The novel coronavirus outbreak has created chaos in all aspects of our conventional life. Though this is primarily a health crisis, it has severely affected all forms of businesses worldwide. Unemployment rates have been rising steeply, and it has created ...
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Strictly speaking | Infocalypse
This obscure and tongue-challenging word captures what some regard as the most destructive threat to 21st century society. It’s not COVID-19 but the information apocalypse, with fake news and falsified facts flooding through social media, fostering overcredulity in some people ...
More »Putting collaboration on the map: using interdisciplinary research to battle timely global issues
Perhaps no topic in recent history has garnered as much public and academic attention as COVID-19. News of this pandemic has saturated the international airwaves since it was first reported in late 2019. In its wake, life has ground to ...
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 »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 »Let’s not forget quality in our rush to deliver classes online, at scale: Opinion
Recent examinations regarding COVID-19’s impact on the higher-education sector do nothing to support the most honest of educators and teachers who seek to support students fairly and innovatively. This is not a question of resourcing, or institutional strategy; rather a ...
More »Year 12s, this is still your year: advice from a VC
Think you’ve got it tough sitting at home watching the news, rationing toilet paper and worrying about the future? Try being a current Queensland year 12 student. If you are one of the state’s 50,000+ year 12 students, you must ...
More »Time to put the ‘Woke Oxbridge’ to sleep? Opinion
You can always tell an Oxbridge graduate. How? They tell us, of course. This is not a mere ancient educational establishment. It may be the 21st century, but Oxbridge is still considered a class bastion of white, privately educated, wealthy ...
More »Australian university students call for ‘pass’ or ‘fail’ grading changes
Students at two of Australia’s highest-ranking universities are urging their peers to sign a petition to change the grading system this semester to either a ‘pass’ or ‘fail’. As universities across Australia and the world turn to online learning amid ...
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