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Andrew Smallridge

@AndrewSmallridg

DEAN, First Year College, Victoria University - Professor Andrew Smallridge (Organic Chemistry). 🏈AFL-Richmond Tigers🐯 + fly RC Model-Airplanes 🛩

 Melbourne, Australia
Joined July 2018
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Something to celebrate! VU honoured with prestigious Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT). Full story: bit.ly/37JFAF9 👏 @aauniteachers @AndrewSmallridg @johnrweldon @tomatoperegrino #AAUT (photo:2018)
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Victoria University’s revolutionary First Year College (FYC) was honoured today with a prestigious Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT) by Universities Australia. Congratulations @johnrweldon @AndrewSmallridg @tomatoperegrino and team. @aauniteachers #AAUT
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@Richmond_FC24 Oct 2020
A season we’ll never forget. A Grand Final like no other. And a victory that will stand for eternity 🏆🐯 #AFLGF #gotiges
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Great reward for all our hard working talented staff. #VUFYC
Victoria University (@victoriauninews) profile pictureVictoria University@victoriauninews30 Aug 2020
VU's revolutionary First Year Model lands highest ranking for student engagement in the 2021 Good Universities Guide. Full story, page 8, bit.ly/3jG7sOf @starweekly @GoodUniGuide #vublockmodel
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Great news, welcome aboard
Victoria University (@victoriauninews) profile pictureVictoria University@victoriauninews26 Aug 2020
VU announces Professor Adam Shoemaker as new Vice-Chancellor. Full story: bit.ly/3gpRzcp
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Well done John, a great summary of how far the FYC has come and the benefits our students have enjoyed.
Trish McCluskey (@trilia) profile pictureTrish McCluskey@trilia6 Jul 2020
Great to see @johnrweldon from @victoriauninews Rocking the VU Block in his presentation at #LiveAtCC in Colorado College
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Western Bulldogs AFL defender & Business student Zaine Cordy on the success of VU's revolutionary Block Model. Story: bit.ly/2zTKNN9 @westernbulldogs @WeeklyTimesNews
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"VU has seen a sharp uptake of students starting degrees this month, adding to the evidence that job scarcity & the COVID-19 are increasing demand for university courses." @VicUniVC with @TimDoddEDU in @australian #remotelearning
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A fantastic effort by all involved and a great introduction to @victoriauninews and the Block model for the nearly 500 students starting their studies next week. #vicuni #FYC
Loretta Konjarski (@LKonjarski) profile pictureLoretta Konjarski@LKonjarski29 Apr 2020
Victoria University taking the lead. Fully remote Orientation for our new Block 3 students. Thanks to everyone who has helped get this wonderful event together for our new students. #vicuni #FYC #vicuninews @_NaomiDempsey @MarciaDevlin @AndrewSmallridg @shannyncain
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Extraordinary research from VU's @RoanPlotz about the red-billed oxpecker - a species of bird who protects the rare black rhinos by calling out when humans are near. bit.ly/2z5qWJT
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Great to see our article in print reporting the progress of our students in the first year of our Block Model.
Marcia Devlin AM, PhD (@MarciaDevlin) profile pictureMarcia Devlin AM, PhD@MarciaDevlin15 Apr 2020
Great to see refereed publications on the impacts of VU's block model starting to come out. Here's one article just out from @trilia @AndrewSmallridg @johnrweldon and other colleagues: herdsa.org.au/publications/c…
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Loretta Konjarski@LKonjarski15 Feb 2020
#FYC staff at Family Information Day @victoriauninews A packed house at Footscray Park campus . FYC staff informing and exciting families about the journey ahead! @johnrweldon @_NaomiDempsey
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Ian Solomonides@solfella6 Feb 2020
⁦@AndrewSmallridg⁩ & ⁦@LKonjarski⁩ with ⁦@victoriauninews⁩ #FYC colleagues at 1st Final Friday 2020 & start of the 3rd year of teaching students in this revolutionary approach. I’m so incredibly proud of what FYC and all VU staff have achieved for our students
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Is university education in Australia still fit for purpose? campusreview.com.au/2019/10/… via @campusreview

Is university education in Australia still fit for purpose? - Campus Review

Victoria University’s new Block Model of education – whereby students study one subject intensively

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Great advice from our plenary speaker Laurie Schneider, we have to move away from a deficit model and provide the best environment so all our students can THRIVE #sit19
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Really pleased to be one of the international delegates for #sit19 and looking forward to hearing about transitioning students into #highered
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Well done Loretta, good to see we are spreading the word #FYC
Loretta Konjarski (@LKonjarski) profile pictureLoretta Konjarski@LKonjarski4 Sep 2019
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@victoriauninews #RAISE19 @AndrewSmallridg Presentation workshop complete in beautiful Newcastle. Such a lot of interest on how the FYC and VU work with community, engage students and ... oh yes, block mode delivery. 😉
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Congrats🏆so great to see students as partners @victoriauninews rewarded in this way.
Trish McCluskey (@trilia) profile pictureTrish McCluskey@trilia11 Jul 2019
A Gold Tick Trophy 🏆 in the Australian Good Design Awards goes to Victoria University @victoriauninews for our innovative VU App - a collaboration between our fabulous VU student partners and the Connected Learning team
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Dr Sam Howe@Sammy_Howe10 Jul 2019
Who better to talk of first year student experience than the students! Max from @victoriauninews said from friends accounts he thought uni would be going into dark lecture theatres & sleeping 😴. He was shocked at VU, no lectures, interactive, engaging classrooms & he loved it!
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Sally Kift@KiftSally9 Jul 2019
The fabo @victoriauninews #VUFYM #VUFYC The Team @AndrewSmallridg @trilia @BertOraison1 @Sammy_Howe @LKonjarski Wot a Team! Fabulous #TransitionPedagogy Great outcomes for #StudentSuccess #UNISTARS @VicUniVC @MarciaDevlin
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