Australian universities make up one-fifth of a ranking of universities founded fewer than 50 years ago, making for the biggest presence in the list. Ten of the 50 places the QS Top 50 Under 50 Ranking, released by education research company ...
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A small farm on the outskirts of Bacchus Marsh, about halfway between Melbourne and Ballarat, is the birthplace of a self-described 'unlikely entrepreneur'. But it took decades for Alan Manly to get to that point. The managing director of Sydney-based private tertiary ...
More »University FLEXes driverless shuttle deal
South Australian university students will soon be able to head to class in an electric shuttle as part of a five-year trial of autonomous vehicle technology. Dubbed FLEX, or Flinders Express, the public shuttle will operate between the Clovelly Park ...
More »Pollies react to potential university merger
The University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia are considering merging to create a new, leading Australian university in a move welcomed by both the state and federal governments. Both universities have agreed to explore whether a merged ...
More »An AI in higher education update
Innovative tertiary education providers are using artificial intelligence to attract and retain more students. In today’s always-on, always-connected world, people expect to be able to access all kinds of information and services with a few taps on their mobile device. ...
More »Education is a business: Attract and retain is the name of the university game
Increased federal government regulation, coupled with a recent round of funding cuts, is forcing Australian universities to change the way we see ourselves, the way we structure learning and the fundamental way in which we operate. Under this new reality, ...
More »New study pokes holes in learning online
For an unflattering portrayal of online learning, read A study exploring the impact of lecture capture availability and lecture capture usage on student attendance and attainment. It shows both of these measures drop in this context; attendance by double. The researchers, from ...
More »It’s time to hedge our bets – Diversifying our reliance on China: Opinion
Chinese and Australian relations have been in the media for a range of reasons lately, with reports claiming that China’s ruling party has been meddling in Australia’s media, university, political and legal systems. These stoushes have spilled over into trade ...
More »New medical guidelines for transgender youth
They may constitute only approximately 1.2 per cent of the population, but until recently, transgender individuals have been excluded from society. In a 2015 speech, former Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson said that of LGBTQI people, "...the lingering and most extensive discrimination ...
More »Female PhD holders become proudly immodest
A doctor of history has sparked the latest academic Twitter spat. Dr Fern Riddell, a Research Associate at English university Royal Holloway, changed her Twitter name, adding the 'Dr' prefix, with the following explanation: My title is Dr Fern Riddell, not ...
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