This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Alex Yip takes great pride in working with colleagues to solve the greatest challenges of our times. ...
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This week on a jam-packed Episode 11 of Talking Eds, the team from Early Learning Review, Education Review and Campus Review unpack the STEAMy new Sesame Street initiative, dissect the US college sports scholarship system and discuss solutions to this ...
More »Don’t worry about drop-out rates: Craven
Despite data showing first-year undergraduate student drop-out rates have hit their highest point in eight years, the Australian Catholic University vice-chancellor has sidestepped concerns about these figures, saying data-driven learning analytics can handle it. Professor Greg Craven told a policy forum yesterday that ...
More »‘War’ looms between STEM subjects: expert
An expert has warned a discipline war is brewing among the STEM subjects, and she expects engineering to come out on the bottom. STEM is the oft-used acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the focus of politicians and educators who are trying to ...
More »Profile: Steer your gaze to CQUniversity’s undergrad cattle prodder Louise Fitzgerald
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Louise Fitzgerald is an undergrad at CQ University, an aspiring cattle judge and a lover of country music. Let's ...
More »5-fold uptick required: UQ researcher challengers WHO activity guidelines
A study by University of Queensland researcher Dr Lennert Veerman has concluded that a 5-fold increase from current World Health Organisation (WHO) exercise recommendations is required to significantly ward off heart disease and stroke; and reduce the chances of breast and ...
More »Dinham’s new three ‘Rs’ for educational research
Most have heard of the educational theory of learning styles, which argues students can be categorised as either tactile, auditory or visual learners. It’s been around since the 1970s. It’s also now largely regarded as pseudo-scientific fad; studies have found no ...
More »Science ship to become floating classroom
A $120 million research ship that's discovered underwater volcanoes and investigated climate change will become a floating classroom for budding marine scientists and mariners. The CSIRO’s RV Investigator is set to host the Collaborative Australian Postgraduate Sea Training Alliance Network ...
More »Paralympian works to adopt parts of US sports scholarship system
Wheelchair basketball Paralympian Bridie Kean owes some of her success to being poached for a US sports scholarship. Now she wants to bring aspects of that system back to Australia, to entice the local talent to study and compete here. ...
More »Don’t let ‘statistics’ stop STEM studies: Birmingham
A Grattan Institute report released today showing that graduate positions in STEM are scarce has – somewhat ironically – led the federal education minister to say that “we should not allow statistics like this to sway people from the importance ...
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