The rigour vs relevance debate has raged in business schools since their inception. In the early days, most professors were retired or were very experienced executives whose role was to narrate war stories to students. Students found their education highly ...
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It’s time climate change was written on death certificates: Podcast
CampusReview · It's time climate change was written on death certificates: Podcast According to ANU experts, deaths from climate change have been “substantially under reported” in Australia’s national health records, and it's high time it's listed as a reason for ...
More »Suiting the part: school leaders’ wardrobes judged more than ever
school leaders admitted relying upon blazers as power-dressing mainstay, comparing them to a “suit of armour”, or even a means to mask femininity, which they fear may jeopardise their authority in a masculinist space.
More »Australia’s tertiary education system: Repair to the past or rebuild for the future?
One of the learnings from the extraordinary public health, social and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the depth and duration of which is yet to be fully experienced, is to clearly identify and deliberately find solutions to each ‘next highest ...
More »Fighting ageism with digital storytelling
Academics are drawing links between ageism in society and increased instances of elder abuse. To combat this, a collaboration between researchers from Swinburne University and Eastern Community Legal Centre has developed a slew of digital stories to help dispel myths ...
More »University of Adelaide VC under ICAC investigation
Rumours swelled following news that the University of Adelaide’s vice-chancellor took sudden and indefinite leave that it was due to the university’s finances – something the university denied – but today the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption uncharacteristically announced that VC ...
More »Questions over University of Adelaide’s surprise departures
The two top jobs at the University of Adelaide were upended this week after both the chancellor and vice-chancellor suddenly left their posts. On Monday, chancellor Kevin Scarce informed the university’s council that he would bring forward the end of ...
More »New report analyses student beliefs about freedom of speech
A new report released by the Knight Foundation and Gallup shows that US college students generally support free speech, but a more nuanced analysis highlights a divide based on ethnicity and gender, as well as the insidious effect social media ...
More »Crisis, survival and recovery in the tourism industry
Australia’s tourism, hospitality and events (THE) industries have been hit hard by the recent bushfires, followed by the COVID-19 emergency. In recent years, THE has been a major driver of jobs and economic growth, but the Tourism and Transport Forum ...
More »QS white paper examines the effect of COVID-19 on the global education sector
A white paper has been released that provides insights into how the global education sector has been impacted since COVID-19 spread throughout the world. Produced by Quacquarelli Symond (QS), the paper – entitled The Impact of The Coronavirus on Global ...
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