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Industry & Research
People ‘very concerned’: professor alarmed by new research code of conduct
A medical researcher has warned countries like China are eclipsing us in terms of research integrity mechanisms. Professor David Vaux,…
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News
Feminists, others defend academic accused of sexual harassment
Avital Ronell, a 66-year-old NYU academic, is being investigated in relation to a sexual harassment complaint made against her by…
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Policy & Reform
Sexual harassment in STEM: Will time ever be up?
Since the Harvey Weinstein allegations were publicised in October last year, it seems the world has shifted. For the first time,…
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Policy & Reform
Locked up and learning: prisoners the new model uni students
At a glance, Robert Buckley doesn't seem that atypical for a student. He is mature-aged, having only commenced study after…
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Industry & Research
Cats guzzling over one million reptiles a day: study
Feral cats are raising a skink with the discovery that they're mass reptile killers. Researchers from the government's Threatened Species Recovery…
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Funding
New Zealand cuts funding to free degrees
Storm clouds have brewed in the land of the long white cloud. After the much-heralded announcement of 'free', that is,…
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Features
From high school dropout to High Court appellant to higher ed leader
A small farm on the outskirts of Bacchus Marsh, about halfway between Melbourne and Ballarat, is the birthplace of a…
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Policy & Reform
An AI in higher education update
Innovative tertiary education providers are using artificial intelligence to attract and retain more students. In today’s always-on, always-connected world, people…
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Policy & Reform
New study pokes holes in learning online
For an unflattering portrayal of online learning, read A study exploring the impact of lecture capture availability and lecture capture usage on…
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Industry & Research
New medical guidelines for transgender youth
They may constitute only approximately 1.2 per cent of the population, but until recently, transgender individuals have been excluded from society. In…
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News
Female PhD holders become proudly immodest
A doctor of history has sparked the latest academic Twitter spat. Dr Fern Riddell, a Research Associate at English university Royal…
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Industry & Research
Teen career uncertainty mostly negative
Much has been made of the inadequacy of careers advice in schools. Regardless, some young people simply know what they want…
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News
Unis to be free from foreign influence laws
The government has watered down its proposed anti-foreign spy legislation after universities claimed overreach. The Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill initially arguably…
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News
Over $3 billion for skills done and dusted
There are still butchers and bakers a plenty. Vehicle painters, however, have mostly replaced candlestick makers. And there will likely soon be…
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News
Birmo’s message for EduTECH 2018
Fittingly, at the largest education event in the southern hemisphere, the foremost antipodean education official spoke. Simon Birmingham used his address…
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News
The best get even better: QS rankings
It may not matter for graduate salaries, but for reputation, rankings are king. So, the Group of Eight (Go8) will…
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News
News flash: we’re not that innovative
A global news agency holds our universities in high research esteem, but not as high as those from South Korea,…
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Faculty Focus
Student doctor rockers play for degrees
Against a backdrop of high-profile junior doctor suicides, Flinders University is introducing novelty into its medical degree. The Adelaide-based institution is…
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Industry & Research
Alma no matter: university choice barely impacts grad salaries
You know a paper is almost certainly ethically clean when it undermines its affiliated institutions' business models. Notwithstanding the fact that two…
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Faculty Focus
How the other third live: experiences of Chinese women studying in Australia
I never got to know Angel*. She would appear in my journalism class sporadically, and when she did, always sat…
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News
TEQSA to assess student wellbeing
For the first time, higher education providers will be assessed for registration renewal purposes on their provision of student support services. The…
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Policy & Reform
VU extends ‘block model’ to all degrees
Victoria University is so pleased with its 'block model' – whereby one subject is taught at a time – that…
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Analysis
Hopeful and marginalised: migrant youths share their thoughts and feelings
We hear about their extreme highs and lows, but we don’t often hear the everyday thoughts of migrant and refugee…
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Industry & Research
The Aussie academic who monitors Timor-Leste’s elections, and why they matter for us
Yesterday, Xanana Gusmão's Alliance of Change for Progress (AMP) – an opposition coalition – clinched election victory in Timor-Leste (formerly known…
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News
ANU overhauls admissions, will now actively recruit ‘top’ students
In a week, ANU's media image has transformed from scandalous to sweet. The university has just unveiled a new undergraduate…
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