The University of New South Wales has announced it won’t put any more of its money into fossil fuel shares but it will still keep existing investments in these companies. UNSW released its new Investment Policy on Monday, November 7. ...
More »UTS becomes first uni to sign SANE employee mental health charter
The University of Technology Sydney has become the first university to sign SANE Australia’s charter, pledging to improve mental health among staff and students. At the end of October, UTS signed the SANE Australia Mindful Employer Charter. This is a promise to ...
More »RUN announces new chair, USC’s Hill
University of the Sunshine Coast vice-chancellor professor Greg Hill will replace University of Southern Queensland vice-chancellor Jan Thomas as chair of the Regional Universities Network (RUN) on November 17, 2016. RUN's other universities are Central Queensland University, Federation University, Southern Cross ...
More »We need humanities students, business leaders say
Business leaders told a forum that industry still needs humanities graduates. Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott said many people in Western countries are anxious, disengaged and frustrated, and now “question globalisation, migration, innovation and the value and virtues ...
More »Maths teaching drained by gender inequity, ageing: AMSI
Gender inequity will exacerbate shortages in the mathematical workforce caused by an ageing population, a new report from the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute has warned. AMSI director professor Geoff Prince has quoted figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics that show ...
More »Indigenous congress struggles to stay afloat following cuts
A bipartisan organisation which has been advocating for improvements in Indigenous education has been cut to the bone and isn’t even able to make its rent after the federal government defunded it in 2014. The National Congress of Australia’s First ...
More »Report shows industry-sponsored research may be biased
The first of a series of studies may confirm the belief that food industry-sponsored research is more likely to favour the sponsors, though there is insufficient evidence to make a firm conclusion. The research, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, analysed ...
More »Student accommodation industry boom predicted
Student accommodation website student.com, has predicted a boom in the Australian purpose-built student housing industry, which is woefully undersupplied. Purpose-built student accommodation refers to housing built specifically for students. Bede Moore, student.com’s head of growth and partnerships Australia, said this accommodation type ...
More »Could exams be as stressful as bear attacks?
What’s more stressful, end-of-year university exams or a bear attack? Common sense would suggest the latter, but one educational expert has said some students find exams so nerve-racking that the stress response triggered in a test setting is similar to ...
More »Rhodes Scholars for NSW, Victoria announced
A passion for fostering idea booms in developing countries. A curiosity for exploring how technology and education interact. These traits have led to two Australians being named 2017 Rhodes Scholars. Thomas Williamson, a University of Sydney bachelor of economics graduate, was ...
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