The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) held a 12-hour digital sit-in on Monday morning at the University of Newcastle. The purpose of the digital protest was to shine a light on “the scale of insecure work at universities” and what ...
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A university of enterprise actively seeks to give voice to, and engage, all stakeholders. Its leadership team visibly and actively seeks to incorporate the views of its customers in plans for the future – and are not afraid of the ...
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Jeremiah Thoronka, a Durham University student from Sierra Leone, has won the inaugural Chegg.org Global Student Prize, worth $100,000 US. Thoronka beat out over 3,500 nominees and applications from 94 countries around the world to claim the prize, which sits ...
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Fully vaccinated international students entering NSW from overseas will not have to quarantine when they return to the state next month. The first chartered plane of returning international students will touch down in Sydney International Airport on December 6. The ...
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According to Australian emotional intelligence expert Dr Ben Palmer, Chief Executive of Genos International, universities could play an important role in securing the the sector's future by offering units in emotional intelligence in their initial teacher education courses. In a ...
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On the surface, it’s hard to imagine what a 19th century helmet made from dried pufferfish skin and plant fibre could offer a postgraduate business student. But, in what might appear to be an unusual move, the university has incorporated ...
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Australians have become less trusting of how governments and companies use their private data following two years of using check-in apps during the Covid-19 pandemic. New analysis from the Australian National University shows people’s trust in major institutions to maintain data privacy ...
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Three Australian universities placed in the top 100 of The World University Ranking 2022 by subject: arts and humanities, but the bigger story is how long-established science and engineering behemoths of the sector are also registering strongly in the arts ...
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Earlier this month it was announced that 2021 ATO salaries data will become part of the ComparEd website, allowing prospective higher education students to more accurately assess the salary data related to their professions and vocations. ComparEd is a website ...
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