by Erica Cervini
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/by/erica-cervini-hvet2