If you received the following in a text message, would you freak out? Alert the authorities? ?? ? Or would you simply ¯\_(ツ)_/¯? Legal experts are in multiple minds about it, a study has found. Researchers from Deakin University's law school combed ...
More »Exclusive: higher ed leaders reflect on 2017
In 2017, Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States, and not long after, the Mueller investigation began. #MeToo swept the internet and, thereby, workforces, and North Korea scared just about everyone. Domestically, politicians suddenly discovered their foreign ...
More »Large ‘hidden job market’ for PhD graduates unearthed
Not all PhDs have an experience as unsavoury as that of Karin Bodewits. However, like her, many have difficulty finding a job post-graduation. Researchers may have found a solution to this. Using AI technology, a team from ANU and the CSIRO canvassed around 30,000 job ...
More »An empire of scraps: the university research model
The way university research is measured and rewarded needs to change. Helen Razer has called these times an Age of False Enlightenment, in which our leaders regularly make claims to know what they do not know. We might dub it ...
More »Griffith and Deakin combine to create online research course
Griffith University and Deakin University have teamed up to create a two-week online course designed to give participants a strong understanding of the concepts and methods essential to undertaking and understanding research. Called ‘Why research matters’, the free course begins ...
More »Ideology hindering students with disabilities: Flinders Uni
A wicked problem, in academia, means a thorny one – one without an obvious solution. In the lead up to the International Day of People with a Disability on December 3, Dr David Armstrong has identified four of these in ...
More »QUT sunscreen study encourages cricket fans to #BeatEngland
Researchers from QUT rolled out a sun smart project at the recent Brisbane Ashes Test at the Gabba aimed at reducing sunburn rates among spectators. Coinciding with National Skin Cancer Action Week, the project saw QUT researchers join the Gabba ...
More »Fictionalised memoir exposes ‘dubious’ PhD experience in ‘modern, successful university’
I wake to the sound of raindrops tapping on the window of the tiny room in Pollock Halls of Residence. Situated on the edge of Holyrood Park near the foot of the dramatic little mountain, Arthur’s Seat, this should be ...
More »Late billionaire funds elite Western civilisation degree
There were gold flourishes on the carpet, on the walls, and on the Ramsay Centre banners. A pianist performed the classics while waiters circled with trays of frigid champagne. There were bow ties, red ties and many dark suits. Private school ...
More »In 2017, does the MBA still matter?
UQ may offer Australia's best MBA, but should people even bother doing one? or MBA programs worldwide, admissions have generally increased and become less selective. Then there's tepid corporate profits (ergo, fewer opportunities) combined with a rise in entrepreneurialism, in the context of ...
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