Speech and language acquisition researchers at Charles Sturt University have received The Editor’s Award for the best paper published in a prestigious US journal in 2018. The award recognises the most “impactful” works that also feature both outstanding research design ...
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Hi, I’m Wade Zaglas, education editor for Campus Review. Welcome to another edition of our weekly wrap up where you can catch up on the biggest higher education news stories we covered this week. You can either listen to the ...
More »Experts slam standing committee report on teaching as a ‘missed opportunity’
A report tabled in parliament last week on the status of the teaching profession has been heavily criticised by teaching experts, with one calling it a “missed opportunity”. The report was prepared by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on ...
More »National University of Singapore goes back to back in latest Asian uni rankings
The QS Asia University Rankings 2020 have just been released, with the National University of Singapore (NUS) taking out the top spot for a second year in row. Nanyang International University, Singapore, which held the top position in 2018, was ...
More »First Curtin Indigenous Australian student receives prized New Colombo Plan fellowship
Curtin University has announced its first Indigenous Australian student to become a prestigious New Colombo Plan (NCP) Fellow. Matthew Harris, who is studying a Bachelor of Health Sciences, focusing on Indigenous and public health, joined the fellowship after being recognised ...
More »White paper finds ‘soft skills’ key to boosting wage growth
So, you’ve gained that important piece of paper from a formal institution such as a university or VET provider, or perhaps you’ve decided to go on to further your studies in a master’s program. You’re highly educated, but your wage ...
More »Monash podcast series offers suggestions on how to avoid ‘dystopian’ future
After the dystopian futures predicted in the television series The Handmaids Tale and Huxley’s classic Brave New World, Monash University has launched a new podcast series called What Happens Next? which posits that such tales are becoming uncomfortably similar to the reality ...
More »Upfront fee-paying TAFE and uni students may be unprotected after reforms
A statement released yesterday suggests that students and employers who pay the full cost of their vocational education and training (VET) will miss out on their fees being protected if a training provider folds. According to legislative reforms being debated before ...
More »News: For truth or political gain?
Long known as the Fourth Estate for its commitment to objectivity and balance, journalism has come under attack at two US universities after protests were reported by student newspapers. According to several experts, the protests, which happened at Northwestern and ...
More »‘ATAR is the start of the journey, not the end’: opinion
More than 55 per cent of senior high school students questioned in a recent survey claimed to be aiming for an ATAR of 90 or more. This is despite the fact that more than half the students participating in the ...
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