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 ...
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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 ...
More »How to help students suffering from ‘math trauma’
Math trauma, the issue highlighted in the US edition of The Conversation, is real. If a student never masters irrational numbers then when they come to trigonometry (which involves lots of irrational numbers) they will receive a constant bombardment of ...
More »Vote down student loan levy: IRU’s message to senators
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) wants senators to quash a proposed charge on administering student loans. The group said the cost recovery measure will put Australian universities out of pocket $10 million a year. Should the Higher Education Support (Charges) Bill ...
More »Beware of work-creep: the home habits bad for job recovery
“I will just reply to this email.” Professionals have likely found themselves saying this in their head or to a loved one but a new study has warned that continuing to work after hours affects productivity, sleep and stress. The ...
More »Graduate employment: how each Australian uni, study area fares
Undergraduates who studied at Charles Sturt University are more likely to be employed full-time three years after graduation than those from other universities – and they’re probably earning more too. That’s according to the 2018 Graduate Outcomes Survey – Longitudinal ...
More »Australian unis scale academic performance ranking
The University of Sydney has again been named Australia’s top performing university in a research-only ranking. It jumped from 26 last year to 23 in the 2018–19 University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP), just behind Peking University. The University of ...
More »Birmingham’s ARC vetoes: the sector reacts
The university sector has taken umbrage with the decision by former Education Minister Simon Birmingham to block 11 applications for Australian Research Council (ARC) funding. ARC confirmed in Senate Estimates that the project applications, all from the humanities and social sciences ...
More »Ten inexpensive ways to vanquish cyber spies in higher education
Just a few short years ago, cyber attacks were a barely recognised threat. They felt intangible, unlikely, a concern for the future perpetrated by bored yet technically gifted teenagers. Fast-forward to today and cyber security is the most pressing IT ...
More »Merger off the table: Unis of SA and Adelaide pull the plug
The Universities of Adelaide and South Australia will not merge, their chancellors announced yesterday. In a statement, they said they have concluded their discussions about a potential merger ahead of the planned December decision date. The day prior, the Councils ...
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