The University of Melbourne has achieved its highest-ever place in this year’s global higher education rankings, with three Australian universities breaking into the world’s top 20. The annual QS World University Rankings ranked Melbourne University 14th globally and first in ...
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Global efforts to find new ways to assess research quality have been underway for more than 10 years now, with the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) celebrating its 10th anniversary in May 2023. This initiative and other related initiatives such as ...
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The education and training sector reported the fifth highest number of cyber security incidents - andthe most ransomware incidents - of any industry sector in the 2021-22 financial year. It is particularly challenged by having a dynamic, highly distributed and ...
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A group of former senior university executives are working to establish Australia’s first “lifestyle university” on the NSW Central Coast. The Chancellor Institute is chaired by former Sydney University deputy vice-chancellor Professor Emerita Ann Brewer and aims to raise $4.5M ...
More »HEDx Podcast: What are the lessons from DORA for university rankings? – Episode 75
Vice-Chair of the Declaration On Research Assessment Ginny Barbour has led global efforts to find new ways to assess research quality. Her aim has been to moderate commercially motivated efforts of commercial publishers to exploit science and publishing for their own commercial purposes. ...
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The Albanese government should resurrect the 50-year-old policy of former Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and abolish university fees, said University of Melbourne vice-chancellor Duncan Maskell. In his annual vice-chancellor’s address on Tuesday, Professor Maskell said the reintroduction of university ...
More »University of Sydney launches international space law
The University of Sydney has introduced its first international space law course, opening the door to a range of research opportunities for scholars in the space arena. The new postgraduate unit, set to begin next semester, will explore the legal ...
More »Reshaping nursing students’ views on aged care
A new project has been launched to provide training and support for nurse educators and facilitate clinical placements to drive more nursing students into residential aged care homes. The University of Canberra was granted $2.1m as part of the government's Aged ...
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The SkillsFuture initiative in Singapore is a globally leading example of industry, government and higher and further education institutions working together to plan for and deliver the lifelong learning strategy of a nation. There are now broader global moves towards ...
More »Woolcock Institute moves to Macquarie University
Prestigious medical research body, the Woolcock Institute, is being welcomed with open arms by Macquarie University after being left homeless when the University of Sydney sold its building. The Woolcock, arguably the world’s top medical research institution in respiratory and ...
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