According to Australian emotional intelligence expert Dr Ben Palmer, Chief Executive of Genos International, universities could play an important role in securing the the sector's future by offering units in emotional intelligence in their initial teacher education courses. In a ...
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So, what does a 19th century helmet made from a pufferfish have to do with a Usyd business course?
On the surface, it’s hard to imagine what a 19th century helmet made from dried pufferfish skin and plant fibre could offer a postgraduate business student. But, in what might appear to be an unusual move, the university has incorporated ...
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Three Australian university student teams have been awarded a total of $US750,000 ($A1,00,000) as some of the winners of the XPRIZE carbon removal student competition, sponsored by Tesla founder and tech billionaire Elon Musk. The four-year global competition recognised student ...
More »Aussies lose faith in governments and social media to protect private data: ANU research
Australians have become less trusting of how governments and companies use their private data following two years of using check-in apps during the Covid-19 pandemic. New analysis from the Australian National University shows people’s trust in major institutions to maintain data privacy ...
More »The arts/science schism appears to be narrowing in the 2022 world university rankings for arts and humanities
Three Australian universities placed in the top 100 of The World University Ranking 2022 by subject: arts and humanities, but the bigger story is how long-established science and engineering behemoths of the sector are also registering strongly in the arts ...
More »ATO works with QILT, CompareED to provide students with accurate salary information
Earlier this month it was announced that 2021 ATO salaries data will become part of the ComparEd website, allowing prospective higher education students to more accurately assess the salary data related to their professions and vocations. ComparEd is a website ...
More »Multiple US universities on alert after bomb threats force evacuations
Multiple universities across the US faced bomb threats in the past week, including four Ivy league schools. Cornell, Columbia and Brown universities all alerted students to the threat on Sunday (November 7 AEDT) and evacuated several campuses. Police deemed the ...
More »Our universities face change. Perhaps it is time for some international realism? Opinion
Academic freedom remains a matter of concern for academics throughout Australia and beyond, however this needs to be put in context when considered in the international arena. Yojana Sharma (2021) recently remarked upon a survey of some 200 Singaporean academics ...
More »Curtin leads ‘first large-scale examination’ to tackle stillbirth in Aboriginal families
Curtin university researchers will be carrying out a first-of-its-kind examination of stillbirths among Aboriginal families in a project supported by the federal government. Led by Associate Professor Carrington Shepherd from the Curtin medical school, the project will involve researchers and ...
More »HEDx Podcast – What is a university of enterprise? Episode 40
VC David Lloyd of the University of South Australia shares insights from running the first staff jam across his whole university aimed at bringing staff engagement into its strategy; and repeating it again 4 years later. He describes how one unforeseen ...
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