The experienced Shiva Kumar is an expert in a strategic position at LinkedIn Australia and New Zealand, where he is focused on providing specialised leadership in communication, whilst being passionate about the successful use of creative expression in excellent job applications. Unlike ...
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Professor Linda Shields from Charles Sturt University is a specialist in nursing ethics. She has co-written a book on the role of nurses in Nazi Germany’s forced euthanasia programs and recently authored an opinion paper on the role of nurses ...
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As informed public debate and discourse recede, it is more important than ever for universities to engage politically. As my higher education colleagues and I look to begin a new academic year, there is a pervading sense that some ‘certainties’ ...
More »Curtin researchers link ADHD diagnosis to birthdate
The youngest children in class are more likely than their older classmates to receive medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a study by academics at Curtin University has found. The results of the study, published in the Medical Journal ...
More »Talking Eds, episode 19: adopted babies recalling languages, international student destinations, non-completion rates and mentoring
In a bumper first episode of Talking Eds for 2017, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review look at how adopted babies are recalling language skills, epigenetic twin variations, international student destinations, non-completion rates at Australian universities ...
More »USYD welcomes Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander students into mentorships
The University of Sydney hosted a week of mentoring programs in mid-January 2017 for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander high school students. Students in Year 9 and 10 are part of the Wingara Mura program while those in Year 11 ...
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Printing documents is such a quotidian part of life working in the education industry that you rarely consider it for more than a second. You receive an email you want to save for a meeting; an interesting piece of online ...
More »Audit into Bob Day’s training college
The national audit office is set to investigate how a training college connected to former Family First senator Bob Day received a $2 million taxpayer-funded grant. The auditor-general has confirmed it will examine the federal education department's establishment of the ...
More »Defying ATARs and reaching for the stars
January is a quiet and relaxing time for students transitioning from the hectic nerves of high schools' final days to the exciting dawn of a new academic experience at university. As each sunny day passes, however, anxious anticipation starts taking ...
More »Modernise coursework to suit the modern student
The way we work is being reshaped, redefined and reimagined with the continual emergence of new technologies. Organisations are adopting technology to increase efficiencies and outcomes, and go to market in new ways. This is stimulating change in every aspect ...
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