Maslow's hierarchy of needs dictates that there are baseline necessities for human satisfaction. Food, shelter and relationships are most critical. Then there's self-esteem, and, if you're lucky, self-actualisation: the fulfillment of one's potential. But happiness isn't as simple as scaling a ...
More »The complexities of bin chickens
The bin chicken, or Australian white ibis, as it's less commonly known, isn't only hungering for your spare fries. Researchers from the University of Wollongong, the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, and the Australian Museum have found that their migratory patterns are ...
More »Academics to regulate star wars
The force will apparently soon awaken – for real. "Conflict in outer space is not a case of 'if' but 'when'," warned Professor Melissa de Zwart, Dean of the Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide. That's why a team of global legal ...
More »Blockchain and the disruption of higher education: Opinion
I recently wrote about why business leaders should embrace blockchain technology. As CEO of RMIT Online, I would be remiss if I didn’t heed my own advice and look at how this new technology could benefit higher education’s existing services ...
More »A tale of one city, two graduates
The age of wisdom, not foolishness, is certainly in play in Newcastle. Its namesake university will imminently graduate its class of 2017. Among the graduates are Sapphire Dawson (24) and Declan Clausen (25). Though they will both don caps and gowns, in almost ...
More »Students, staff protest as Monash allegedly cuts Arts teaching budget while pushing BAs
"Tutorial size increases, online quizzes replacing assessment tasks, video streams (which often don't work) replacing classes, cuts in contact hours, refusal to pay staff for teaching time outside of tutorials, and a refusal to hire tutors if they have PhDs. ...
More »Harvard suggests admission process a ‘trade secret’ as discrimination lawsuit simmers
One of the world's most prestigious universities, Harvard, also has a dark, complicated past. Though the university was founded in 1636, its Medical School only offered admission to its first three black students in 1850, but subsequently rescinded these offers. Then, in the 1920s, its ...
More »Cambridge University responds to Facebook data leak scandal
Emails shown to various UK media outlets have revealed an acrimonious history between Dr Aleksandr Kogan – the Cambridge University academic at the centre of the Cambridge Analytica Facebook data leak scandal – and his university colleagues. The Guardian and The Financial ...
More »Migrants competing with graduates for scarce jobs: demographer
A surplus of skilled migrants is potentially leading to even greater job competition for graduates, a population expert has suggested. Dr Bob Birrell, the founding director of the Centre for Population and Urban Research at Monash University, and now the President ...
More »Student athletes responsible for most of our Olympic glory
A young woman sprinted through UTS' Ross Milbourne Sports Hall, muscular legs pumping, blonde ponytail swishing. Weaving her way through the crowd, clutching a Frisbee, she suddenly flung it into the air. The woman was Gabriella 'Bella' O'Grady. A student ...
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