This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher outgoing news editor to learn more about them and their work. Today, we visit with Campus Review news editor and journalist Patrick Avenell, on his last ...
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This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Rose Michael is a nascent novelist who is passionate about Australian intellectualism and sci-fi cinema. Let's boldly ...
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The phrases off-grid and off-the-grid, in the strict sense of being unconnected to the standard electricity supply, took off in the 1970s when independent sources of energy (that is, solar power for remote locations) were first under discussion. Several decades later, ...
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Education innovation and learning innovation are not the same thing, and it’s important to know the difference when evaluating strategies. Words matter. Yet the words we use to describe the transformation of education aren’t always sufficiently specific. For example, we ...
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Universities have experienced tremendous change over the years, and academics are facing pressure from many quarters. In the 1960s, the president of the University of California defined the secret of running a successful university as providing football for alumni, parking for academics ...
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The University of Otago strives to encourage students to be true to themselves. At the University of Otago we hold an Academic Convocation Ceremony at the beginning of each year. Like graduation, Convocation is a formal affair where the academic ...
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The THRUST framework is better able to support an innovative business culture than the traditional academic model of business education. Business innovation is the fundamental driver for improving the efficiency, performance and sustainability of the Australian economy. In order to ...
More »Student service delivery: Australia’s Achilles heel?
Focusing on student services will help Australian universities to retain their place as an attractive study option for international students. For a variety of reasons Australia has become a desirable study destination for an increasingly diverse cohort of international students. ...
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