The public discourse around leadership, empathy and communication style has elevated in recent weeks in political and corporate contexts. Empathy trainers must be having a field day. We are witnessing restated calls for how to be, how to lead and ...
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Ivy League colleges experience post-pandemic surge in applications, rejections
Applications for some of America’s most prestigious universities have rebounded strongly as the country’s post-COVID recovery gains momentum, but the number of rejections has also spiked considerably. Harvard University – the most selective of all Ivy League colleges – received ...
More »Monash moves closer to opening its postgraduate campus in Indonesia
Monash University is a step closer to opening its campus in Jakarta, Indonesia, with a formal agreement now in place to develop institutional and research ties between the two countries. The university signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indonesia's ministry ...
More »Online proctoring – the smart future of assessment
Higher education providers around the globe are re-examining the way they conduct student assessments. Smart universities are looking to online proctoring as part of their efforts to futureproof their programs. Both the impact of COVID-19 on higher education institutions and ...
More »ANU expert witness voices disappointment over Kathleen Folbigg appeal outcome
An expert witness who gave evidence during the 2019 judicial inquiry into the convictions of Kathleen Folbigg has voiced her disappointment at the NSW Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold the 2019 findings. Australian National University Professor Carola Vinuesa, department head ...
More »Reflections on The Conversation’s 10th anniversary: The story of how it came about
Ten years ago this month (March 25) The Conversation launched to a bemused and sceptical audience. Countless people said beforehand: “So you want to get academics to write to deadlines?? Forget it. It won’t work. They can’t even write.” I ignored ...
More »The student voice has spoken: and our response is…
The conversations about higher education were never more listened to, or diverse. But what do we hear, what sense do we make of it, and how do we respond? What I heard most clearly last week was the student voice. ...
More »Remembering and celebrating the life of Tracey Bretag
It was something of a bittersweet moment when Professor Tracey Bretag from The University of South Australia (UniSA) was posthumously given the career achievement award in the Australian Teaching University Awards for 2021. Bretag, who died in October last year ...
More »Bystander effect could help explain why a dead body was ignored for days
A psychology theory known as the “bystander effect” might explain how an elderly man slumped dead in his car outside a busy Perth supermarket went unnoticed for four days. The man’s body was found in a four-wheel drive outside Herdsman ...
More »Time for a wholesale change of strategy: Have we been here before? opinion
How will university strategy be impacted by the pandemic? And what are the most important long-term drivers of change ahead? Local business links or global digital disruption? These are two of the biggest questions facing our sector as the cycle ...
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