The pandemic has many characteristics of a global conflict.  War is often about turmoil and chaos and we have had much exposure to that in the last year. Wars often last a long time. Our need to deal with further ...

Our recent critical review noted that gender inequity in academia exists across all traditional academic benchmarks, including grants and funding, publishing and citations, service, opportunities to attend professional development and conferences, and leadership opportunities. And, gender discrepancies result in a ...

Right now, public policy and university innovation appear focused on micro-credentials. Micro-credentials bring an ability to deliver smaller collections of rapidly changing and emerging new knowledge to a growing learning community, whose commitment to formal qualifications, as a sole education ...

As an educator and a parent, I’m no stranger to the intense pressure students experience during their HSC year. I’ve also seen the unnecessary toll it can take on young people (and often also on their families). Sometimes students become ...

Thank goodness that it’s nearly all over. I don’t think 2020 is going to be remembered as one of anyone’s favourite years, is it?  It started OK, with some sense of optimism, despite the aftermath of last summer’s bushfires. But ...

CampusReview · Swearing and Australia's national culture |Dr Amanda Laugesen Australians are known for their colourful language; indeed, it’s been called part of our national identity. But why, generally, are we considered a nation that loves swear words and where ...

“Some units that I have taken in the past seemed to be useless to my course." This is a statement provided by an undergraduate student when prompted to reflect on their studies during a trial of a new curriculum mapping ...

The immediate reactions by many Australian universities to the events of 2020 have been just that, reactions. It could not have been anything but a reaction really, could it? Although we might have had a pandemic in our risk register, ...

CampusReview · Winning the Right Race: HEDx Podcast, Episode 10 Pascale Quester of Swinburne University of Technology joins the HEDx podcast at the end of her first 100 days as Vice Chancellor. She reflects on how all universities have the ...

Much of the world was rivetted as the results of the United States presidential election played out live on screen last week. President-elect Joe Biden has identified four immediate priorities: confront the Coronavirus pandemic, promote economic recovery, advance racial equity and tackle the climate crisis. While ...