The University of Western Australia has appointed renowned oceans researcher Professor Carlos Duarte as Director of the Oceans Institute at UWA. Duarte is currently leading the Malaspina 2010 Expedition, a Spanish circumnavigation expedition that is sailing the world’s oceans to ...
More »Acclaimed astronomer joins Swinburne
Pre-eminent astrophysicist Professor Jeremy Mould has joined Swinburne University. A recipient of the prestigious Gruber Prize for Cosmology, Mould is a ‘Hi-Ci’ researcher, putting him in the world’s top 0.5 per cent of cited researchers in the astronomy and space ...
More »Griffith appoints new Director of External Relations
Griffith University has appointed Meredith Jackson as its Director of External Relations. Based at the University’s Gold Coast research campus, Jackson is charged with gaining greater recognition for the University’s teaching and research, particularly its results in the federal government’s ...
More »UTS establishes chair of Indigenous research
NSW Australian of the Year, Professor Larissa Behrendt, has been named the first Chair of Indigenous Research at the University of Technology, Sydney. The Indigenous rights lawyer, academic and author has led research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning ...
More »New Head for JCU’s vet school
Professor Wayne Hein is to take over as head of the School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences at James Cook University. He was recently appointed as Dean of Veterinary Science. Hein spent a few years working in veterinary public health. “I ...
More »CHASS welcomes new Executive Director – Angela Magarry
Angela Magarry has been appointed executive director of The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS). Magarry has a strong background in advocacy, policy and government relations with senior level experience in government, and non-government sectors. For the ...
More »Affordable student accommodation hit by funding cuts
Plans for new affordable accommodation for needy students at one Sydney university have been cancelled because of recent federal funding cuts.quo; needs as well as availability of accommodation including whether it was university managed, in partnership or privately managed. UA ...
More »Inconvenient truth – marking hides facts on job-readiness of graduates
Research at UNSW shows that international students do badly in business faculties of ATN universities but the grades do not reflect that. Australian universities are marking in a way that makes international students and students from international non-English speaking backgrounds ...
More »New strategies a must to boost international numbers
Universities need to keep students on study-migration pathways informed of policy change impacts Many international students are marooned in courses they selected under the old migration scheme and have not fully caught up with the paradigm shift in the area, ...
More »Universities need to open minds on digital learning and teaching
Universities are not rushing to provide open educational resources probably because doing so could upset a whole high street of traditional pedagogical carts, writes Annette Blackwell Open curriculum, open student support, open assessment and open accreditation will have to be ...
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