The recent spike in Covid cases has left universities in a challenging position as they now have to create a safe and flexible environment for staff and students, as not everyone wants to return to a working from home arrangement.  ...

After 20 years at Arizona State University, Rick Shangraw describes how its success story is founded on using enterprise to allow inclusive access to excellent education and research that serves end user purpose and communities.  As CEO of ASU startup ...

Students surveys are around the corner, and like every year there is an increasing concern from academics about the nature of feedback they will receive. A team of researchers at QUT have developed a new programming model which uses machine ...

Speaking with an accent and having English as your second language in the higher education sector can become a hurdle for your career, leading to missed promotion opportunities, funding or even paper publications.  “In certain settings, having an accented English ...

Betty Vandenbosch, chief content officer at Coursera, joins the HEDx podcast to outline her vision of how the landscape of global higher education will have changed by 2030, and what Coursera and global universities can best do to prepare for ...

The competitiveness of the higher education sector, particularly in relation to securing funding, often leaves researchers dealing with rejection.  According to Kelsey Zimmermann from the School of Psychology at UNSW, the experience of rejection is always painful, but it is important that ...

The Honorary Fellowship Award handed down by Australia's largest nursing union, the Royal College of Nursing, went to Professor Patricia M. Davidson this year, recognising her distinguished career as a nurse, researcher and educator.  Having co-authored over 500 journal articles ...

Online education's journey to becoming core to the whole university – and to all students who make their own choice of how, when and where to gain access to inclusive excellence – is a pointer to the future for hybrid ...

With the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns, universities have been forced to undertake online examinations which has made it easier for students to cheat.  According to Associate Professor from the University of South Australia Christopher Deneen, students cheating on ...

Whether it is students or staff, the higher education sector includes people of all ages and all backgrounds, yet age discrimination still occurs.  According to Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne Law School Alysia Blackham, universities may make an ...