Confident, articulate and motivated by career certainty – these have long been perceived to be the defining characteristics of the average law student, leading many academics to believe they have the package of skills required to succeed at university. But ...

Economics was once the primary and comprehensive qualification in undergraduate business education in Australia, but with the rise of the business school, it has fallen steadily from favour. Today a bachelor of commerce or bachelor of business is the principal ...

Designers have something to teach the post-GFC business school graduate, reports Jeremy Gilling. Roy Green, who recently attended a gathering of 500 business school deans in Florida, says many of his international colleagues believe they are to some extent responsible ...

Australia’s young scientist of the year is setting new standards for women in her discipline, reports Jeremy Gilling. Tanya Monro has already carved a path as Adelaide University’s first female physics professor in its 135-year history. Last week, one of ...

A five-year experiment in professional development for biology lecturers in the US is starting to have a significant impact on teaching, particularly in large introductory classes. It’s an experiment that could well make a difference in Australia as well. In ...

The arts, social sciences and humanities will benefit from a new strategy to develop teaching practice.t for the deans council. Hay, the 2006 recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for University Teacher of the Year, plans to tackle two key ...

<<<History may be enjoying a resurgence, but developing the skills of a historian is not without its issues, reports Jeremy Gilling.>>> History is everywhere, and just about everyone has an opinion, says Marnie Hughes-Warrington. “It’s not like physics, say, where ...

A shared passion for reinvigorating engineering education will help drive Professor Ian Cameron and Associate Professor Roger Hadgraft as they take up their roles as Australian Learning and Teaching Council discipline scholars in engineering and technology. The two will not ...

Engineering students from Queensland and France will exchange campuses for part of their study, and emerge with dual qualifications. It’s a fairly common arrangement in many disciplines, but breaks new ground for engineering. UQ’s Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information ...

Mental health nursing requires specialist training 11 May 09 | Print this story | Send this story to a friend Academics and mental health nurses are pushing for specialist postgraduate training as the norm for nurses practising in this demanding area, reports Jeremy Gilling. ...