An association that advocates for geographically isolated students and parents has called for updates to payments and processes they say would give rural and remote apprentices the best shot at succeeding in trades. The Isolated Children's Parents' Association met in ...
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One of the nation’s leading scientists, Nobel prizewinner Brian Schmidt, has warned that his field of optical astronomy faces extinction in Australia in three years because astronomers are poised to lose access to the big optical telescopes needed to make ...
More »HEDx Podcast: A journalist’s take on current HE issues – Episode 128
This week, Campus Review's education editor Erin Morley talks to Martin Betts about the most pressing higher education issues she has reported on in recent months. She discusses the slowing buzz post-Universities Accord as the education minister seeks to legislate ...
More »University of Sydney sets up external review of campus protests
The University of Sydney will commission an external review following months of Israel-Gaza encampment protests. In an email to staff and students, new chancellor David Thodey and outgoing chancellor Belinda Hutchinson said the university was “in the process of commissioning ...
More »Students using AI paraphrasing tools can now be detected
New technology can now flag when students use AI paraphrasing services to cover up using generative artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT to write essays and assessments. Turnitin, a company that offers services that can detect plagiarism and AI use in ...
More »ANU finds $2m in unpaid casual wages, RMIT VET staff to strike
The Australian National University has admitted to underpaying 2290 workers a total of $2 million, an average of $599 each, over 11 years due to casual timesheet processing errors. A frequenty asked questions page about the issue on ANU's website ...
More »HEDx Podcast: Four possible futures for higher education – Episode 127
CampusReview · HEDx Podcast: Four possible futures for higher education - Episode 127 A former vice-chancellor of a UK university has published research that outlines four possible scenarios for the future of higher education in England. Sir Chris Husbands was ...
More »Go8 “roadmap” outlines how govt can get R&D to 3% GDP
Group of Eight universities have urged the federal government to adopt a 10-year plan to lift Australia’s investment in research and development to three per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to boost the nation’s capacity for productivity growth. A ...
More »“Not financially sustainable:” University of Divinity closes School of Indigenous Studies
The University of Divinity's council has reviewed its 2024-26 budget projections and decided its School of Indigenous Studies is "not financially sustainable in the current higher education environment." The collegiate university is dedicated to teaching and researching spiritual and Christian ...
More »Unis should talk less about themselves and more about who they serve: New WSU leader
Universities need to stop talking so much about themselves and focus on who they serve, says constitutional law expert George Williams, who began his new job as vice-chancellor of Western Sydney University on Monday. Professor Williams, who comes to the ...
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