The just announced Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA) funding package has been widely welcomed as an extra injection of $2.2b Australian Government funding into support for enhanced ‘translation and commercialisation’ of university research. The initiative is explained in a co-released “University Research ...
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How the Metaverse will re-energise the world of education
Facebook’s recent rebrand to Meta is a pretty clear signal that the Metaverse will soon be a serious business proposition. And with its imminent expansion comes opportunities limited only by our imagination. But what is the Metaverse? Put simply, the ...
More »The goals of a university: engagement challenges for Australian higher education – opinion
The reality of university life is that it is complex and diverse. Universities are often huge institutions which impact massively on social and economic life. They are far beyond being places where scholars simply search for truth and knowledge and ...
More »How can we address men’s domination of the science Nobel Prize?
Previous Nobel Prize winners, including Albert Einstein and Hermann Muller, are acknowledged for making some of the most historic contributions in their respective scientific fields, be that physics, chemistry, medicine and physiology. There have been female Nobel winners too, such ...
More »New EY report predicts ‘the death of the campus’ and a sector that must adapt quickly
A number of serious predictions about Australia’s higher education sector have just been released in a report by EY, formerly Ernst and Young. The report – titled The peak of higher education – a new world for the university of ...
More »Turnbull, Rudd and the ‘problem’ with the China-Australia relationship
It’s unequivocally our most important yet problematic relationship we share with another country. And on Wednesday, former Australian prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull recommended the coalition government dampen the domestic political rhetoric against China that has been building ...
More »Thoughts regarding moon formation, dinosaur extinction hypotheses, ‘string theory’ (quantum physics), multiverse (cosmology): opinion
Can the theory, postulate or supposition that the asteroid/comet/bolide collision be classified as a scientific hypothesis?
More »Australian Manual of Style goes online
Can infinitives be split?a When do you use a pie graph?b Can ‘Earth’ be preceded by ‘the’?c What order should adjectives appear in?d All these questions of writing style and presentation – as well as up-to-date, research-based advice ...
More »Scholars explain three of academia’s most misunderstood fields
Apart from disciplines like law, medicine and education, others can provoke bemused looks among the public and “dismissive frowns” from academics in other departments. In this special piece from Times Higher Education (THE), several academics demystify their fields and explain ...
More »Notre Dame pursues reconciliation through education
With Reconciliation Week upon us, the University of Notre Dame has highlighted how education helps to make reconciliation “more of an action” and “not a word”. “Words don’t mean much unless they are followed up by serious commitment and actions ...
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