This episode has a report from the recent ASU+GSV summit where global innovators explored the brave new world of higher Ed technology. Hear from Michael Moe of GSV, Paul LeBlanc of SNHU, Ethan Mollick of U Penn and Laura Ipsen ...
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Professional university staff say they facing "crisis" levels of stress and workload in the wake of rolling university restructures and back-and-forth contract negotiations with academics. Last week, thousands of university staff walked off their jobs as part of an ongoing ...
More »UNE appoints new Vice-Chancellor
The University of New England has appointed Professor Chris Moran as the university's new vice-chancellor following the resignation of Brigid Heywood in August last year. Professor Chris Moran, who has been Curtin's University Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research since 2016, said ...
More »Newcastle Uni to make undergrad students complete job placements
Newcastle University will require thousands of undergraduate students to complete work placements as part of their degrees in efforts to better prepare graduates for the workforce. Starting this year, more than 7000 undergraduate students will have work experience embedded into ...
More »Southern Cross Uni to repay casuals after finding payroll ‘anomalies’
Hundreds of staff from Southern Cross University will be reimbursed after an independent review uncovered "anomalies in payments, salaries and entitlement" in the university's financial records. Last year, SCU commissioned an independent review into payments made under its most recent ...
More »La Trobe receives $2.5m donation to fund literacy clinics in Victoria
An Australian university’s push to overhaul literacy education has attracted a sizable donation to support evidence-based learning in rural and regional areas. The Bertalli Foundation donated $2.5 million over five years to La Trobe University to help establish literacy clinics ...
More »‘Like an abusive relationship’: Deakin casual on working conditions
Seasonal academic Dr Jack Kirne said he has been driven well past his breaking point and will be striking for better working conditions during this week's nationwide university strikes. This week, thousands of university staff across Australia will strike against ...
More »An ‘uphill battle’ for women in STEM
Despite more women in Australia studying science, technology, engineering and maths than ever, students and professionals continue to face unconscious bias and unsupportive work environments, according to a new report. Researchers from the South Australian Academy for Gender Equity in ...
More »Eight grand challenges for artificial intelligence and education
Educators and artificial intelligence specialists face eight grand challenges in dealing with the impact of AI on education, according to University of Sydney computer science professor Judy Kay, who heads the Human Centred Technology Research Cluster in the engineering and ...
More »Have we had enough big ideas and where did they come from?- opinion
The Australian Universities Accord consultation process called for big ideas into its submissions. It invited diverse thinking from within the sector in Australia and globally. It also invited radical thinking and ideas from other sectors. The volume and diversity of ...
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