Just what does a proctor do? Essentially his role has always been to manage the affairs of others, as their agent or proxy. But over the centuries the proctor’s responsibilities have varied with the institution he was appointed to. In ...

Universities are increasingly relying on digital technologies to support, augment and deliver teaching and learning. They are seeking new ways to interact and engage students remotely while also expanding research methods by leveraging new technologies; all this while also driving ...

An ex-senior academic accused of fabricating a harassment campaign against herself confessed she’d been “naughty” in a phone call intercepted by police, a court has heard. Dianne Jolley, the former dean of science at the University of Technology Sydney, is on trial ...

CampusReview · HEDx Podcast - A tribute to all Australian university staff from the Chair of UA - Episode 30 This interview with the new chair of Universities Australia sees vice-chancellor of La Trobe John Dewar assess how we are ...

Paul Jeans has been reappointed as the chancellor of the University of Newcastle, following a backlash against former deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile’s appointment and his decision to stand down.  University council members made the decision yesterday. Reflecting on the ...

The University of Queensland’s Professor David Craik has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society for his outstanding contribution to science. Professor Craik is the second researcher from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience to be elected to the ...

Lifelong learning has always been viewed as a worthy pursuit, but the precarious world of today will increasingly force the labour market to “stay ahead” by engaging in formal training throughout their lives. A new OECD report has warned that ...

South Australia will be the first state to bring international students back after the country slammed its borders shut because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Flight Training Adelaide site at Parafield, in Adelaide’s northern suburbs, has been approved as the ...

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) emphasises that the COVID-19 pandemic has “affected nearly every step of the student’s decision making journey” in its latest report.  Given border closures, lockdowns and the ubiquity of online learning at universities, the prospective undergraduate of 2021 ...

The term technological adoption – so broad and all-encompassing it has come to mean nothing in and of itself – has been rolled out countless times over the last decade, and even more over the last year.  As COVID continues ...