The University of Western Australia has elevated one of its senior executives to vice-chancellor. Professor Dawn Freshwater, who was acting vice-chancellor after professor Paul Johnson announced his departure from the role, has been selected as his permanent replacement. UWA chancellor Dr ...
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The way we work is being reshaped, redefined and reimagined with the continual emergence of new technologies. Organisations are adopting technology to increase efficiencies and outcomes, and go to market in new ways. This is stimulating change in every aspect ...
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As the dust settles on the government’s proposed changes to VET-FEE HELP, we should be reminded of the need for proper consultation prior to broad reforms. VET-FEE HELP, Australia’s vocational loans scheme, has always typified my idea of the Aussie ...
More »Change and adaptation required to retain Australia’s worthy apprentice system
Australia’s training system has a long and proud tradition but it will need to adapt to rapid changes to provide what the country and its workers need for the future. We can look back fondly and see an Australian apprenticeship ...
More »Bebbington to leave U of A post early
University of Adelaide vice-chancellor professor Warren Bebbington has announced he will retire on April 30, 2017, eight months before his contract is due to expire. Bebbington advised U of A’s Council of his decision yesterday afternoon. He originally intended to see ...
More »Giving back to the community and building new campuses: CQUniversity’s agenda
At Central Queensland University (CQUniversity), it’s been a big year for opening and developing new sites to grant ever-expanding access. I grew up in Northamptonshire in the UK. Both my parents had left school when they were young, because of ...
More »Opinion: Unis are doling out degrees but not access to good jobs
While our universities speak of liberalism and the spirit of enquiry, they are using the uncapped, demand-driven enrolment system to churn students through their packed faculties, leaving thousands to graduate onto the dole with high HECS debts. Law graduates are ...
More »Jacobs says Trump, Brexit accelerates unis’ shift to Asia
Donald Trump’s election to the White House and the UK’s Brexit from the European Union has accelerated Australia’s pivot to Asia, the vice-chancellor of the University of New South Wales has said. Professor Ian Jacobs said that universities switching their ...
More »Profile: UWA’s Joanna Nicholas has a passion for the pole
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Joanna Nicholas is a pole dancing aficionado embarking on a research project at the University of Western Australia ...
More »‘Talking Eds’, episode 18: White Ribbon Day divisions, USYD heads to China, Torrens educates teachers about autism
In this week's episode of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review look at the history and effect of White Ribbon Day, discuss the University of Sydney's expansion in China and explore Torrens University's new ...
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