Unlike last year, no Australian university managed to hit the top spot on global rankings of academic subjects. Still, some reached the upper echelons of ShanghaiRanking Consultancy’s 2019 lists. Griffith University returned Australia’s best position, coming in second on the Hospitality & ...
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The Ramsay Centre’s Bachelor of Arts in Western Civilisation and associated double degree will commence in 2020 at the University of Wollongong, despite the university’s Academic Senate disagreeing with the decision. At its meeting last Friday, the University of Wollongong ...
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A sperm bank could one day be set up in space, scientists have suggested. Frozen samples exposed to microgravity conditions and those kept on the ground appear to retain similar characteristics, according to the results of a small preliminary study ...
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The hurly-burly issue of free speech on campus has been particularly boisterous among the headlines these past few weeks, as universities cautiously deliberate whether to adopt the non-statutory “model code” enshrining this right, as put forward in a recommendation by ...
More »ACU hit by cyber attack, staff emails compromised
In the second successful cyber attack on a university unearthed in the past month, Australian Catholic University has alerted its community to a data breach. Earlier this month, Australian National University revealed a hacker breached its systems in 2018, accessing ...
More »Australian HE sector in rude health but staff/student ratio needs work: QS ranking
The view the world’s academics hold of Australian higher education and an influx of international students has led the sector to international praise. Still, the latest QS World University Rankings, released today, brought with it cause for concern, according to ...
More »Australian, US institutions to meet about new uni classification
The wheels are still moving on an Australian pilot of a classification system that recognises university success beyond academic rankings. Charles Sturt University and University of Technology Sydney last year announced they will lead a pilot of the Carnegie Community ...
More »Alabama uni returns $21.5 million gift, denies it’s due to donor’s abortion stance
The University of Alabama has denied that its decision to return a gift of $21.5 million had to do with the donor’s views on abortion. Hugh Culverhouse Jr pledged to donate $26.5 million over four years and was $5 million ...
More »‘Throw out the model’: lessons on transformation at EduTECH
In looking at ways to comprehensively restructure its first year student program, Victoria University chose to abandon the "industrial model of education that is very hard to change". Professor Marcia Devlin, VU's senior deputy vice-chancellor, was presenting at this week's ...
More »WSU unveils branded hijab for clinical practice
Muslim nursing and midwifery students at Western Sydney University now have the option to wear its first branded hijab for clinical practice. Dr Rakime Elmir, co-creator of the program and WSU deputy director of clinical education, said the hijab – which ...
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