In Episode 7 of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review discuss how adult technology behaviour is influencing kids, how MOOCs are going mainstream, and the socioeconomic causes of bad oral hygiene and dental ...
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Music video to smash STEM glass ceiling
A bold audio-visual project aimed at highlighting the attractiveness of a STEM career for young women had its worldwide launch on Friday. Part of a greater campaign by eight top universities, led by the University of New South Wales, it's a music ...
More »On the move | July 2016
ECU names research fellow As part of a push to recruit more than 20 new professors capable of boosting its research activity, Edith Cowan University has appointed metabolomics, biostatistics and machine learning expert professor David Broadhurst as its fourth professorial research ...
More »Strictly speaking | BOOMLET
In the wake of the Brexit referendum and economic pessimism in Britain, an optimistic commentator in the EU-based Politico was forecasting a boomlet for financial consultants and lobbyists in London and Brussels. A boomlet? Is that a ‘real’ word or ...
More »Profile: Marco Peres, socially aware dentist with a passion for Brazilian music
In a new series at Campus Review, we visit with academics and researchers to discuss their studies. Today we visit with Marco Peres, a University of Adelaide dentist studying the societal causes of oral diseases. He has a passion for ...
More »Degree credits for MOOCs change uni model
Offering unlimited online participation and equity of access, massive open online courses (MOOCs) offer students from all walks of life the free opportunity to educate themselves via pre-recorded lectures, problem sets and interactive user discussion forums. MOOCs are generally regarded ...
More »No FedUni campus for Warrnambool
Federation University Australia has opted not to build a new facility in Warrnambool, a regional centre of 30,000 people on Victoria's south-west coast, 170 kilometres away from its main campus in Ballarat. “There is already a significant number of students from ...
More »Education sector plays vital role in economic transition: UA chair
The re-elected Coalition Government’s foremost priority should be to reassure all Australians that the nation will not be left behind in the global and economic transition now underway, Universities Australia chair professor Barney Glover said in a statement. “This election ...
More »$200 million philanthropic contribution for ANU
ANU is set to receive what is understood to be Australia’s largest ever personal philanthropic contribution, in an arrangement worth about $200 million. Graham and Louise Tuckwell announced the details of their contribution this week. It will be spread out over the next ...
More »Social media a survival tool in ‘publish or perish’ world: academic
Digital disruption has become a talking point for academics and their research. With the advent of social media in the last decade, the way information reaches us – and the way we keep ourselves abreast of the world – has evolved ...
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