Guilt by association has always been a vexed issue, but in the era of #metoo and corporate and social responsibility, careers can disappear overnight, lives can be destroyed, and reputations can be irrevocably damaged. That might be the situation facing a teacher ...
More »Podcast: News of the week – women dominate the PM’s science awards
Last week we celebrated the Prime Minister’s Award for Science, an important time to acknowledge Australian scientific work that has promising applications or has changed the world. And this year, women took out the majority of the awards. This year’s ...
More »Podcast: Dr Sara James – The ATAR issue and factors that influence course decisions
Dr Sara James is a lecturer and cultural sociologist at La Trobe University in Melbourne and has completed research on the factors that influence students' degree and course choices. As James' work has found, one of the key factors influencing ...
More »Podcast: News just in | Murdoch launches counterclaim against whistleblower
The Four Corners 'Cash Cows' program, which aired in May, caused a scandal throughout Australia's higher education sector. The program focused on how universities were treating international students as proverbial "cash cows" and waiving or simplifying English language requirements to maximise ...
More »Podcast: Ramsay Centre rejects University of Sydney proposal
Ramsay Centre chief executive Professor Simon Haines has rejected The University of Sydney's latest proposal to modify the Centre's Western Civilisation degree. The modification involved reducing the full major to just two subjects and allowing far more students to access ...
More »This week’s big issue | Ridd prepares for JCU appeal
Former James Cook University academic and world-renowned expert in marine physics Professor Peter Ridd has started a GoFundMe page to cover legal costs needed to continue his fight against JCU’s unfair dismissal claim. In mid-April the Federal Circuit Court ordered ...
More »Gender equality at UTS: the soapbox
Hi, Wade Zaglas here, education editor for Campus Review. Welcome to our new soapbox segment where we discuss some of the more the more controversial issues of the week. The University of Technology Sydney has made a decision to raise ...
More »How can higher ed institutions better market themselves to prospective students?
"It cannot be overstated how vital it is that courses are structured, and promoted with ‘career-readiness’ as a primary focus." This is one of the main takeaways from a new domestic prospective student survey conducted by QS Enrolment Solutions, a company that specialises ...
More »‘Why not you?’: Making higher education a choice for foster kids
This story can also be listened to as a podcast. Subscribe to Campus Review on iTunes, Castbox or wherever good podcasts are found. There are close to 50,000 children living in out-of-home care in Australia. This experience will often represent a ...
More »Weekly roundup 9: UQ clashes, jobs of the future and university research changing lives
Hi, and welcome to episode nine of our weekly top stories review. I’m Wade Zaglas, the education editor for Campus Review. All stories can be found on our site, campusreview.com.au. The leading story we covered this week was unfortunately not ...
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