How best to determine whether students understand the content they’ve been taught and can apply it when the need arises, is the million dollar question for administrators and educators around the country. Certainly, there are plenty of assessment formats at ...

As we look to a post-COVID era and a recalibration of teaching and learning to our new world order, we have to consider the way in which we describe our educational activities and also how we adjust expectations and learning norms.

Honorary doctorates are typically given to individuals who have made significant contributions to Australian society, but questions are being asked about their worth in light of one being recently rescinded at a Perth university.  Edith Cowan University (ECU) told students ...

A virus expert has said it’s wrong to prioritise vaccinating children against coronavirus before ensuring the world’s adult population is properly immunised. Monash University virologist Vinod Balasubramaniam said that because children are far less likely to fall seriously ill from Covid-19, they ...

The report found that hard, technical skills picked up throughout academica “may not be enough to stand out in a highly competitive job market”.

I grew up in a house where slang was part of our everyday vernacular, something that brought us together in many ways as part of a distinct social class living in a particular moment in time. Beer cans were ‘tinnies’, ...

New research has challenged the conventional wisdom that women must wait at least 24 months after giving birth to become pregnant again. Curtin University-led research found that the WHO recommendation that women wait two years, in order to reduce the ...

CampusReview · HEDx Podcast - Partner or Perish - Episode 32 Guy Littlefair, PVC International at Auckland University of Technology, joins HEDx to share insights into transitions between university and business environments and the importance of partnerships. He gives great pointers ...

A petition to rescind the proposal to make significant cuts to the University of Western Australia (UWA) school of social sciences has nearly reached its goal of 10,000 signatures, but whether it will have an impact remains uncertain. Earlier this ...

Former ABC managing director and NSW education secretary Mark Scott has encountered a wave of criticism since being appointed the University of Sydney’s latest vice-chancellor. But, according to a recent article in the Australian Financial Review, he remains aloof to ...