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In the News
UoM remains THE’s highest-ranked Aus uni
The University of Melbourne remains Australia’s highest-ranked institution for the 15th year, rising three places to 34th on the Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings. Five other Australian universities made it in the top 100.
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In the News
Huge change for uni peak bodies
In the wake of ongoing issues around governance and executive leadership in the sector, Universities Australia and the University Chancellors Council are joining forces to create one peak body.
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Industry & Research
What HILDA says about higher education
Nearly half of Australian workers believe they have more education than their job requires, prompting debate about whether Australia’s push for higher qualification levels matches the realities of the labour market.
Workforce
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On Campus
University governance ‘not fit for purpose’, inquiry finds
A NSW parliamentary inquiry says university governance needs an overhaul, calling for greater transparency, stronger oversight and more representative councils to ensure institutions better support staff and students while remaining accountable to the communities they…
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On Campus
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On Campus
Podcast: Gap between listening and responding
Most universities will tell you they listen to their students, but listening and actually responding are two very different things. What is a university without its students? That question sits underneath everything in this episode.
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Commentary
The long tail of Covid-19 on VET
What are the effects of Covid-19 on the latest cohort of students coming into the vocational education system? The students arriving classrooms are the ones who lost their final year of school. No formal. No…
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Industry & Research
What is the future of scientific research?
The federal budget delivered targeted boosts for science agencies but stopped short of the sweeping reforms recommended in the Ambitious Australia report, leaving the nation’s research system in a familiar holding pattern.
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AI
Is it time to ditch AI detection tools?
A researcher is calling for schools and universities to abandon AI detection software, arguing the technology is too unreliable and risks wrongly accusing students of misconduct while doing little to accurately identify AI-generated work.
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Analysis
The value of true differentiation
The lesson is that competitive markets have a tendency to turn differentiation into conformity. Something that genuinely distinguishes one provider…
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Rankings
Where are our unis in ARWU rankings?
Australian universities continue to excel globally, with five ranked in the ARWU top 100. The University of Melbourne leads Australia,…
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On Campus
Podcast: How to determine student needs
In this episode of the HEDX podcast, Roger Lee speaks with education leaders Tania Broadley, Sam Jacob, Alphia Possamai-Inesedy and Jennifer Lowe on redesigning support systems to improve student success and inclusion.
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Industry & Research
Podcast: Connect the dots between VET and unis
In the first of two conversations on connecting VET and universities the executive director of ATEC talks to those already doing it, whether it’s how to run a dual-sector institution or whether parity of esteem…
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Industry & Research
HEDx: Shaping higher education’s future
From technology, to the value of student voice, to diverse perspectives and teaching innovation, this episode digs deep into how the quality of graduate success should be measured both now and into the future.
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Podcasts
Podcast: Collaboration looks like this
In the previous episodes in our series, The AI Inflection Point, we covered the pros and cons of collaboration, whether partnerships can be transformational, and whether scale is the answer.
