CampusReview · HEDx podcast - 'Must do better' means 'must do different' - Episode 24 In this week's HEDx episode, Karl and Martin are joined by their first international guest: Professor Giselle Byrnes. Giselle is the Provost with responsibilities across research, commercialisation and ...
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UA review suggests changes to leadership, advocacy
Universities Australia (UA) might look a little different in the coming months, as the peak picks through a review into whether it is fit for purpose in 2021. Among the recommendations from the PhllipsKPA review, which UA’s board commissioned late last year, was that ...
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For several years now Australia’s universities have achieved remarkable outcomes in some of the world’s most respected rankings, with many institutions entering the world’s top 100. And with its relatively small population of some 25 million, it’s often said that ...
More »If a real estate company can create an innovation culture, imagine what a university can do? Opinion
Organisational culture is often described as what it feels like to work somewhere, or “how we do things around here”. What it has felt like to work at universities, and how things are done there, arise from the historical practices ...
More »Spinoza’s philosophical determinism: a brief comparative glimpse
February 21 2021 (to use the historic present tense) is the 344th anniversary of the death of philosopher Baruch Spinoza (24 November 1632–21 February 1677). This article will comment on only a paragraph in one of Spinoza's letters. Stretching a ...
More »Online proctoring – the smart future of assessment
Higher education providers around the globe are re-examining the way they conduct student assessments. Smart universities are looking to online proctoring as part of their efforts to futureproof their programs. Both the impact of COVID-19 on higher education institutions and ...
More »New report details what is and isn’t working in remote Indigenous schools
A new Centre for Independent Studies report based on the Western Australian Government’s Kimberley Schools Project focuses on the challenges educators face in teaching Indigenous students in remote areas, and the strategies teachers and school leaders can implement to raise ...
More »Higher education and happiness: study looks at wellbeing link for Aussie women
Higher education levels are linked to higher levels of wellbeing among Australian women, according to new research. Vietnamese-German University researchers used data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey during 2002–2015. They found higher education levels resulted in ...
More »ANU expert witness voices disappointment over Kathleen Folbigg appeal outcome
An expert witness who gave evidence during the 2019 judicial inquiry into the convictions of Kathleen Folbigg has voiced her disappointment at the NSW Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold the 2019 findings. Australian National University Professor Carola Vinuesa, department head ...
More »Don’t buy antibacterial soap: Monash expert
Australian biomedical experts have warned antibacterial soaps are behind a global rise in superbugs that can cause untreatable and even fatal infections. Monash University has been tracking the emergence of bacteria that are resistant to cleansing by antimicrobial treatments. The bacteria have ...
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