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Gender equity in higher education: gaining access, winning respect and overcoming challenges
Constraints on acceptable leadership models and access to the more respected professional realms are among the enduring challenges for women in academia. In its inaugural edition of August 1991, Campus Review ran the following quotation from then-assistant registrar for appointments ...
More »VET turmoil is a Shakespearean drama of villains and tragic heroes
Recent history provides the ingredients for a racy tale about a sector with a tragic flaw. There is not much point in dwelling on past events for their own sake. My first qualification was an honours degree in history, and ...
More »Zero happiness: Indigenous teens down on life in survey
A new report from Mission Australia shows 10 per cent of Indigenous young men aged 15 to 19, and 5 per cent of Indigenous women of this age, rate their happiness as zero out of 10. Only 1 per cent ...
More »Culture of uni as king caused VET neglect: Barilaro
New South Wales skills minister John Barilaro has told a conference that declining VET enrolments and the sector's so-called 'middle child' status in education is “the price of, for decades, telling young kids to go to university”. Barilaro, speaking yesterday at ...
More »Victorian TAFEs ditching ‘dead-end’ courses
Training courses in Victoria that don't provide students with meaningful job prospects will be scrapped, as the state government overhauls its TAFE and vocational training system. The reforms will cut the number of government-funded courses from about 1500 to 1000. ...
More »Studies link mental illness to unemployment, narrow skill sets
Australia’s tendency “to make the unemployment experience as unpleasant as possible” could be heightening the risk of depression in those who don’t have a job, research suggests. The Australian National University’s Dr Laura Crowe, a clinical psychology doctoral student, found that ...
More »Study examines cannabis treatments for children with epilepsy
With nearly one-third of people with epilepsy having forms resistant to current medication, some people turn to medical cannabis, driven by hope based on anecdotal evidence that it will work. Researchers at the University of Sydney’s Lambert Initiative, in partnership with ...
More »Synergy in tough times: how UTAS is regenerating itself and the island state
The University of Tasmania and the state it serves have a powerful connection; revitalising higher education can be the key to a return to prosperity. At a time when regional campuses in Australia appear under threat, the news that the ...
More »Of ministers and money: the campaign is over so let implementation begin
With the federal election over, it’s time for action and implementation; that means the right ministry, and dollars to spend. The recent federal election and swearing in of a new ministry serve as a reminder to international education stakeholders that ...
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