Much of the world was rivetted as the results of the United States presidential election played out live on screen last week. President-elect Joe Biden has identified four immediate priorities: confront the Coronavirus pandemic, promote economic recovery, advance racial equity and tackle the climate crisis. While ...
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As Australia’s biggest trading partner, resetting tense political and trade relations between Australia and China is a key priority for Australia. And, according to a report released yesterday, both countries collaborating to address both the health and economic challenges caused ...
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CampusReview · Episode 9: Resetting strategy in Australia’s higher education sector: HEDx Podcast Campus Review is pleased to be bringing you the first of many weekly podcast episodes and exclusive opinion pieces in partnership with HEDx, a thought leadership and ...
More »Australia to lose half of its international students by 2021: Mitchell Institute
New modelling by education policy think tank Mitchell Institute at Victoria University shows a 50 per cent drop in Australia’s international student numbers by mid-2021 if the country’s borders remain closed. The 50 per cent drop, which equates to roughly ...
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A joint report prepared by casual lecturers at the University of Sydney has concluded that some university courses are only continuing because staff are not being paid their full hours. In what the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is now ...
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A new report from Western Union Business Solutions following the COVID-19 disruption highlights how universities can evolve their approach to better meet the needs of a new generation of students, writes Hayden Scown With travel off the cards for the ...
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Australian students’ performance in writing has attracted a lot of attention this year, particularly in the middle years where NAPLAN results are regularly scrutinised. But, while no one disputes the importance of the middle years, it is the senior years ...
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Australia’s university sector has emphasised the need for further consultation on Australia’s proposed foreign relations bill, with a new parliamentary report reflecting some of the sector’s concerns on international agreement laws. Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation ...
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The University of Sydney (USYD) will review an article that appeared in its student newspaper Honi Soit following a backlash from the Hindu community. The article, titled ‘How a Nation of Mystics, Occultists, and Yogis became “Hindus”’, has been labelled ...
More »Award-winning Aboriginal writer ‘zooms’ into Notre Dame to give writing students some sage advice
University of Notre Dame writing and literature students were treated to a virtual visit recently by one of Australia’s most beloved Aboriginal authors, Dr Anita Heiss from the University of Queensland. Heiss, a Wiradjuri woman (Central New South Wales), joined ...
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