The latest Quacquarelli Symonds QS World University Rankings bodes well for Australia’s university sector, with all four of the country's highest-ranked universities improving their rankings and the Australian National University breaking back into the top 30 globally (27th). Most Australian ...
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Overcoming the challenges of a male-dominated trade to become a teacher to the industry’s next generation: opinion
I've found in locksmithing you have to navigate people and very different situations. It could be a domestic violence situation, where a woman might feel more comfortable with another female doing their locks for them. Being able to address sensitive ...
More »Rethinking university traditions, practices and beliefs during a time of upheaval – podcast
CampusReview · Rethinking university traditions and practices during a time of upheaval - Podcast The COVID-19 pandemic tore a hole in the Australian university sector, highlighting just how dependent many of our institutions have become on international student revenue. Now, ...
More »The Evolution of the Physical Campus in a new Era of Hybrid Learning and Working
The transition to distance learning and remote teaching has accelerated rapidly in the education sector during the pandemic. With the closures of campuses, universities had to find virtual workarounds for students, not just to deliver curriculum content and learning materials, ...
More »Gender gap persists in earnings, HECS-HELP debts and study areas: new report
New research has concluded that university-educated females in Australia have accrued a bigger HECS-HELP debt and also earn less than their male counterparts. The findings appear in Futurity Investment Group’s Impact of University Debt Report, which surveyed more than 1000 ...
More »Space capsule containing asteroid sample lands in Aussie outback
Space experts and novices alike held their breath as a capsule full of space rocks fell to the South Australian outback, after a journey of more than 5 billion kilometres. The 4.5-billion-year-old rock samples taken from an asteroid some 11.76 ...
More »How many students will we see next year? HEDx podcast – Episode 13
CampusReview · How Many Students Will We See Next Year? HEDx Podcast - Episode 13 This week's podcast sees Karl and Martin of HEDx discussing the importance of data analytics and finding ways of monitoring and forecasting market changes. John ...
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A new report from Western Union Business Solutions following the COVID-19 disruption highlights how universities can evolve their approach to better meet the needs of a new generation of students, writes Hayden Scown With travel off the cards for the ...
More »The mundane menace to universities that must not be ignored: opinion
Universities must view risk at a higher level to understand, prioritise and then manage those risks that can result in the biggest losses to the university.
More »Do Australian students have a ‘problem’ with writing?
A decade’s worth of NAPLAN data and a sweeping review of how writing will be taught in NSW has suggested – strongly in the media – that Australian students’ writing skills are in a sad state of decline. In a ...
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