Anthropologist Lisa Wynn talks predatory publishing and the study of love, sex and desire. What is your name, where are you based and what do you do? I’m Lisa Wynn, but I publish as L.L. Wynn, and I am an associate professor ...
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The higher education sector is experiencing major disruption, and it isn’t limited to technology. Professionals working in tertiary education management are now facing multiple challenges, from evolving learning styles to funding pressures, creating a need for continued professional development. Universities ...
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Universities are expert at teaching, but not expert when it comes to processes and technology. Times have changed, and clinging to outdated systems is a competitive disadvantage. Instead, universities could take a leaf out the banking sector’s book when looking ...
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It's mostly a higher education good news story: providers, for the fourth consecutively year, scored highly in the national Student Experience Survey. Administered by ANU's Social Research Centre on behalf of the government and published via the Quality Indicators for Learning ...
More »How technology is facilitating marketing growth
With its strong contributions to brand awareness and overall consumer uptake, marketing has evolved into a powerhouse industry. The department is no longer on the fringe of the office, and the work is, more often than not, kept in-house. As ...
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Learning isn't typically associated with danger, but that connection is increasingly palpable. Over the last five years, there have been over 12,700 attacks harming more than 21,000 students and educators. These statistics, courtesy of the Global Coalition to Protect Education from ...
More »UniMelb researchers rank our unis 10th in world
Australia has once more scraped into the top fifth of a global ranking. Universitas 21 – a global network of 26 tertiary institutions founded by the University of Melbourne – has placed Australia 10th out of 50 universities. The researchers, from UniMelb's Melbourne Institute ...
More »Flinders students confront rape on campus
A recent ABC Four Corners episode, I am that girl, shed light on the tricky nature of consent. Legally, it's not black and white. But Saxon Mullins, who says she was raped, wants it to be. Since her experience five years ago ...
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Maryanne Demasi has been cleared of academic misconduct by an inquiry commissioned by her alma mater: the University of Adelaide. The medical scientist turned controversial science journalist, best known as the former presenter of ABC show Catalyst, had been accused of duplicating ...
More »Budget reply: Labor cosies up to higher ed
If Labor is traditionally the party of spending, not scrimping, on popular areas, it has provided evidence for this. In opposition leader Bill Shorten's Budget reply last night, he announced a bounty for both universities and the VET sector. The ...
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