International education has the power to alter history and sway governments – but only if you do it the right way, says one of the world’s leading international relations theorists. Harvard professor Joseph Nye was in Sydney last month to launch ...
More »Guiding good practice for virtuous compliance
Under the theme Being TEQSA Ready in preparation for monitoring and enforcement of the new Higher Education Standards Framework, previous articles in this series have focused on risk management, the challenges of harmonising multiple layers of regulation and the need ...
More »Too many doctors at law schools
A PhD is fine for arts and science lecturers but law students need to be taught by experienced practitioners, as well as academics, writes Lee Stuesser. The great American judge Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “The life of the law has ...
More »Call for more university teaching on ageing
With the greying population, universities are finding they need to adapt their nursing and medical courses. Whether you are a nursing, medical or paramedic student at the University of Tasmania, you can’t complete your studies without taking Perspectives on Ageing, ...
More »What international students need from teachers
Course facts and figures from teachers are not enough for many foreign students, it’s that little bit of extra ‘life’ support that can really help, writes Arfa Noor. Friends and fellow students have often questioned my decision to start my ...
More »Business success in Asia ‘not tied’ to language skill
Australians need to address their language deficiency in order to improve their prospects for international business according to a leading academic. Professor Krishna Sen, president of the Australasian Council of C (DASSH) believes poor language skills, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, ...
More »Even Nobel Laureates get their papers rejected
Senior researchers from around the country will help junior colleagues at regional universities get a grip on research, as part of a year-long early career program. The Regional Universities Network (RUN), which is running the program, says it is the ...
More »Quality teaching not markets ‘should be’ VET focus
Governments are sending unclear and contradictory messages to teachers, a leading researcher tells John Mitchell. COAG decisions on VET funding arrangements are of secondary importance compared with the future quality of teaching across the sector. Funding arrangements are simply a ...
More »Great Wall of opportunity
In a letter from Guangzhou, Stuart Middleton asks why Australia and New Zealand don’t train more Chinese tradespeople. I have come up to China with a civic delegation from Auckland with all the trappings that go with that – banquets, ...
More »Feeding the knowledge economy
Throwing open the gates to thousands more university students is an historic moment in higher education, but as always, the devil is in the detail. Almost a century ago a breathless editorial in The Sydney Morning Herald reported that universities ...
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