There are many fad and buzz words in the higher education sphere. Most recently the terms 'authentic learning' and 'authentic assessment' have been spruiked as essential to good pedagogy. But what is authentic assessment and do we need it in ...

Hi and welcome to another Campus Review weekly roundup of the top news stories we covered this week. I’m Wade Zaglas, the education editor. All stories can be found on our site, campusreview.com.au. You can either read this summary or ...

Six Australian universities have secured a top 100 ranking in The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings for 2019 – doubling its representation since last year. The University of Melbourne was Australia’s highest ranked institution this year, coming in equal ...

The Grattan Institute is to end its Higher Education Program, coinciding with the departure of the program’s director Andrew Norton in September. The program has been around as long as Grattan has, launching eight years ago, with Norton its leader ...

The inaugural report into the risk factor of Australia’s higher education sector has just been released, with the overwhelming majority of providers posing a low to moderate risk to students. The Tertiary Educations and Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA) grouped providers ...

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Curtin University are reviewing their research funding and approval procedures over concerns research linked to the universities is being used to help detect and detain ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, China. Human Rights Watch ...

Hi, and welcome to another Campus Review weekly roundup of the top stories we covered this week. I’m Wade Zaglas, the education editor. All stories can be found on our site, campusreview.com.au. You can either read this summary or listen ...

The Morrison government will introduce legislation to curb academic cheating at university, with people found guilty facing up to two years’ jail time or a $210,000 fine. The new laws are targeting so-called “contract cheating”, where third parties provide assessment ...

We’re often told that soft skills such as empathy, collaboration and communication will be key to the future workforce, but they haven’t been considered much in university admission requirements. But now one university is changing all of that. Charles Sturt ...

Despite record investment in education, Australian students’ literacy and numeracy levels have been steadily declining. This podcast series speaks with some of Australia’s K-12 education leaders and asks the key question: What, if anything, are we doing wrong? In episode ...