As Australia begins a slow and difficult recovery from COVID-19, the status of our universities will be increasingly important in attracting and retaining international students once borders fully reopen. In a recent article for The Conversation, UNSW president and vice-chancellor ...
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The latest Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) Graduate Outcomes Survey (GOS) report shows an unsurprising decline in employment for higher education graduates over the last 12 months, mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey, which was released on ...
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The world’s universities have been weighed up by academics and they’ve again put six Australian institutions in the top 100. Times Higher Education (THE) has released the 2020 edition of its World Reputation Rankings, which canvasses the opinions of the ...
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The Group of Eight (Go8) has made a clean sweep of the top Australian spots in the latest global university ranking. The 2021 Best Global Universities by U.S. News & World Report ranks nearly 1,500 top institutions across 86 countries ...
More »Budget 2020-21: the sector reacts
The injection of an additional $1 billion for university research was the big-ticket item for higher education in last night’s Federal Budget. Announcing the education measures in the 2020-21 Budget, Minister for Education Dan Tehan said education would be critical ...
More »Delivering quality feedback to students and staff with remote learning and skeleton staff
Recent research led by Monash University underscores the importance of assessment feedback, as well as revealing that both academic staff and students need to improve. Limited time, large class sizes, declining student motivation and subpar staff feedback sills were identified in ...
More »Twelve Aussie unis in THE top 200
Twelve Australian universities have ranked in the top 200 on a 2021 ladder – more than any other year. Times Higher Education (THE) today announced the results of its World University Rankings 2021. Of the Australian universities to rank in ...
More »Seven Aussie unis make the ARWU top 100
Australia’s only top 50 institution in ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) has climbed the list in its 2020 edition. Last year, the University of Melbourne slid three spots to land 41st but has this year gained that ground ...
More »Griffith a big winner in ranking of academic subjects
No Australian university took home gold in a global ranking of academic subjects but there was a silver for Griffith University. It was second in the world for nursing in ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, behind the University of ...
More »THE unveils Australia’s best Golden Age, Millennial universities
Australian National University has retained its podium position in an international ranking of universities established during the expansion of higher education after World War II. ANU was again ranked second on the Times Higher Education list of Golden Age universities, ...
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