Wheelchair basketball Paralympian Bridie Kean owes some of her success to being poached for a US sports scholarship. Now she wants to bring aspects of that system back to Australia, to entice the local talent to study and compete here. ...
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Don’t let ‘statistics’ stop STEM studies: Birmingham
A Grattan Institute report released today showing that graduate positions in STEM are scarce has – somewhat ironically – led the federal education minister to say that “we should not allow statistics like this to sway people from the importance ...
More »Opinion: Meeting the changing needs of uni tech networks
The last quarter-century has brought colossal changes in the education experience for Australian university students. In the early 1990s, technology was an adjunct to education; students and teachers used it but it was completely possible to get a university degree ...
More »Talking Eds, episode 10: Pokémon No, most engaging school year and referencing dilemmas
In episode 10 of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review look back on a week when New York said 'no' to Pokémon Go, we discovered what the most optimistic and engaging school year ...
More »Bebbington, Urbanest tight-lipped about accommodation deal
The University of Adelaide and Urbanest haven’t revealed the cost of their newest student accommodation partnership, despite two News Corp papers reporting the price tag at $100 million. On Wednesday, Urbanest announced it would build a new student accommodation centre ...
More »Profile: Meet ‘Book of Mormon’ fan and DVC, research, Geraldine Mackenzie
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. It's Research Week at Southern Cross University, which has campuses on the Gold Coast, Lismore and Coffs ...
More »With elite sports comes expensive, omnipresent advertising
Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Atos, Bridgestone, Dow, GE, Omega, Panasonic, P&G, Samsung, Toyota and Visa. The Olympics attracts serious big-hitters to its marketing program – The Olympic Partner program, or TOP. Dr Con Stavros is the program director for postgraduate marketing and associate ...
More »Lockheed Martin to open research lab in Melbourne
Researchers from Melbourne universities will soon have the opportunity to work in the new $13 million laboratory set up by multinational defence industry giant Lockheed Martin. STELaR Lab is a collaboration between Lockheed Martin and the Defence Science Institute (DSI). The ...
More »ANU clarifies new admissions standards
The Australian National University has denied it’s late to the party regarding its new admissions standards. Rather, the university explained, it’s just clarifying how future domestic undergraduates will be enrolled. During an address commemorating ANU’s 70th birthday on Monday, vice-chancellor professor ...
More »Deakin, Bendigo Bank make deal to split transaction profits
Deakin University students, staff and alumni who bank with Bendigo Bank are likely to be funding new scholarships under a deal struck between the university and the regional bank. Deakin has opted into Bendigo’s Community Bank model. This means if ...
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