A leading academic has warned that the internationalisation of the higher education sector has created both opportunities and challenges that need to be addressed in the immediate future. This advice formed part of the report Developing a New Vision for ...
More »Whistleblower calls for closer look at VET regulator’s practices
The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) – Australia's VET regulator for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) – has been attacked for alleged over-spending, non-compliance measures and allowing unqualified auditors to undertake auditing activities. A whistleblower from Education Issues Australia contacted Campus ...
More »Keep the date but acknowledge the mourning: Indigenous academic on Australia Day
An Indigenous academic has argued that changing the date of Australia Day will not address the deep-seated feelings of loss and sadness that accompany it for many of Australia’s original inhabitants. However, Monash Pro Vice-Chancellor of Indigenous Issues Jacinta Elston ...
More »Academia: is it still a man’s world?
New Zealand female academics could build a house with the amount of money they were underpaid compared to their male counterparts, a new study has found. A University of Canterbury study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, repudiates what’s called the ...
More »Burning questions: Will we choose transformation and sustainability or apocalypse?
It is noteworthy how far we have come in defining and shaping a concept of engagement. Universities in Australia are helping to build the future, in partnership with others across the globe also, as part of a new economic and ...
More »What do final school results really tell tertiary institutions? Opinion
With the recent release of VCE results, parents across Victoria have been eagerly hoping to find out what their children have achieved at school during the past two years. Isn’t it strange, then, that VCE results provide so little insight ...
More »Who’s cheating at uni, and what are we going to do about it?
During your entire career as a student, did you ever cheat on an assignment, an essay or in an exam? Did you ever share your science results with a classmate, ask a friend or family member to proofread your essay, ...
More »News: For truth or political gain?
Long known as the Fourth Estate for its commitment to objectivity and balance, journalism has come under attack at two US universities after protests were reported by student newspapers. According to several experts, the protests, which happened at Northwestern and ...
More »Thinking in silos and ignoring the practical skills gap gets us nowhere: opinion
In days long ago in our home in the caves, we created objects and devices, and then constructed places to live, work, worship and play in. An object hewn out of bone or stone could equally be a technology that ...
More »USQ law students preparing for a changing legal sector: Opinion
Third-year law students at the University of Southern Queensland are gaining valuable insights into the evolution of the Australian legal sector courtesy of legal tech entrepreneur Adrian Cartland and his Artificially Intelligent Legal Information Resource Assistant (AILIRA). The goal of ...
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