We don’t often think about admission issues here at Athabasca University, and why would we? The Open policy and distance model means that class rooms don’t fill up, so extra people just means AU has to hire extra tutors. They don’t even require extra office space for many of them, given as tutors, too, often… Read more »
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It’s been quite the week. The AUSU mail-out featuring The Voice Magazine generated a lot of interest, both for the positions described as well as some ideas from students for new articles and columns in some areas that the Voice doesn’t typically cover. I’m hopeful these will pan out and you’ll start to see some… Read more »
“In these unclaimed spaces, you get to know yourself…It’s the hardest and bravest thing you can do.” ? John Vaillant John Vaillant, AU’s Writer-in-Residence (WiR) for 2016-2017, gave a spellbinding presentation at AU last week. On Thursday, February 2, dozens of AU students, staff, tutors, and others gathered for Vaillant’s presentation at AU’s Edmonton campus,… Read more »
This Sunday was Super Bowl history. As the Atlanta Falcons led the game, stats scrolled along the bottom. One said that teams down by 19 points or more going into the final quarter lost every time: 93-0. Also, the Super Bowl has never gone into overtime. With those kinds of stats, and the poor plays… Read more »
Parents would never dream of handing a child or young teenager the keys to the family car and telling them to drive down a busy freeway, but when it comes to technology, they are doing exactly that. While kids and teens have a natural affinity with technology, letting them be in the driver’s seat about… Read more »
I’m doing something a little bit unusual this week. Normally, The Voice Magazine is all original content, and I’m proud of that. But we were running a little light on content this week and I happened to see a story published by a fellow member of the Canadian University Press that I think hits an… Read more »
Sometimes you have to take a chance, an opportunity won’t “fall in your lap”, or appear before you. You create your own opportunities and chances. Just like there are no overnight successes there are no (or very few) chances falling from the sky with no work/effort to create them. When we attend university we are… Read more »
It’s time to turn off the web cam, turn up the heat, and take it all off! You almost missed it, but February 3 is the eighth annual “Working Naked Day.” The first Friday in February is the designated day to strip away encumbrances and celebrate the unconcealed freedom that accompanies working—or studying—from home. Working… Read more »
The end of the 2016-2017 school year is fast approaching ? it may still feel early, with January just ending, but for those students in their final year, now is the time to be plastering the job market with resumes. That is exactly what Kevin MacCharles, a geology student in his final year, has been… Read more »