The report found that hard, technical skills picked up throughout academica “may not be enough to stand out in a highly competitive job market”.

I grew up in a house where slang was part of our everyday vernacular, something that brought us together in many ways as part of a distinct social class living in a particular moment in time. Beer cans were ‘tinnies’, ...

New research has challenged the conventional wisdom that women must wait at least 24 months after giving birth to become pregnant again. Curtin University-led research found that the WHO recommendation that women wait two years, in order to reduce the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New research from the Australian Catholic University has refuted the common stereotype that schoolboys prefer reading non-fiction, magazines and comics instead of fiction in a finding that is being touted as “significant” and “unexpected”.  The study, which included 300 students ...

The recently released global Science Report by UNESCO is a timely and stark reminder of the role of innovation in the COVID-19 world. This 736 page tome is a both a retrospective and agenda-setting document, conducted every five years, highlighting ...

There appears to be some confusion in the sector around the meaning and application of ‘hybrid’ delivery to higher education students.  The view is that teaching students online while also providing a face-to-face (F2F) classroom option requires two sets of ...

Wollongong-based historian Dr Andre Brett is the recipient of the Australian Academy of Humanities’ 2021 Max Crawford Medal. The Max Crawford Medal is Australia’s most prestigious award for achievement and promise in the humanities, and is awarded to an Australian-based, ...