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Student support takes a village – but you need to create one first
Student support takes a village – but you need to create one first
To support students from diverse backgrounds, universities should actively foster supportive communities. For the University of Auckland, this meant creating a ‘village’ on campus, as Melissa Leaupepe explains
Melissa Leaupepe
University of Auckland