Staff insights informing academic calendar
国民彩票 staff perspectives were vital in developing the 国民彩票 academic calendar models and considerations.
The project team consulted extensively with 国民彩票 faculties, schools, divisions, and working groups to identify what works well and where challenges lie with the current academic calendar.
Some of these challenges also provided insight into other 国民彩票 improvement projects, such as admissions transformation, the assessment and feedback transformation program, and the special considerations uplift projects.
Staff feedback from the sessions throughout 2024 and early 2025 raised a number of topics. The key themes included:
- pedagogical strengths and weaknesses of different term lengths
- administrative challenges and opportunities for staff under both calendar models
- opportunities for innovation in assessments and addressing issues with exams
- staff and student wellbeing considerations
- timing and lengths of breaks across the year
- considerations to support the successful implementation of a new calendar model.
These insights are incredibly valuable in assessing the strengths and challenges of each calendar model.
We will continue to keep you updated as the project progresses to implementation of the preferred model.
