Hi, and welcome to another Campus Review weekly roundup of the top stories we covered this week. I’m Wade Zaglas, the education editor. All stories can be found on our site, campusreview.com.au. You can either read this summary or listen ...
More »Time’s up for cheats as new laws announced
The Morrison government will introduce legislation to curb academic cheating at university, with people found guilty facing up to two years’ jail time or a $210,000 fine. The new laws are targeting so-called “contract cheating”, where third parties provide assessment ...
More »Charles Sturt program looks beyond ATAR scores
We’re often told that soft skills such as empathy, collaboration and communication will be key to the future workforce, but they haven’t been considered much in university admission requirements. But now one university is changing all of that. Charles Sturt ...
More »Leadership in education series – episode 1: Innovation and the future
Despite record investment in education, Australian students’ literacy and numeracy levels have been steadily declining. This podcast series speaks with some of Australia’s K-12 education leaders and asks the key question: What, if anything, are we doing wrong? In episode ...
More »NTEU drops Ramsay Centre suit against UOW
Australia’s tertiary education union had dropped legal action against the University of Wollongong (UOW) after the university’s council approved the controversial Ramsay Centre Western Civilisation Degree in June. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), which commenced legal action in the ...
More »Weekly roundup 6: Heavy metal research, the n-word and ‘golden oldie’ universities
Hi and welcome to another Campus Review weekly roundup of the top news stories we covered this week. I’m Wade Zaglas, the education editor. All stories can be found on our site, campusreview.com.au. You can either read this summary or ...
More »‘Sport on display’: La Trobe Sports Park enters stage two
La Trobe University is excited to see its purpose-built Sports Park move into stage two, with works commencing on teaching and research areas for sport science subjects including biomechanics, strength and conditioning exercise physiology and sports analytics. La Trobe Sports ...
More »Australia’s best ‘golden oldie’ universities
Australian universities’ performance in the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings has been eclipsed by the release of the Times Higher Education “Golden Age” Rankings, which lists the best universities in the world older than 50 but younger than 80. The Australian ...
More »New archive challenges Aboriginal Australia’s political history
The political history of Aboriginal Australians is being reappraised and rewritten through Victoria University’s Aboriginal History Archive (AHA). Containing thousands of digitised and rare photos, videos, campaign ephemera, press clippings and manuscripts, the collection covers the self-determination movement that swept ...
More »Resilience key to regional communications experts: study
We all know that being resilient is a necessary skill in life, being able to bounce back after life serves us lemons. But new research has found that it’s even more critical for communications professionals living in regional Australia. The ...
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