In any organisation, whether large or small, making efficiencies to standard processes will have a direct benefit on productivity and free up staff time to focus on higher‑level activities. Universities and higher education facilities are no different, but they often ...
More »On the move: October
MQ Chancellor set to retire Michael Egan has announced he will be retiring from the Macquarie University chancellorship in February 2019. The former NSW state Labor treasurer came to the university as a council member in 2006 and leaves as ...
More »UAC scores double win for innovation
The Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) has been recognised for its industry-leading commitment to innovation—twice. UAC was ranked 41st on the 2018 Most Innovative Companies list from over 1,000 nominated organisations across Australia and New Zealand. The prestigious annual list, published ...
More »Comprehensive credit reporting is here, but what does it mean?
When used correctly, credit cards and personal loans are a great way to build your credit rating and give you the freedom you need to make important purchases. New credit reporting rules are making it all the more important to ...
More »Strictly speaking: capitals
Capital letters create alternative forms for each character in the Roman alphabet. They help to mark the particular functions of certain words: those that start a sentence or identify proper nouns for persons (e.g. Quentin Bryce) or places (e.g. Australia), ...
More »Prepared to go to the barricades: ANU’s Gareth Evans urges uni leaders to fight for free speech
Former Labor heavyweight and now ANU chancellor Gareth Evans has used a speech to fellow university leaders to detail ANU’s much publicised struggles with the Ramsay Foundation and call for universities to be vigilant in remaining open to the principles of ...
More »On the move: September
Retiring after 67 years at UQ The University of Queensland’s Emeritus Professor Edward White, better known as Ted, from the School of Chemical Engineering, is about to hang up his academic gown. Ted has been a fixture of UQ for a ...
More »Keeping it local: Regional universities are critical to the health of regional communities
The mission of the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), like universities the world over, is to lead in economic and social development through higher education and research excellence. But unlike metropolitan universities, USQ’s community-centred values are grounded in our regional ...
More »Strictly speaking: anamorphosis
In classical Greek, anamorphosis meant “transformation”, and was first applied by Renaissance artists to a highly regarded technique of manipulating the perspective on an image. It presented an apparently distorted drawing of an object, which when seen reflected in a ...
More »Learning both ways: why Australia needs to embrace the knowledge and history of its Indigenous people
This past August, I found myself again at Gulkula in northeast Arnhem Land for the 20th anniversary Garma Festival run by the Yothu Yindi Foundation on the lands of the Gumatj clans of the Yolngu. Charles Darwin University’s engagement with this ...
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