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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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“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 ...
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