Two big issues shape sessions at the Needed Now … conference next Thursday

* Student mental health and wellbeing: No longer under the radar, with Chi Baik (Deakin U), Nicole Crawford (National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education), Rachael Field (Bond U), Ian Hickie (Brain and Mind Centre, Uni Sydney) and Ben Veness (CQU)

* Employability: what, when, where, how and for whom, with Dawn Bennett (Bond U), Michael Healy (Uni Southern Queensland), Jess Vanderlelie (La Trobe U) and Troy Williams (Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia).

Full programme for the week here.