It’s not just the university executives who want to change their institutions' business models; the rank-and-file academics want to do so, too. But they’re hampered by cumbersome university infrastructure that slows the pace of change to a crawl, an expert ...
More »Academics call for regulated working week, subsidised childcare
Enforcement of the 38-hour working week and providing two days a week of subsidised childcare for all parents are among a series of workforce recommendations made by a national network of public policy experts from 16 universities. These recommendations, tabled ...
More »Google, Apple, Amazon will steal uni ‘customers’: IBM official
An education technologist has argued that the biggest threat to any university isn’t its rival down the road, nor even the one in the neighbouring state or country; it’s the ones that universities don't actually consider competitors. Simon Eassom, global manager of the ...
More »Deakin opens AFL training ground for Geelong Cats
The AFL’s Geelong Cats are coming off a loss at the MCG, but they hope to have an edge there next time. Deakin University has built an $8.4 million sports precinct that includes a Melbourne Cricket Ground-sized oval specifically built for the Cats' training. ...
More »Australian Academy of Science releases STEM education wish list
STEM education is the Australian Academy of Science’s number one election priority, as per a policy statement released yesterday. Unveiled by academy president professor Andrew Holmes during a speech in Canberra, the group of distinguished scientists' objectives include getting Australian schools' students into the ...
More »Massive enrolment growth needed to maintain participation rates
A new report shows that to simply maintain current participation rates in higher education and VET, both sectors will need rapid enrollment growth throughout the coming years. Participation rates, in this context, refers to the proportion of people who are either ...
More »HECS architect says student loan threshold could be lowered
Two higher education policy heavyweights have found unlikely common ground. HECS architect Bruce Chapman and the Grattan Institute’s Andrew Norton have agreed that the tertiary student loan threshold could be lowered. Norton, Grattan Institute higher education program director, is pushing ...
More »Researchers find 74 genes linked to educational attainment
Brain scientists have isolated 74 genes linked to high educational attainment, though they say getting top marks may simply be a by-product. The research, published in the journal Nature, found these genes have a role in the brain’s development of neurons ...
More »Dropbox launches spin-off for education sector
Dropbox has expanded its business-to-business branch, launching Dropbox Education. Charlie Wood, country manager of Dropbox Australia and New Zealand, said, overall, this product is similar to Dropbox Business, there are tweaks to attract education staff to the product. “Dropbox Education ...
More »Teach creativity, don’t measure it: educator
You can’t measure creativity, nor the soft skills needed to thrive in jobs and tertiary education, so education should end its obsession with measurement and ranking, a senior educator has argued. Meredith Melville-Jones, director of Sydney’s Bradfield Senior College, said ...
More »