Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding the way brain blood flow affects certain serious illnesses such as high blood pressure, migraines and even dementia. The academics from the University of Auckland, University College London, and Bristol University, have discovered ...
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There’s a lot of excitable talk frothing around the unsettled nature of modern work. We are by now acutely aware that young graduates of various disciplines don’t march down a single corridor into a well-defined and well-mapped job future. Instead, their ...
More »Implementing personalised learning is easier than you think
The idea of implementing personalised learning at your institution may be a daunting one. When will you find the time to create the courses? How can you be sure content is linked to the correct learning objectives? Will personalisation and ...
More »Literary giants JM Coetzee and Charlotte Wood sign open letter to save UWA Publishing
Laureates of Australian literature including Nobel Prize winner JM Coetzee and Miles Franklin winner Charlotte Wood have declared their support for UWA Publishing in a defiant and impassioned open letter. The organisation’s future is in jeopardy following a shock announcement from ...
More »UWA leads the way in Australia with new cutting-edge intuitive campus technology ‘Involvio’
UWA Chief Digital and Information Officer Warwick Calkin said he was pleased to collaborate with Cisco and Optus for UWA to be the first educator in Australia to adopt the Involvio software connecting students to fast, useful, real-time information. The ...
More »Employers prefer VET over TAFE: survey
A new survey from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has found that employers prefer the independent VET sector over TAFE. Performed biannually, the 2019 data captured how employers view and use VET, measuring key metrics across independent ...
More »‘We will be fighting hard’: outrage as UWA axes publishing house after 85 years
Academics, authors, alumni and the book-loving public are in a state of shock after the University of Western Australia yesterday announced it would close its publishing house after 85 years. The decision, circulated in a memo by Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global ...
More »Student journalists pepper-sprayed by police during Melbourne protest
Two University of Melbourne students were pepper sprayed by Victorian police while reporting on protests at the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) yesterday. Three-hundred climate activists attempted to blockade the event on the third consecutive day of protests in ...
More »RMIT restorative justice service launches after successful pilot program
Last week, RMIT’s Centre for Innovative Justice (CIJ) launched the restorative justice service Open Circle, bringing a more nuanced, person-centred mechanism to address the unique needs of people impacted by crime. The Victorian-based service will offer conferencing services to victims, ...
More »Indigenous applications and offers up against an overall downward trend
Fewer individuals applied to universities in 2019, and fewer universities made offers according to the latest 2019 application and offers data released this week by Education Minister Dan Tehan. The decrease in applications was 1.3 per cent following a decrease ...
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