The Australian National University has offered its School of Music a $12.5 million boost after admitting mismanagement allowed “distrust and emotional stress to fester” within the faculty. This week, ANU released its final report into the school, written by professor ...
More »Thomas ‘suspicious’ of Howard’s take on gender equity
Former prime minister John Howard has been sarcastically labelled “a cracker of a role model” by University of Southern Queensland vice-chancellor professor Jan Thomas. This was in response to Howard’s comments at the National Press Club in September, where he ...
More »UQ scientists help inspire school science teachers
A University of Queensland workshop has aimed to help teachers from 15 regional Queensland high schools become better at teaching science by linking them with university researchers. The teachers worked with the scientists for a week, investigating cancer cell biology. ...
More »SCU should be like CSU, but different: Shoemaker
Southern Cross University’s new vice-chancellor, professor Adam Shoemaker, wants SCU to become the Charles Sturt University of the New South Wales north coast – while at the same time distinguishing itself from other regional institutions. Speaking to Campus Review shortly ...
More »Edith Cowan’s Chapman declares he’s a feminist
Edith Cowan University vice-chancellor professor Steve Chapman has embraced the title feminist, calling on others to do the same. At Campus Review’s recent Higher Equity conference, Chapman apologised “for everything white male vice-chancellors have ever done”. Chapman, like broadcaster Alan ...
More »UON enters the MOOC sphere
The University of Newcastle has unveiled its first MOOC, and it covers the rather obscure subject of natural history illustration. Drawing Nature, Science and Culture: Natural history illustration is to commence on October 26 and will be taught by UON academics and illustrators Dr ...
More »Islamophobes know little of Islam, research finds
The preliminary findings of a Deakin University study suggest that the key to fighting Islamophobia is teaching people about Islam. The preliminary findings of the Muslims and Islamic Religiosity in the West research project included 57 per cent of 304 survey responses ...
More »Noonan proposes new tertiary education financing body
Tertiary education needs a transparent and independent federal financing body to ensure funding is allocated on the basis of a solid evidence base, a new report from Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute has argued. A New System for Financing Australian Tertiary ...
More »ANU physicists’ achievement like something out of ‘Star Wars’
Star Wars: The Force Awakens villain Kylo Ren and a team of physicists at the Australian National University have something in common – they’ve managed to stop light in mid-air. Though, unfortunately, the physicists didn’t use the mystical Force that permeates ...
More »Work for the Dole ‘coerces’ students into private VET, report finds
Work for the Dole programs have funneled many young people aged 15 to 19 into the scandal-ridden private VET sector, a new report from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research has found, even though representatives from many of these ...
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