The phrases off-grid and off-the-grid, in the strict sense of being unconnected to the standard electricity supply, took off in the 1970s when independent sources of energy (that is, solar power for remote locations) were first under discussion. Several decades later, ...

Teachers have continued their trustworthiness winning streak against university lecturers, a recent Roy Morgan Research survey shows. Since the survey was first conducted in 1976, teachers have consistently ranked above university lecturers for ethics and honesty. This gulf now stands at ...

In an about-face, the Commonwealth government has announced it will make 457 visa concessions for academics. Back in April 2017, it equally abruptly scrapped the skilled migrant visa, leaving foreign academics, and the university industry generally, bewildered and frustrated. Here is a ...

Petrichor was coined by CSIRO scientists Isabel Bear and Richard Thomas in 1964, as the name for the oily liquid they had discovered to be released from the earth when moistened by humidity or rain. It’s also the name for ...

I’m not at all confident that the university or anything like its current form will be here for even 20 years. Australia has too many universities for its population. So what is the biggest shaping force in Australian higher education? ...

The Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) is the pre-eminent professional body in Australasia for tertiary education managers and administrators representing individual and corporate members across the senior management sector, for over 40 years. Our vision is to advance excellence ...

The Australian university community has coalesced to tongue-lash United States President Donald Trump, following his announcement that the US will withdraw from the Paris Agreement, commonly known as the Paris climate accord. Signed by almost 200 UN climate body-member countries ...

What will a reliable career look like in 2022? According to the Good Education Group’s 2017 Good Careers Guide, it will be in early education, special education, social work, occupational therapy, speech pathology and audiology. Though 30,000 positions will be ...

The word ‘cusp’ (a point) was borrowed from Latin in the 16th century, and has largely remained a specialised term. In various sciences, it refers to the point where curved lines meet, for example, the end of a spear-shaped leaf, the ...

We’re not soft enough. That is, when it comes to our skills. That’s the conclusion of a report by Deloitte Access Economics, commissioned by DeakinCo, a workforce professional development provider. The report, Soft Skills for Business Success, found that demand ...