Informal words for other people we don’t identify with come and go, but wonk is unusual in having recently resurfaced after several previous appearances in Australia with different meanings each time. It’s recorded from the 1930s as a derogatory word ...

Incivility is "almost a standard component” of the dean’s role in universities – and the issue is getting worse. That was one of the key findings to come from interviews with 20 faculty deans across eight universities. The study, by La ...

It’s hard to imagine that Covid-19 has had any benefits, but one that is sometimes suggested is the potential healing effect on the natural world of human withdrawal from it. Scientists have given a name to this pandemic-induced slowing of ...

Training, applied and practised methodically, can and does make a significant contribution to the effective corporate structure. In difficult times like those thrown up by the pandemic, the main areas of focus should be in response to the question: “Is ...

CampusReview · HEDx Podcast - Do employers care where your degree is from? Episode 19 In this week's HEDx podcast, Karl and Martin are joined by Lloyd Lazaro of The Executive Chair. They explore how search consultants are seeing how leaders are selected ...

Dai gou pronounced “die go” means “surrogate shopping” in Chinese. It refers to an informal kind of supply chain by which trusted individuals buy and/or transport quantities of selected goods to resell in China or elsewhere, and avoid commercial taxes ...

From the outset, well-known and respected academic Professor Marcia Devlin draws attention in a recent article to a subject that appears to be languishing in academia. Released this month in Academic Letters, Devlin quickly establishes some disappointing statistics relating to ...

New figures released by Universities Australia show 17,300 jobs were lost in the university market in 2020 along with an estimated $1.8 billion in revenue compared to 2019. UA CEO Catriona Jackson said the operating revenue of Australian universities dropped ...

Acronyms are handy expressions for those who know what they stand for, and impossible for those who don’t. Exco encountered in a brief news report gives little away. Could it be a shortened form of excon (-vict/-fidence man)? Try making ...

The peak body representing independent providers in the higher education, vocational education, training and skills sector, the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), has welcomed the government’s $4 billion injection amid a massive decline in commencements in the June 2020 ...