The architect of Australia’s original Higher Education Contribution Scheme – known as HECS – is calling on the government to roll out income and revenue-based loans to soften a likely world recession. Australia National University leading economist Professor Bruce Chapman ...
More »Keeping our unis operating during the COVID-19 pandemic – Michael Sankey
When the COVID-19 pandemic initially took off in China, grave fears were held for Australia's university sector. This was primarily due to Australia's reliance on Chinese students and the travel bans that are still in place. But now universities are ...
More »ANU research to help ‘close the gap’ on Indigenous heart disease
New national recommendations have stated that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should have their heart checked by age 18 at the latest. These recommendations, which appeared in the Medical Journal of Australia in an article entitled ‘Cardiovascular disease risk ...
More »Government’s stimulus package a shot in the arm for apprentices, trainees
The peak body for over 100 Group Training Organisations (GTOs) in Australia last week welcomed an injection of cash to help struggling small businesses retain apprenticeships and trainees – often on meagre salaries in their first years. Called the apprentice ...
More »NTEU hopes for ‘widespread ramifications’ after UTS academic is reinstated and compensated
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is hopeful benchmarking trends will change after the Fair Work Commission ordered that a UTS academic be reinstated immediately and compensated. The Fair Work Commission this week overturned the University of Technology Sydney’s (UTS) ...
More »New project uses games technology and video simulation to tackle suicide
Curtin University is utilising games technology to create web-based video simulations aimed at helping mental health experts identify and better communicate with people contemplating suicide. As the World Health Organization points out, suicide is the second leading cause of death ...
More »UTAS hit hard, SCU closes campuses as COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across university sector
[An earlier version of this story incorrectly mentioned the University of the Sunshine Coast instead of Southern Cross University. Campus Review apologises for the error.] Australia’s university sector is continuing to be severely affected by the effects of COVID-19, with ...
More »‘This is a joke’: Senator asks tough questions of Australian Research Council
The Australian Research Council’s practices and guidelines were scrutinised heavily last week during a senate estimates hearing chaired by Senator Kim Carr. The committee was told that no ARC-funded research projects had breached the Defence Control Act, despite the ARC ...
More »University of Newcastle creatives set to collaborate with some of Australia’s best recording artists
Creative industries students at The University of Newcastle will soon get to work with some of Australia’s best musicians and artists as part of an Australian-first partnership between the university and music label BMG Australia. The university’s School of Creative ...
More »Higher education’s response to megafire series 2020 – Part 3 – Land management practices
In part three of our podcast series on the megafires that brought destruction to Australia this summer, Campus Review spoke to Professor David Bowman from the University of Tasmania, a world authority in land management practices. This episode focuses on the ...
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