In Episode 3 of APN Educational Media's weekly review podcast, Talking Eds, James Wells from Education Review and Campus Review and Loren Smith from Early Learning Review join me, news editor Patrick Avenell, to chat about the effectiveness of smoking ...
More »FedUni to welcome teachers and their educators for ATEA summit
Teachers, and the teachers who teach them to be teachers, will descend upon Federation University in Ballarat, 100 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, in July for the Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) conference. It's the first time this event has been ...
More »Crane crashes into building on Griffith’s Brisbane campus
A crane that toppled into a Brisbane university building caused a crash like thunder, a student who was inside said. The mobile crane fell across South Bank's Grey Street just before 11am, its tip lodging in the sixth storey of ...
More »CQUniversity exploring psychological and biological effect of inducements on vulnerable gamblers
We've all seen ads on TV, in newspapers, splashed across social media, on the sides of buses and on billboards from city centres to the rural outskirts of civilisation. Gambling advertising has become an inescapable ever-present, to the point where ...
More »BubDesk, EduTECH, soft skills and Roz Ward under the microscope in Talking Eds
In the second episode of APN Educational Media's new Week in Review podcast, now titled Talking Eds, new editor Patrick Avenell is joined by James Wells from Education Review and Campus Review and Loren Smith from Early Learning Review to dissect ...
More »Macquarie Uni rolls out HSCStudyLab to hone STEM skills
Macquarie University has launched a new online resource to help high school students review for their end-of-schooling exams. HSCStudyLab is modelled on the New South Wales HSC curriculum and, to start with, comprises biology, chemistry and physics modules. Krista Borg, Macquarie director, development ...
More »New education weekly review podcast launches
APN Educational Media is today debuting its new, as yet untitled, weekly review podcast. The new show will look at the nurturing and education of people from preschool age (EarlyLearningReview.com.au), through primary and high school (EducationReview.com.au) and into tertiary education (CampusReview.com.au). The ...
More »CQU researchers advocate high intensity training to ward off chronic kidney disease
This week is Kidney Health Week, a time to raise awareness for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), an irreversible condition that affects around 10 per cent of Australians, according to researchers Dr Patrick Tucker and Dr Vincent Dalbo from Central Queensland ...
More »Trouble from top to bottom: it can be a tough life for an academic
Administration is more centralised and teaching staff are more casualised; the modern university can be a tough place for an academic. Just what has happened to our universities? They are no longer what they once were and there is little ...
More »Refresh your memory: VET needs knowledge and experience
If federal public policymakers lack the knowledge and in-house experience related to VET, how can they address its problems? If you have spent the last 40 years in the vocational education sector, like I have, you will be used to ...
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