CampusReview · HEDx Podcast - Partner or Perish - Episode 32 Guy Littlefair, PVC International at Auckland University of Technology, joins HEDx to share insights into transitions between university and business environments and the importance of partnerships. He gives great pointers ...
More »Blog Page
UWA’s save social sciences petition approaches 10,000 signatures, but will it matter?
A petition to rescind the proposal to make significant cuts to the University of Western Australia (UWA) school of social sciences has nearly reached its goal of 10,000 signatures, but whether it will have an impact remains uncertain. Earlier this ...
More »Sydney university’s latest VC begins his tenure, undaunted by the ‘sandstone snake pit’
Former ABC managing director and NSW education secretary Mark Scott has encountered a wave of criticism since being appointed the University of Sydney’s latest vice-chancellor. But, according to a recent article in the Australian Financial Review, he remains aloof to ...
More »Deadly spider venom the key to mending a broken heart?
Researchers have found a potentially life saving treatment for people who have suffered a heart attack, thanks to a deadly Arachnid. A team from the University of Queensland used a drug developed from the venom of the deadly Fraser Island ...
More »New research looks at how performing arts teachers and students are coping in a time of remote learning
A team of international education researchers has released a study that details the challenges performing arts teachers and their students face during periods of lockdown and remote learning. The study, led by Associate Professor Susan Davis of CQUniversity Australia and Associate ...
More »Group of uni students from Sydney’s eastern suburbs busted gathering at a holiday home more than 280km away
A group of Sydney teenagers have been busted staying at a holiday home on the NSW south coast, where they met during the university holidays. Police visited a rental home at Catalina, near Batemans Bay, on Wednesday and found eight teenagers, aged ...
More »USyd may introduce gender transition leave, but professor is no fan of “special categories of protected persons”
University of Sydney staff could receive six weeks off annually for gender transition leave if its academic union can get the case across the line. The new entitlement would mean that university staff seeking gender transition or affirmation leave could ...
More »RMIT research shows thermal imaging technique may help provide better wound care
New research by RMIT and Bolton Clarke has found a way of predicting whether a wound needs extra management, offering an early alert system for the most chronic wounds. Published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, the study shows that analysis of thermal images ...
More »Strictly Speaking | Regenuary
Following in the footsteps of Movember, one charity’s highly successful renaming of a month in the name of men’s health, come two alternative names for January to promote different, food-based causes: Regenuary and Veganuary. The second of these has been ...
More »Aligning brand, strategy and culture in the new ‘real world’ of universities – Opinion
There has been much to think about in universities in the last 18 months, adjusting to short-term emergencies such as campus closures, shifts online and revenue hits. There has also been cause to reconsider how universities are set for the ...
More »