Faculty Focus
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HEDx Podcast: Nursing education opportunities in Australia – Episode 132
Chris Hill. Picture: Supplied/HEDx This week Martin Betts talks to Chris Hill, chief strategy officer and head of Asia Pacific…
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Q&A: Former VC on the leadership universities need right now
The former vice-chancellor of RMIT University in Melbourne and The Open University in the United Kingdom, Martin Bean, says all…
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“We absolutely need you”: Biologist to girls interested in STEM
Huge gender disparities in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) careers are the focus of many of this Friday's International…
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Sacked Sydney Uni professor Manuel Graeber vows to fight
A senior University of Sydney professor who was sacked last Friday has vowed to fight back and says he will…
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Newcastle appoints alumnus Chancellor
The University of Newcastle has appointed a new Chancellor to succeed the institution’s current Chancellor, who will retire at the…
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Meet the QUT professor who figured out Covid-19 was airborne
When the pandemic first struck in 2020, QUT Professor Lidia Morawska knew air transmission was a major factor in the spread…
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Eight grand challenges for artificial intelligence and education
Educators and artificial intelligence specialists face eight grand challenges in dealing with the impact of AI on education, according to…
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Victoria Uni makes big push to return to surplus after $73.2m deficit in 2022
Victoria University has warned its staff that all parts of the institution will come under scrutiny in an effort to…
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Murdoch appoints first female Chancellor in 50 years
One of Perth's top public universities has appointed a female chancellor for the first time in its nearly 50-year history.…
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‘I feel very lucky’: Uni teacher of the year on making maths meaningful
Dr Poh Wah Hillock likes to ask her students a lot of questions in class, even if they might find…
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Continuity and change in leading innovation in universities – opinion
Two of the biggest questions facing the sector as it heads into 2023 are central to the new leadership agenda…
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Flinders develops Australia’s first PHD-MBA program
Flinders University has unveiled a new PhD-MBA program to start in 2023 for postgraduate candidates who wish to nurture their…
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‘The new leadership agenda’ gains insight from top university leaders: podcast
Australia's universities have faced insurmountable challenges over the past two years. A new book, The New Leadership Agenda: Pandemic Perspectives from…
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Meet the experts tasked to lead Australia’s higher education overhaul
A former NSW chief scientist, an international banking heavyweight and one of the nation’s leading Indigenous rights academics will lead…
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How does a modern university seek purpose? opinion
Traditionally, competition between universities around the world has been based on history and achievements measured by conventional metrics. When Oxford…
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How do five different generations view university teaching and learning? Opinion
Teachers often argue that they learn most when they teach something to others. This seemed to go with the maxim that…
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Post Covid issues of academic authenticity and integrity – opinion
COVID-19 and the rush to offer everything tertiary online has, as everybody appreciates, shifted the sands in respect to how…
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Academics push to renew foreign language interest in domestic students
Academics and language advocates across Australia are calling for a national strategy to renew domestic students' interest in foreign languages…
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Skunkworks, start-up or strategic priority: where is digital transformation in your university? Opinion
Skunkworks was the term given to a secret, small team of R&D engineers at Lockheed Corp in 1943 tasked with…
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New 3D chemistry model for visually-impaired students
A chemistry professor has created a new 3D-printed model to enable visually-impaired students to understand their university courses better. Associate…
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New university alliance aims to tackle environmental crisis
Curtin University has joined forces with the University of Aberdeen and the University of Calgary to tackle global environmental issues…
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It’s about leading, not only about the leader – opinion
Something special, even unique, took place this year – an Australian university was recognised by a global award scheme for…
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Disability advocate Graeme Innes to be CQUniversity chancellor
CQUniversity has chosen prominent disability advocate and former human rights commissioner Graeme Innes to be its next chancellor. Innes, who…
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Winning by skating to where the puck is going to be: opinion
Wayne Gretzky, the famous Canadian ice hockey player, is quoted as saying that he “skates to where the puck is…
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Siddhartha and Jonathan Livingston Seagull: a brief glimpse – opinion
The year 2022 is the centenary of the publication of the novel Ulysses by author James Joyce. This writer has…
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