Universities have agreed to take on greater responsibilities to safeguard against foreign interference through new guidelines developed with government. Among the prompts laid out in the guidelines were that universities support staff to be mindful of foreign interference risks when collaborating ...
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Murdoch University is setting its sights on a vertical campus in Perth’s CBD. The university announced it was seeking expressions of interest for the development. Chief operating officer Darren McKee said the move would enhance Murdoch’s appeal to domestic and international students. ...
More »QILT survey reveals best paid careers, universities and student experiences
The annual snapshot of short-term graduate outcomes has been released by Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT), measuring key areas such as full-time employment, overall employment, labour force participation, median full-time salaries, further study outcomes and graduate satisfaction. Labour ...
More »New book aims to help academics reclaim control from ‘time thieves’
No matter what section of society you speak to, there seems to be a sense of pity felt for K-12 teachers. After all, they teach our youth through much of their most difficult years and cop their fair share of ...
More »College teacher plays ‘truth or drink’ with student in YouTube video
How much do you earn? Have you ever had sex on campus? These are not questions teachers often welcome from their students but theatre department producer at Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts, Shawn Belyea, copped them from student Matthew ...
More »THE: Australia’s best unis by subject (so far)
Times Higher Education (THE) has released the latest batch of subject rankings, which included two top 20 spots for Australian universities. The University of Melbourne ranked first in Australia and 12th in the world for law – down two spots ...
More »MIT students call for professor’s sacking over Epstein affiliation
MIT students are pushing their university to fire a professor who has ties with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Professor of mechanical engineering Seth Lloyd met with Epstein – a billionaire financier who was jailed in 2008 for soliciting ...
More »Call Murray-Darling water emergency now: researcher
The government should call a water emergency in the Murray-Darling Basin, public policy experts say. ANU researcher Quentin Grafton says "rent-seeking" from special interest groups has led to the emergency. In a paper with fellow researcher John Williams released last ...
More »Student journalists pepper-sprayed by police during Melbourne protest
Two University of Melbourne students were pepper sprayed by Victorian police while reporting on protests at the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) yesterday. Three-hundred climate activists attempted to blockade the event on the third consecutive day of protests in ...
More »TAFE my priority, not my fallback: students talk drawing cards
Students are deciding to study at TAFE rather than university for its merits – not as a "fallback". That was one of the findings to come from Monash University's Vocational Institutions, Undergraduate Degrees, Distinction or Inequality interim report. Among the reasons ...
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