Australia’s research-intensive universities are pushing for an even closer relationship with India, urging the two countries to establish a higher education and research strategy. The Group of Eight, which represents the eight top research universities, said the strategy was the ...
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Monash Vice-Chancellor Margaret Gardner and University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor Deborah Terry are the only two Australian women leading a top global university, according to the latest higher education rankings. For International Women's Day in March, Times Higher Education analysed data ...
More »‘I feel very lucky’: Uni teacher of the year on making maths meaningful
Dr Poh Wah Hillock likes to ask her students a lot of questions in class, even if they might find it a little irritating. “After so many years of teaching I still have to think about my lessons and refine ...
More »ChatGPT can help slash lecturers workloads: podcast
University academics should learn to use artificial intelligence to help craft their assignment guidelines, lesson plans and marking rubrics, according to a writing expert, but should disclose its use to students. According to the University of Sydney's Dr Benjamin Miller, ...
More »Universities post record-breaking surplus in 2021
Australian universities reported a record-breaking $5.3bn surplus during the second year of the pandemic, up from a surplus of $706.9 million in 2020, new data shows. A financial report released by the federal education department showed only three out of ...
More »The Commonwealth privateers: opinion
It’s a bit like one of those Christmas cracker riddles. In the UK it might be a question such as, ‘What claims to be public but is actually very private? Answer: The elite public (private) schooling system.’ Here in Australia, ...
More »Where are the Uni Accord’s big ideas that will change higher ed for good?
A major review of our higher education sector, on a scale not seen since Dawkins or Bradley, is a time for ideas. Our times call for these ideas to be big, bold, and radical, because so much depends on it. ...
More »Universities’ bid to avoid multi-employer bargaining
Universities are being advised how to avoid getting roped into multi-employer agreements under a leaked “strategy road map” that unions claim is “incontrovertible proof” the universities want to try to push through substandard pay deals. The Australian Higher Education Industrial ...
More »La Trobe Vice-Chancellor steps down
Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University, Professor John Dewar AO, has announced plans to step down at the end of the year. Professor Dewar said after 11 years leading the university he's proud of what he has achieved. "When I came ...
More »HEDx Podcast: Bringing bold big ideas into the Universities Accord – Episode 66
Professor Mary O'Kane in leading the Universities Accord invites HEDx to be a facilitator and provocateur of big ideas into the biggest review of our higher education system for a generation. Immediately after the launch of the issues paper and an ...
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