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Former lecturer offers grants to help academics with childcare
From research to teaching and associated admin work, academics have heavy workloads, and they’re not getting lighter. In a 2015…
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UA says ‘enough is enough’ to federal Budget cuts
Universities Australia has told the federal government that “enough is enough” when it comes to the shrinking public pool of…
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ARC announces new chief executive
Professor Sue Thomas, University of New England provost and deputy vice-chancellor, is to be the next chief executive of the…
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Greens to establish Senate inquiry into 457 visa abolition
The federal government’s changes to 457 visas are likely to pass the Senate despite moves by the Greens to establish…
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Opinion: The top five educational technology trends for 2017
It’s an exciting time for the education sector and one of the reasons for this is the increasingly connected world…
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Industry & Research
Scientists lack consensus on the March for Science
In 2017, vaccines are falsely linked to autism; homeopaths make millions of dollars from snake-oil treatments they claim can cure…
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457 visa axing prompts uni warning of ‘unintended consequences’
The sandstone universities have warned that brilliant minds could be locked out of Australia because of the abolition of the 457…
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More to online education than uploading word docs: OpenLearning chief
Effective online education doesn’t involve simply uploading a document onto cyberspace, Adam Brimo, the chief executive of educational technology start-up…
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No disappointments from trip to India: den Hollander
Professor Jane den Hollander’s review of the Australian excursion to India is of great optimism and vigour, with no disappointments…
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Unlikely pairing produces results at RMIT
Abena Dove isn’t your typical troublesome university student union president. As president of the RMIT University Student Union (RUSU), she…
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The reform school of thought
“I went to university and I hated it.” That phrase sums up the no-holds-barred approach of Dr Catherine Ball when…
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Policy stagnation helped assure Dawkins’ legacy: historian
Former federal minister John Dawkins' reforms to higher education are “out of date”, as he freely admitted last year in…
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Unis must sell innovation as a positive for everyone: minister
Innovation must not leave the public in the dust, a federal minister has told a conference. The assistant minister for…
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Maastricht University chief shows how unis can revive regions
At the recent Universities Australia conference in Canberra, an audience of higher education executives were told that they should use…
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UniSA and UTS Australia’s big winners in young uni rankings
The University of Technology Sydney has continued its ascent in the Times Higher Education young university rankings, climbing six places from…
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Uni degree could lead to job dissatisfaction: report
The most educated people are among the least satisfied at work, a new report from Curtin University has shown. Happy…
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Uni sexual violence report ‘will include recommendations’: AHRC
The Australian Human Rights Commission has sought to clear the air after it was accused of betraying the 39,000 students…
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$6 million boost for Monash partnership with children’s hospital
Monash University’s partnership with Melbourne’s Monash Children’s Hospital has been given a $6 million boost to allow medical students to…
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Political leaning predicts science bias
Small ‘l’ liberals are drawn to blue-sky research, while conservatives are interested in applied science, new research has concluded. The…
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‘Abolish loan fee’: private higher education lobby renews call
The Council of Private Higher Education has lobbied Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to cut the 25 per cent loan fee…
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Push to include VET on innovation agenda
The incoming chief executive of TAFE Directors Australia says he will push to get vocational education included on the government’s…
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Rise in RTOs seeking registration as higher education providers
Since the demise of the infamous VET FEE-HELP scheme, there has been a spike in vocational colleges applying to become…
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ADHD makes for good entrepreneurs
People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can harness their symptoms by becoming entrepreneurs, researchers say. A study by the…
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‘Get everybody in regions engaged in education’: RAI
The educational gap between city and regional is growing, a new report has shown, prompting a call for people in…
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Women struggling to rise in ‘blokey’ world of economics
Science isn’t the only field with a leaky gender pipeline – economics suffers similar issues. As Danielle Wood, an economist,…
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