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Policy & Reform
‘Does it take a village?’ Community influence on university aspirations
Equal access to post-school pathways has been a focus of the government, perennially concerned about developing a robust future workforce…
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Policy & Reform
Reimagining school to employment pathways: expert panel invites suggestions for 2020 report
A secondary school graduate steps out into the world today, and is confronted with an overwhelming array of choice. It’s…
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Top Stories
The end of lectures?
The research in learning and teaching shows clearly that didactic teaching and passive reception do not result in deep, lasting…
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On Campus
Professor’s first student-less lecture ignites debate over modern teaching practices
Friday, 9am. Then five past the hour. The clock crept on. Still, the students had not arrived. Beginning to wonder…
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News
Australia’s first ‘university college’ named
A Seventh-day Adventist higher education provider in Lake Macquarie, NSW, has become Australia's first “university college”. Founded over a century ago,…
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News
Making toads go viral, and other campaigns that won big at UA’s marketing awards
How do you make a toad’s genome exciting? How do you convince researchers to increase their media footprint? And how…
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Industry & Research
New research finds Aussie men live longest
If you’re an Australian man, you’re better placed than any other male group in the world to reach a ripe…
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Industry & Research
How can higher ed institutions better market themselves to prospective students?
"It cannot be overstated how vital it is that courses are structured, and promoted with ‘career-readiness’ as a primary focus."…
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Podcasts
‘Why not you?’: Making higher education a choice for foster kids
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Industry & Research
‘No evidence-based reason to use them’ concludes new trigger warning study
A new paper has added to a growing body of research suggesting trigger warnings have little to no benefit for…
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On Campus
The catch 22 of university content warnings
Where trigger and content warnings are becoming increasingly institutionalised in the United States, they've been slow to catch hold in…
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News
Grattan Institute calls quits on higher education program
The Grattan Institute is to end its Higher Education Program, coinciding with the departure of the program’s director Andrew Norton…
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International Education
Landlords exploiting international students, study finds
International students are being deceived, scammed and financially exploited by unscrupulous Sydney landlords, a new study by UNSW has found.…
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Industry & Research
‘Millions wasted’: petition calls for national inquiry to streamline research approvals
Robust regulatory requirements are essential to research, particularly in the field of health and medicine. The approvals procedure acts as…
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News
Are unis coddling the Australian mind? US social psychologist crowdsources question
The hurly-burly issue of free speech on campus has been particularly boisterous among the headlines these past few weeks, as…
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Policy & Reform
No appeasement for UNSW Cancel Trimesters campaign
Ire and disgruntlement have dogged UNSW’s decision to switch from the semester to trimester calendar, ever since it was announced…
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International Education
From little things: Philippine bill passes requiring students to plant 10 trees to graduate
A Philippine tradition may be made into law, with the House of Representatives green-lighting a measure requiring students to plant…
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Industry & Research
Overseas students from three countries contribute equivalent of total domestic students: NSW unis audit report
“Thirty-eight percent of NSW universities’ total student revenue came from overseas students from three countries.” This was one key finding…
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News
PhD student sues James Cook for $3m over damage to career and sex drive
Alleging James Cook University is in a “conspiracy” to ruin his career, a PhD Philosophy student is suing the university…
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News
$10 billion could be unlocked in uni property assets, claims EY report
Up to $10 billion in property assets could be unlocked from Australia’s current university campuses – but only if they…
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Policy & Reform
A vision for radical university change
The world over, the higher education sector is booming. The number of global students attending higher education has doubled since…
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Advertorial
An educated decision in enterprise software: Why the education sector is reinvesting in enterprise capability
By Peter Nikoletatos, Industry Director – Education, TechnologyOne Almost three quarters of Australian educational institutions are planning to replace or…
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Industry & Research
MOOC shows promise to improve dementia knowledge globally
A massive open online course (MOOC) promises to improve understanding of dementia on a global scale. In a paper published…
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News
Mark my words: research finds uni students prefer digital feedback
Comments scrawled manually? Face-to-face dialogue? Or digital recordings? In a new Monash University study, thousands of Australian university students have…
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Podcasts
Strung out: research finds a quarter of uni students stressed daily
In contrast to the sanguine, laughing faces of students you see on most university marketing flyers and websites, a uni…
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