This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Dr Kimberley-Joy Knight is an expert in all this Scandanavia, focusing on the region's rich and diverse histories, cultures ...
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The University of Tasmania and the state it serves have a powerful connection; revitalising higher education can be the key to a return to prosperity. At a time when regional campuses in Australia appear under threat, the news that the ...
More »ANU helps teens plan for the planet
Who is more qualified to tackle climate change, politicians or high school students? The answer may depend on which elected official you’re referring to. But the Australian National University’s Ian Chambers, a senior researcher at the Crawford School of Public ...
More »Personalising the education experience, one tech advance at a time
John Baker is the founder, president and chief executive of D2L (née Desire2Learn), the Canadian learning management system (LMS) provider responsible for the Brightspace brand of educational tools. Last week, on the Gold Coast in Queensland, D2L hosted a regional conference, bringing ...
More »CDU, WSU, FedUni could challenge elite unis by 2030: report
A report predicts that Charles Darwin University, Western Sydney University and Federation University may challenge Australia’s old and elite universities by 2030. The Class of 2030 from higher education consulting firm Firetail, argued there is a new generation of universities who ...
More »Of ministers and money: the campaign is over so let implementation begin
With the federal election over, it’s time for action and implementation; that means the right ministry, and dollars to spend. The recent federal election and swearing in of a new ministry serve as a reminder to international education stakeholders that ...
More »Academics for Refugees group doubles in size
Last Christmas, 900 academics signed a letter, addressed to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, calling for the immediate release of asylum seeker children in detention. Eight months later, this movement’s ranks have doubled. Now they’re calling for all immigration detention centres ...
More »Schmidt supports establishing Australia-China Commission
The Australian National University vice-chancellor, professor Brian Schmidt, has thrown his support behind academics’ calls for a formal treaty to deepen the economic relationship between Australia and China. These proposals are tabled in the Australia-China Joint Economic Report, a joint ...
More »Paracetamol pregnancy risk findings challenged
American television pundit John Oliver once said: “not all scientific studies are equal …some … may be subtly biased because of scientists being pressured to come up with eye-catching positive results.” This may, unfortunately, be the case with a recent ...
More »NTEU launches Bluestocking Week for gender equity
“The blue stocking is the most odious character in society … she sinks wherever she was placed, like the yolk of an egg, to the bottom, and carries the filth with her.” Those are the thoughts of 18th-century English writer ...
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