The Teaching Teams trial promises teacher education students and their supervisors a new approach to self-reflection and assessment. With the current push for new teachers who are ‘classroom ready’, it’s no wonder our teacher education students, teachers and schools are ...
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A philosopher’s post-Barnaby guide to apologies
Before #Barnabye, there were two apologies from the man himself. In the first one, delivered in mid-February after his affair went public, Barnaby Joyce took "full responsibility" for the dissolution of his marriage. "I'd like to say to Natalie how deeply ...
More »‘Diet genes’ not a thing: Stanford University
In 2007 (not 1986, as the cover would have you believe), Pamela McDonald and Wayne Dyer's book, The Gene Diet, was first published. Despite its sensational-sounding subtitle – Use Your Body's Own APO E Gene to Treat High Cholesterol, Weight Problems, ...
More »Student housing: the bad, the worse, and the roach-infested
While the silly season burst forth in late November last year, the National Union of Students (NUS) quietly released some sobering findings. Roughly half of students are struggling to pay rent, and over a third are living in poor conditions. ...
More »China continues ascent of university rankings
Though Singapore remains in the lead, China is clearly the star of this year's Asia University Rankings. The world superpower claims almost one in every five places in the over 359-strong list, published by Times Higher Education. In first place ...
More »The uneconomic case for fine arts departments
Think of a famous sculpture. Are you picturing Michelangelo’s David or Rodin's The Thinker? Or perhaps you’re more of a modernist, and you’re imagining Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog or Maman by Louise Bourgeois. For art students, however, Alex Martinis Roe’s To Become ...
More »Fight to save habitat trees at UNE
Students and staff at the University of New England have reacted strongly against the decision to remove 78 native trees from the campus, and are calling for the demolition to cease immediately. Contractors began removing the first of the trees on ...
More »Universities collectively outraged by MYEFO
What does it take to get higher education cuts through parliament? The government thinks its latest measures – released as part of their Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) – might do it. But universities aren't so sure. A summary of ...
More »The pushback against overseas students
International education is facing an uncertain future. In unprecedented ways, study destination nations around the globe are addressing the community impact of tuition-fee-paying international students. Whether it be Theresa May’s policy of counting all overseas students as migrants, Donald Trump ...
More »Australia’s oldest university college, version 2.0?
The oldest university college in Australia is also one consistently rocked by scandal. St Paul's at USYD, a 200 resident, 'liberal Anglican' all-male establishment suffered its latest public indignity in May this year, when the following post appeared on a ‘St ...
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