Four more Australian universities have joined the list of institutions struggling to get back in the black, with the sector still beset by international border closures and poor investment returns. According to annual reports, the universities of Central Queensland, Curtin, ...
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A new Centre for Independent Studies report based on the Western Australian Government’s Kimberley Schools Project focuses on the challenges educators face in teaching Indigenous students in remote areas, and the strategies teachers and school leaders can implement to raise ...
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Ten years ago this month (March 25) The Conversation launched to a bemused and sceptical audience. Countless people said beforehand: “So you want to get academics to write to deadlines?? Forget it. It won’t work. They can’t even write.” I ignored ...
More »The student voice has spoken: and our response is…
The conversations about higher education were never more listened to, or diverse. But what do we hear, what sense do we make of it, and how do we respond? What I heard most clearly last week was the student voice. ...
More »HEDx podcast: A university rising in its region – Episode 22
CampusReview · HEDx Podcast | Episode 22 | Helen Bartlett VC Helen Bartlett, VC of University of Sunshine Coast joins the HEDx podcast to outline her new university strategy. It has a strong focus on her people and the culture of ...
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Was it inevitable that we would get to a situation where all Australian universities were converging as copies of each other? Looking back, it appears the policy settings, and the way markets were managed, created little alternative in the pre-2020 ...
More »Universities Australia chair to highlight how university experts have ‘inoculated’ the public during the pandemic
Universities Australia (UA) chair Professor Deborah Terry will address the National Press Club today to highlight the importance of university experts delivering evidence-based, trusted advice to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. An analysis, commissioned by UA and conducted by ...
More »Ensuring maximum returns from organisational training
While failure to train may equate to training to fail, it is the implementation of organisational training where the true value and return on investment in skills development is achieved. In part 1 of this series – titled Training and ...
More »Sector responds positively to government’s commercialisation of research priority
Several of the higher education sector’s peak bodies and groups have welcomed the government’s wish to bring higher social and economic benefits to the country by ramping up the commercialisation of Australian research. In a consultation paper released last week, ...
More »Dedicated ‘creatives’ institute gains self-accreditation status from tertiary regulator
Australian’s higher education regulator has awarded SAE Creative Media Institute Self Accrediting Authority (SAA) status, allowing the institute to accredit programs up to degree level across the creative arts and information technology fields. The decision, which was made by the ...
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