Australian employers continue to be pleased with the quality of our university graduates, with 84 per cent of direct supervisors surveyed satisfied with graduate employees. Published by Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT), the 2019 Employer Satisfaction Survey also ...
More »Humanities academy welcomes ARC funding and senate inquiry into nationhood
The Australian Academy of the Humanities has welcomed the government’s $12 million pledge to fund research into Australian society, history and culture as well as the senate inquiry into our national identity. “Between 2011 and 2020, just three per cent ...
More »The kindness of strangers project – Cyril Grueter. Podcast
Last week Campus Review published an article about the research of UWA's Dr Cyril Grueter and a team of Edith Cowan University researchers that suggested altruism or kindness as a personality trait does not apply to everyone, and is more ...
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 »First Fulbright scholarship awarded to Federation Uni academic
Associate Professor Robyn Brandenburg has received a Fulbright Training and Research scholarship – one of the most prestigious in the world – for her research into the effectiveness of Teacher Performance Assessments (TPA). These assessments certify whether a graduate is ...
More »Qld universities in strong position: QTAC CEO
Despite the University of Queensland being the highest ranked university in the state, QTAC applications show the Queensland University of Technology has overtaken UQ in four of the top five courses for 2020. Campus Review spoke to Dr John Griffiths, CEO of ...
More »UNSW researchers warn whooping cough is ‘morphing into a superbug’: new findings
There are calls for a new whooping cough vaccine in the next five to 10 years to protect vulnerable individuals from what experts are calling superbug strains of the condition. Researchers at UNSW believe whooping cough bacteria are “becoming smarter ...
More »Universities support fire-ravaged communities
Universities are not only a place of learning, but they also play pivotal role in keeping towns and cities strong and connected during catastrophic events like the bushfires of the last two months. “University communities across Australia have responded powerfully to bushfires of unprecedented ...
More »Screen time is not responsible for short-sightedness
A UWA academic contends that screen time is not the primary cause of an upsurge in myopia – or short-sightedness – around the world and that more research into the condition is needed. In an article for The Conversation, Professor ...
More »New research reveals interesting details about the kindness of strangers
What makes someone help a stranger? Like me, a lot of people are likely to believe it’s an innate personality trait, a sense of altruism that runs through someone, something some individuals possess but others neither practice nor understand. But ...
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