The view the world’s academics hold of Australian higher education and an influx of international students has led the sector to international praise. Still, the latest QS World University Rankings, released today, brought with it cause for concern, according to ...
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Co-working spaces are shared workspaces and have become a striking and very visible feature of metropolitan areas. They have proliferated and are growing fast around the globe in almost every continent, embraced not only by remote workers, start-up employees and ...
More »Australian, US institutions to meet about new uni classification
The wheels are still moving on an Australian pilot of a classification system that recognises university success beyond academic rankings. Charles Sturt University and University of Technology Sydney last year announced they will lead a pilot of the Carnegie Community ...
More »Shaping sticky students: encouraging lifelong academic relationships in an era of transience
To members of other generational groups, millennials and GenZ are often seen as inconsistent or flighty; too quick to move on when they don’t like a job and lacking the apparently in-built ‘loyalty’ of the generations that precede them. Deserved ...
More »Alabama uni returns $21.5 million gift, denies it’s due to donor’s abortion stance
The University of Alabama has denied that its decision to return a gift of $21.5 million had to do with the donor’s views on abortion. Hugh Culverhouse Jr pledged to donate $26.5 million over four years and was $5 million ...
More »Strictly speaking | spruik
It sometimes takes a while for dictionaries to catch up with usage. One of the latest additions to the Oxford English Dictionary online is the transitive sense of the verb spruik, ‘to talk about or promote/publicise something’, to add to ...
More »How educators can keep up with the fast pace of industry change: an NDIS case study
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is an ambitious and much needed undertaking. By 2020, 460,000 people will participate in the scheme. That’s roughly one in every 40 Australians. The NDIS will give people with a disability choice and control ...
More »Fit-for-future purpose: architectural policies, foundational enablers spanning HE/VET sectors
With the national election settled, the vocational education and training (VET) sector will look to early implementation of recommendations in the Joyce Review of VET as funded in the 2019/20 national budget. The higher education (HE) sector anticipates forthcoming advice ...
More »WSU unveils branded hijab for clinical practice
Muslim nursing and midwifery students at Western Sydney University now have the option to wear its first branded hijab for clinical practice. Dr Rakime Elmir, co-creator of the program and WSU deputy director of clinical education, said the hijab – which ...
More »Whole of Tasmania to tackle dementia risk: UTAS project
A new project will see researchers work to help shift the dementia risk of an entire state. The largest of its kind, the study has been designed to empower people to self-manage significant modifiable dementia risk factors. Launched today by ...
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