The context to any contemporary discussion on student learning and pedagogy is the exponential growth in the influence of the internet over the past 40 years. Subsequently, we must note “the importance of an intentional approach to using the internet ...

Who Put the Post in Postcolonial?" A 1998 review bearing this title was published in the journal NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction. Its author, Chadwick Allen, an American English professor, begins by interrogating the various scholarly iterations of the term 'postcolonial'. There's ...

On Thursday, university personnel, fittingly, exercised their freedom of speech. Responding to the government's announcement of a review into freedom of speech on campus on Wednesday, the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) came out on blast. "There is no ...

How often do I react rather than pausing and reflecting? What are the positive and negative things I do in the workplace? Can you give me feedback about my leadership style? These are examples of questions Ben Foote, chief executive ...

A review into freedom of speech at Australian universities has been announced by the federal government, to be conducted by former High Court chief justice Robert French. The review is understood to have been prompted by a speech given by ...

Regional university students need more support – but not at the expense of the base funding of Australia’s research. That’s the call from leading universities, unions and peak bodies following Minister for Education Dan Tehan’s pledge of $135m for regional ...

On Monday, the Copyright Agency commenced legal action against Australia's universities. The text and image license provider lodged a claim with the Copyright Tribunal – administered by the Federal Court – after negotiations with universities over 2019 license fees failed. ...

Universities are the guardians of robust debate. However, questions about the roles and responsibilities of universities in providing a forum for open debate are repeatedly being raised. Are universities in Australia adequately equipped to protect free speech? Are existing university ...

The American TV show Community, which aired between 2009 and 2015, humourised the experiences of community college students. The usual stereotypes – a single mother, a former drug addict, a film student – featured, yet the show gave them a depth ...

We think of unicorns as imaginary, mythical creatures, so you may be surprised to learn they actually exist. In the world of business, it’s the name given to startup companies valued at more than US$1 billion. Venture capitalist Aileen Lee coined ...