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In Campus Review’s latest podcast, UQ emeritus professor Graeme Turner explains why his landmark report Mapping the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Australia, is vital to the sector’s future viability. Recently launched at the National Press Club, the report ...

Recently announced government action in the face of an acute crisis engulfing the apprenticeship and traineeship sector should help – but a true fix requires wider action. By Martin Riordan Australian education and training ministers pledged recently in Adelaide to ...

Could a ban on students sending queries to their teachers’ inbox work? The experiences of one academic provide food for thought. By Andrew Bracey Fed up with a seemingly endless stream of emails from her students asking inane or generally ...

Industries relying heavily on employees working outside the traditional 9–5 may face workforce problems if federal government proposals to remove penalty rates become reality, a new study has revealed. The report, released last week by University of SA researchers, found that employees' decisions to ...

The Australian Skills and Quality Authority and peak industry body the Australian Council of Private Education and Training have defended both the quality of vocational training and its regulation following the release of data revealing that just 1 in 5 providers has passed ...

Go8 universities were once again the big winners of Australian Research Council grants. Collectively, they picked up almost 70 per cent of the $354 million in allocated federal funds from the latest round. Leading the way was UNSW, which received $45.3 million that will fund ...

A consortium of private higher-education and VET bodies has pledged action to eradicate the industry of “poor performers who damage the reputations of the majority of quality providers”. In a communique released this week following a national summit hosted by ...

A university-designed computer game will aim to prevent bullying by enhancing understanding amongst students and teachers of the benefits of altruistic behaviours. The game, Safekeeper, was designed by a team at Deakin University’s school of IT, in conjunction with Creating A Safe ...

Early-career researchers can face a tough and boggy road. Three ECRs discuss the pitfalls and opportunities facing junior academics. By Mark Chou, Jean-Paul Gagnon and Nicholas Osbaldiston Whichever way you look at it, the situation facing early-career academics is dire ...

Collective vigilance is required to safeguard the reliability of published medical research. By Chris Del Mar Our current view about the publishing of scientific results is that it runs along narrow rails. It goes something like this: A study is ...