CampusReview · Episode 9: Resetting strategy in Australia’s higher education sector: HEDx Podcast Campus Review is pleased to be bringing you the first of many weekly podcast episodes and exclusive opinion pieces in partnership with HEDx, a thought leadership and ...
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Sign of the times
A new report from Western Union Business Solutions following the COVID-19 disruption highlights how universities can evolve their approach to better meet the needs of a new generation of students, writes Hayden Scown With travel off the cards for the ...
More »‘Death by a thousand cuts’ creates fears our arts and entertainment industry is flatlining
Teachers are concerned the future of Australia’s arts and entertainment industry looks bleak as theatre courses are cut across the country. Triggered by staff redundancies and course cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic, two well-regarded theatre and drama degrees have ...
More »Academic leadership for a time of change
The higher education sector is going through significant changes. Universities are facing financial losses and shifts in their teaching and research funding. The changes are so significant that some in the sector suggest that the purpose of higher education needs ...
More »NTEU to take ‘wage theft’ case to the federal court
Another wage scandal has rocked the higher education sector, with the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) beginning proceedings against private higher education provider JMC Academy in the federal court. The NTEU is alleging that the academy’s “employment practices for its ...
More »COVID CORPUS promises to bring best minds together and ‘avoid duplication’
A new inter-disciplinary database will enable researchers across the world to keep abreast of COVID’s latest developments, while also allowing them to contact lead investigators in their fields and seek resources and funding. Created by University of Birmingham experts in ...
More »Arts degree was ‘probably the best thing that ever happened’ to me: reforms may turn Indigenous Australians off university
The government’s contentious job-ready graduate reforms are likely to disadvantage Indigenous students, a Wiradjuri man said last week. According to recent data, social science degrees (which are considered humanities courses and will attract the fee hikes of 113 per cent ...
More »Do Australian students have a ‘problem’ with writing?
A decade’s worth of NAPLAN data and a sweeping review of how writing will be taught in NSW has suggested – strongly in the media – that Australian students’ writing skills are in a sad state of decline. In a ...
More »Report finds e-cigarettes are ‘a gateway’ for non-smokers and ineffective for quitting
Research conducted by both the Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Melbourne has concluded that using e-cigarettes triples the chances of a non-smoker taking up conventional smoking. The report, which was submitted to the government, also found “insufficient” ...
More »Delivering quality feedback to students and staff with remote learning and skeleton staff
Recent research led by Monash University underscores the importance of assessment feedback, as well as revealing that both academic staff and students need to improve. Limited time, large class sizes, declining student motivation and subpar staff feedback sills were identified in ...
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