Dr Megan Williams is an early-career researcher employed full time at Western Sydney University, who graduated from her PhD in 2015. Williams is a descendant of the Wiradjuri people of central New South Wales and also has English and Irish heritage. ...
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Dylan Griffiths is the education officer for the University of Sydney Students Representative Council. He’s currently a lead instigator of an occupation protest at the Sydney College of the Arts (SCA), which has been the centre of a merger and ...
More »On Trauma Island, USC paramedic students experience the reality of the job
Being run over by an automobile, falling into a fire pit and misadventure while scuba diving on the high seas. These three terrifying scenarios aren't stolen from the pages of iconic Aussie outback horror genre flicks – or even from the ...
More »Higher education admissions too confusing: Birmingham
The effectiveness of the ATAR system for qualifying for university places is again in the spotlight after the release of the 82 submissions to the Higher Education Standards Panel, many of which called for an overhaul of the system. The federal ...
More »ANU, UC join forces to offer vertical double degree in health
The two leading tertiary education institutes in the nation's capital are teaming up to allow students to combine a bachelor of medical science degree from the Australian National University with a master of diagnostic pathology degree from the University of ...
More »Victorian TAFEs ditching ‘dead-end’ courses
Training courses in Victoria that don't provide students with meaningful job prospects will be scrapped, as the state government overhauls its TAFE and vocational training system. The reforms will cut the number of government-funded courses from about 1500 to 1000. ...
More »Profile: La Trobe’s Liam Lenton is using macroeconomics to solve doping in sports
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Dr Liam Lenton is a macroeconomist applying the principles of this otherwise dryish subject to popular pursuits like sport, music and film. ...
More »UON unveils inaugural pro VC for Indigenous education and research
The University of Newcastle has appointed its first pro vice-chancellor for Indigenous education and research. Professor Steve Larkin is the inaugural holder of this cross-institutional leadership role. Larkin's responsibilities will include championing and promoting Indigenous education and research and to oversee UON's ...
More »Survey on uni sex assault, harassment seeks national evidence base
The Australian Human Rights Commission has today unveiled an Australian-first survey into the experiences of sexual harassment and assault by students at Australian universities. The survey is being conducted at the behest of Universities Australia. This survey is the latest ...
More »Profile: Dr Russell Sinclair, scientist monitoring vegetation, mentoring young botanists
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Dr Russell Sinclair has been researching botany at a single reserve for the past 40 years. We ...
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