2.3 Group allocations
Students were asked to rank the 6 themes (salinity, heavy metals,
flooding, drought, nutrients and plant-plant interactions) in order of
their top three choices. Students were then allocated to a theme based
on these preferences and ensuring multiple degree programs were
represented in each group. Multiple degree programs were important to
maximise i) diversity of background knowledge; ii) the chance that not
all students knew each other; and iii) inter-campus collaboration.