Like it or not, the world now finds itself amid the fourth industrial age. For higher education providers, as for all organisations, the choice is clear: embrace its potential or be assigned to the history books. The first industrial age ...
More »How creating a culture of integrity can help combat plagiarism and contract cheating – opinion
Worried about the prevalence of academic misconduct at your institution? You might have good reason to be. While the Australian government moved to outlaw the advertisement and provision of contract cheating services in September 2020, it's unlikely to stamp out ...
More »Leading in troubled times – opinion
These are the most difficult times to be leading one of our Australian universities. Half of them have VCs who were appointed and commenced during times of turmoil. The other half had existing VCs already steering the ship when the ...
More »Could the dream of the grey nomad be dead? New study
Retirement. It’s a time most people look forward to with bliss. It’s traditionally been the time when the mortgage is paid, the kids are finally off your back, and one can look forward to sipping wine while watching the sun ...
More »Concerns raised over Turnitin’s near monopoly of anti-plagiarism market
Academics have voiced concerns that Turnitin’s proposal to buy competitor Ouriginal would give the company a near monopoly of the anti-plagiarism market, reducing diversity and giving the company a “treasure trove of data”. Ouriginial is a Stockholm-based company that formed ...
More »How critical innovation in education will be to Australia’s higher education future – opinion
According to recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the Australian economy may lose a massive $40 billion by 2023 due to a significant drop in the influx of international students caused by the pandemic and border restrictions. ...
More »The Finnish perspective has arrived: PD sessions commence in Australia
He’s the author of Testing 1, 2,3: What Australian education can learn from Finland, and this month teacher, writer and tragic Midnight Oil fan Michael Lawrence joined lecturers from Finland's Tampere University of Applied Sciences via video link to take ...
More »‘Good girls’ don’t ‘beat the odds’ in Australian universities: Marcia Devlin
The first thing to know about Professor Marcia Devlin’s forthcoming book Beating the Odds: A practical guide to navigating sexism in Australian universities is that it is a guide for “ambitious women” committed to systemic and long overdue change across ...
More »Estrada doctrine regarding ‘(non)recognition’ of regimes and HLA Hart’s ‘rule of recognition’ in the current Myanmar context: opinion
The recent summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was attended by the Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) of Myanmar, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. The fact that ASEAN invited Min Aung Hlaing despite ...
More »Independent international education providers obtain the lion’s share of funding
The Morrison government will provide than $50 million of targeted support for international student providers that have been worst affected by the pandemic border closures. The new measures wIll assist thousands of both domestic and international students, as well as ...
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