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The University of Melbourne and Australian National University has continued to perform well in an international subject ranking. Overall, 11 Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings subject tables were published over four dates. UniMelb was ranked first in Australia in ...

Thanks to the rise of online education, tertiary institutions are finding it harder to entice students back on campus. Rather than bemoaning the trend, some universities are deploying designers to transform their campuses into thriving, dynamic communities that satisfy students’ ...

Just how many students are learning maths from those teaching out of field? More than three quarters in years 7 to 10, if data released by the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) is to go by. Co-author and AMSI director Professor Geoff ...

The Universities of Melbourne and Queensland, along with Monash University, are some of the homes of the “who’s who” of researchers across Australia, according to a new list. Its organisers said Australia “punches above its weight” in the 2018 Highly ...

The American dictionary website, www.merriam-webster.com, regularly features words that are trending in dictionary searches. One recent example was gaslighting – not in the sense of the outdated mode of illuminating our city streets, but in the more recent definition of ...

Examples of good teaching in the VET sector are largely borne out of personal commitment, rather than systematic professional development. That was one of the findings of thesis work by Flinders University PhD graduate Anne Dening. Dening, who has more ...

The context to any contemporary discussion on student learning and pedagogy is the exponential growth in the influence of the internet over the past 40 years. Subsequently, we must note “the importance of an intentional approach to using the internet ...

How often do I react rather than pausing and reflecting? What are the positive and negative things I do in the workplace? Can you give me feedback about my leadership style? These are examples of questions Ben Foote, chief executive ...

Regional university students need more support – but not at the expense of the base funding of Australia’s research. That’s the call from leading universities, unions and peak bodies following Minister for Education Dan Tehan’s pledge of $135m for regional ...

Students who were told that video games would rot their brain might now have another good comeback in their arsenal – should they win a $10,000 esports scholarships on offer at QUT. The university recently announced it will award five ...