A quick Google search of the term 'millennial' in the 'news' tab yields approximately 2.31 million results. But how many of those were created by actual millennials? A safe guess would be: not many. The New York Times (NYT) is aware ...
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The University of Sydney yesterday announced the development of a new component that could revolutionise anti-counterfeiting and anti-fraud technology. Designed by Dr Omid Kavehei and an international team from the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, the nanotechnology component has ...
More »Hundreds of uni staff share how they stress less
“Former senior lecturer in my area was promoted to HoS and I have moved into the courses formerly taught by her and have been able to drop many other ‘bits and pieces’ of teaching i.e., rationalisation of courses taught” - ...
More »Save Indigenous students from funding freeze: UA
Education professionals this week issued an urgent plea to the government to quarantine university places for Indigenous students against the current funding freeze. The request comes from The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education Consortium, whose members say ...
More »Unis erecting ‘Taj Mahals’, ‘prepared to let standards slip’: Grattan debate
Despite having worked at several of them, Judith Sloan is sceptical of universities. The conservative economist and contributing economics editor at The Australian recently told an audience that she "doesn't trust" universities, and thinks "they’re prepared to let standards slip to put bums ...
More »Warning to Humanity: science paper ranks #6
A paper co-authored by Dr Thomas Newsome at the University of Sydney has gone viral, and is now ranked sixth among the most-read academic publications. Following on from a document released 26 years ago, the World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: ...
More »More work for undergraduates on the way
Finding full-time work remains a challenge for university graduates, but job opportunities are on their way up, according to economists. The latest data from job search site Indeed revealed that less than 72 per cent of undergraduates found full-time work within ...
More »Academics hunt for the wilderwomen
Adventurer Bear Grylls, of Man vs. Wild fame, was first praised, then scorned for his 'tough guy' persona. All the while, most people hadn't heard of Megan Hine. The fair-skinned, doe-eyed fellow Brit was once described by Grylls as "stronger than 99 per ...
More »“Steady growth” across TAFE NSW enrolments
A growth in infrastructure projects is driving enrolment growth in trade qualifications, with an increase of at least 10 per cent across carpentry, plumbing and electrical trades. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian and minister for skills Adam Marshall unveiled ...
More »Exploitation of international students must stop: CAPA
As universities celebrate the economic and cultural wealth associated with record numbers of international students, others have used the news to call for an end to systemic workplace exploitation. Following yesterday's release of new record figures, The Council of Australian ...
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