After a busy fall term, OUSA’s member schools and the Home Office are preparing to shut down for a short time and take a much needed holiday break. We look forward to continuing to work with students, the provincial government and other stakeholders to advocate for a more accessible, affordable, and higher quality post-secondary education in 2012.
Wishing you all a refreshing and relaxing break,
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
Happy Holidays from OUSA
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As students bury themselves in their studies as they prepare for final exams, many are asking a golden question; where should I study? The library is the obvious answer so many will pack up their bags and trudge through the snow to get to campus to try and capture the elusive table or desk space available at the campus libraries. But when they get there, they are faced with a confusing revelation.
There’s no space.
So they try their student centre; no luck there either and besides, it’d be h …read more
For years now, students, universities and the provincial government have publicly stated their support for easing restrictions on the transfer of credits between colleges and universities or simply between two universities. Time, effort and resources from both the public and students are being wasted under the current system, and significant improvements must be made to remove transfer barriers and to provide students with the transparent information they need to plan for their future. To move t …read more
For those of you who missed it, there was a great ARTICLE published last week in University Affairs by Pierre Zundel, president of the University of Sudbury, and Patrick Deane, president of McMaster University. Entitled, “It’s time to transform undergraduate education,” the article calls for “a radical re-conceptualizing of the teaching and learning process” by focusing not on teaching but on learning. Volumes of literature on teaching and learning support this point, and yet many of o …read more
