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Implementing personalised learning is easier than you think
The idea of implementing personalised learning at your institution may be a daunting one. When will you find the time to create the courses? How can you be sure content is linked to the correct learning objectives? Will personalisation and ...
More »Six ways universities can better protect themselves against cyberattacks
Universities across Australia are being targeted by cybercriminals more and more to gain access to private information. The recent attack on the Australian National University (ANU), which resulted in data and credential theft from the compromise of ANU’s network infrastructure, ...
More »Foreign interference guidelines: What do they cover?
Universities have agreed to take on greater responsibilities to safeguard against foreign interference through new guidelines developed with government. Among the prompts laid out in the guidelines were that universities support staff to be mindful of foreign interference risks when collaborating ...
More »‘We will be fighting hard’: outrage as UWA axes publishing house after 85 years
Academics, authors, alumni and the book-loving public are in a state of shock after the University of Western Australia yesterday announced it would close its publishing house after 85 years. The decision, circulated in a memo by Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global ...
More »Postgraduate program launched to address new maths requirements
Notre Dame University has announced a postgraduate program to retrain teachers in mathematics after it was announced the NSW government will make maths a compulsory subject in years 11 and 12 and prospective primary school teachers will need to achieve ...
More »MIT students call for professor’s sacking over Epstein affiliation
MIT students are pushing their university to fire a professor who has ties with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Professor of mechanical engineering Seth Lloyd met with Epstein – a billionaire financier who was jailed in 2008 for soliciting ...
More »How better leadership comms drives change management in higher education
Higher education is in the midst of a revolution. Mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances and digital transformations are dramatically reshaping the industry. It’s a time of almost unprecedented change. In the US, the number of higher education mergers and acquisitions has ...
More »Avatars equip Murdoch uni students with a taste of real classroom challenges
Preparing teachers for dealing with challenging students is one of the most important aspects of a teaching degree, but until now many courses took a more theoretical approach to the issue or relied on the exposure preservice teachers would receive ...
More »Student journalists pepper-sprayed by police during Melbourne protest
Two University of Melbourne students were pepper sprayed by Victorian police while reporting on protests at the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) yesterday. Three-hundred climate activists attempted to blockade the event on the third consecutive day of protests in ...
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