Research presented to a symposium at the University of Canberra has revealed that rural centres tend to ignore sexual harassment or blame the victims. The study reveals that a large majority of employers and employees in rural and remote Australia ...
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Some promise after year of change
There was debate over national standards and teacher numbers this year but thankfully attention moved to better outcomes for students. Another academic year, school and calendar year draws to a close. Down south we are blessed by the double impact ...
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The University of Ballarat has announced that it will offer its first online qualification next year. The new program, Graduate Certificate in Tourism Futures, will be delivered by the university's business school. "The university is well-known for its first-rate, face-to-face ...
More »Edinburgh’s free course is out of this world
The latest course to be offered by the University of Edinburgh is a little out of this world Charles Cockell, a professor of astrobiology, is set to teach a free online course called Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life ...
More »Networking supports legal education
The new Law Associate Deans Network is moving to adapt the curriculum and teaching to meet modern needs. By Kate Galloway. In the nearly 10 years since Johnstone and Vignaendra (2003) published their report on learning outcomes and curriculum development ...
More »Holding universities to account
The new standards framework may make student charters an important means to protect an individual’s rights to quality higher education. By Lenore Cooper. Student charters have been widely adopted by Australian universities as a mechanism for setting out the mutual ...
More »All jobs on the line at ANU’s music school
Music staff at the Australian National University will have to reapply for their jobs after it was announced that the existing bachelor of music course will be radically restructured to make it more relevant to graduates. All 32 positions in ...
More »Digging into a carbon career
A carbon management course developed in 2010 for the waste management industry has been successfully adapted as a VET program for schools. The Certificate III in Carbon Management was developed by Sandhurst Catholic Education Office (CEO), north of Melbourne, in ...
More »Media firm wants to provide higher education
Concerns have been raised in the UK over fair access to internships after the publisher of The Guardian became the latest firm to express an interest in providing higher education. Guardian News and Media confirmed that it has spoken to several ...
More »Being TEQSA ready – Curriculum reform in the age of Google
With so much information available online, and changing workplace needs, universities need to take this opportunity to examine what and how they teach writes Roger Hadgraft. The first two articles in this series focused on risk management issues and the ...
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