University of England Vice-Chancellor Brigid Heywood has resigned amid allegations of racial vilification and assault, with the university breaking its silence following pressure from unions. Heywood was charged last week with common assault and behaving offensively in public after an ...
More »Four West Australian universities awarded $1m grant for defence research
Four West Australian universities have been granted government funding to develop cutting-edge research and defence technologies and contribute to Australian sovereignty. Edith Cowan University, Curtin University, the University of Western Australia and Murdoch University will be sharing $1.19 million worth ...
More »HEDx Podcast – Time for universities to get their skates on, episode 55
In this edition of the HEDx podcast co-CEO and co-founder of global data and research company HolonIQ, Maria Spies, shares an update to their report outlining five scenarios for the future of higher education by 2030. She discusses the priorities for the ...
More »Universities set low bar to take subpar students
Struggling students who left school at the bottom of the class are being accepted into prestigious university degrees including engineering, architecture and psychology. Universities made offers to students with Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) scores below 50 – the bottom ...
More »Academic institutions are a ripe target for cybercriminals, here are 3 reasons why: opinion
Data breaches can happen to any organisation of any size or industry. But, academic institutions have been a primary target for cybercriminals and malicious actors as seen most recently in the Deakin University breach. Of course, the primary goal for ...
More »‘Show the truth’: Ukrainian President’s message to Australian university students
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged university students and young people to utilise social media to resist disinformation spread by Russia. In a live-streamed address hosted by the Australian National University, Zelenskyy shared his experience navigating the atrocities of war ...
More »French scientist issues apology after trolling Twitter with a slice of chorizo
A respected French scientist had to issue a worldwide apology following a Twitter prank in which he posted a picture of a chorizo slice that he described as being from the James Webb Space Telescope. Director and physicist at the ...
More »From classroom detention to academic success: one man’s role in developing the AZ vaccine
Lecturer and researcher Adam Ritchie spent his high school years in detention, but more recently the academic played a major role in the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine distribution, saving millions of lives. On his school report cards, Ritchie was described as ...
More »UniSA reintroduces mask mandate
The University of South Australia has reintroduced mask mandates on campus and has recommended online learning in efforts to curb the spread of the third Omicron wave. In a letter sent to colleagues on Monday, UniSA Vice Chancellor David Lloyd ...
More »Global access to education through a new model of transnational education: opinion
Alignment across an organisation is key to enabling broad achievement of purpose when trying to set off on new paths and do something really distinctive. One of the key ways in which culture impacts organisational performance is by allowing strategy ...
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