Studying one uni subject in four weeks has benefits – but students risk burnout if it's not done right
- Written by Sally Male, Researcher in Engineering Education, University of Western Australia
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For the past two years, Melbourne’s Victoria University has been delivering its bachelor degrees using a block model, where students study one unit at a time rather than four units at once. Each unit, or block, is four weeks long and the study year is broken into ten blocks – four in each semester and optional winter and...