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Guide on learning from volunteering: enhancing the learning in Australian university student volunteering

This guide provides practical advice for universities on how to enhance learning outcomes through student volunteering. It explores how volunteering can be integrated into academic experiences to support skill development and reflective learning.

The resource supports institutions to design structured volunteering programs that align with educational objectives and strengthen student engagement and personal development.

Benefits for volunteer managers

  • design learning-focused volunteer programs.
  • align volunteering with academic and development outcomes
  • implement activities, structures, situations and practices which provide benefit to students
  • develop effective university programs.

How to apply this resource

This resource is most useful when developing university-based volunteering programs, supporting student volunteers, or strengthening learning and development approaches within volunteer engagement strategies.

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Australian public university delivering education and research across a range of disciplines and industries.
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Australian public university providing education and applied research.
research@ecu.edu.au Contact Edith Cowan University
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Australian public university providing higher education, research and global engagement across disciplines.
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Australian public university delivering education and research with a focus on access, equity and community impact.
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National representative organisation for third-level students across Ireland, supporting advocacy and student engagement.
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