Dai gou pronounced “die go” means “surrogate shopping” in Chinese. It refers to an informal kind of supply chain by which trusted individuals buy and/or transport quantities of selected goods to resell in China or elsewhere, and avoid commercial taxes ...

CampusReview · Dr Stuart Middleton | The necessity of fun and engagement at university in 2021 In contrast to previous academic years, it’s doubtful many would have described their 2020 university year as ‘fun’. Perhaps ‘challenging’ or even ‘stressful’ would ...

More than 1000 international students have quietly been allowed to “jump the queue” and enter Australia during COVID-19, while 40,000 Aussies remain stranded overseas. Figures obtained by NCA NewsWire reveal the Australian Border Force Commissioner has granted 1050 foreign nationals ...

Demand for arts and humanities courses remains strong in Australia’s two most populous states, despite the fee hikes introduced last year to steer students towards more ‘job-ready’ degrees in nursing, education, science and maths.  Despite fee hikes of more than 113 ...

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 ...

The High Court will hear former James Cook University professor Peter Ridd's unfair dismissal case. In a message sent yesterday to contributors to his crowdsourced legal fund, Ridd said he was “naturally relieved and happy that the highest court in ...

COVID-19 has been a “shot in the arm” for confidence in the federal government, but Australians retain more trust in its state and territory equivalents, new analysis shows. Confidence in the federal government has almost doubled to 54.3 per cent ...

From the outset, well-known and respected academic Professor Marcia Devlin draws attention in a recent article to a subject that appears to be languishing in academia. Released this month in Academic Letters, Devlin quickly establishes some disappointing statistics relating to ...

The Australian National University's vice-chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt delivered his ‘State of the University 2021’ address this week, describing how critical universities are to Australian democracy and four of the institution’s top goals for 2025. Situated in Australia’s capital, Schmidt ...

FOURTEEN AND OUT After 14 years at the helm of James Cook University, Professor Sandra Harding will retire from the role in December 2021. Chancellor Bill Tweddell said the university has flourished under Harding’s leadership. “Revenue has doubled to over ...