In the early afternoon of 8 November 2016 in Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma) the results of the 2016 United States presidential election became available through radio and television broadcasts. A then 12- or 13-year-old Burmese girl, my former neighbour in ...

The higher education sector is going through significant changes. Universities are facing financial losses and shifts in their teaching and research funding. The changes are so significant that some in the sector suggest that the purpose of higher education needs ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, people globally have started using video conferencing platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet for work, study and social meetings. 'Zoom' has become a verb, synonymous with video conferencing. Many Zoom meetings are recorded, ...

Growing up in 1960s Melbourne, I was given my first real administration position at my primary school as ‘milk monitor’. It came with responsibility for ensuring the milk bottles were brought in from the sun in time for recess each ...

The COVID-19 pandemic led to higher education being moved en masse to remote and online learning in a compressed timeline. Limited returns to on-campus learning are evident depending on disease outbreak levels and health advice in local areas, but the ...

Shaken by the COVID-19 induced collapse in international student revenue, campuses at Australian universities are buzzing with ideas about how they will survive in the future. Compounded by the pandemic, our higher education institutions are now even more dependent on ...

Research for a COVID-19 vaccine is happening worldwide and is a vital factor in helping combat the coronavirus pandemic. Concerning reports are emerging from intelligence agencies in the UK, USA and Canada saying they have identified hacking attempts and cyber ...

There is general consensus that Prensky (2001)[1] was correct in his view that there are digital natives and digital immigrants – and that such personas would impact on future notions of learning and subsequently teaching. I hasten to add that ...

COVID-19 has caused a brutal reappraisal of the value of higher education and the university business model. Universities Australia estimates a revenue shortfall of up to $4.5 billion in 2020 with international student demand dropping by up to 50 per ...

In October 2019, my colleague and I wrote a commentary in The Australian about the need for Australian universities to prepare and safeguard offshore students who are affected by political unrest. The recent outbreak of COVID-19 further exposes that many ...