Three Australian universities placed in the top 100 of The World University Ranking 2022 by subject: arts and humanities, but the bigger story is how long-established science and engineering behemoths of the sector are also registering strongly in the arts ...
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USyd students oppose ‘austerity cuts’ in the arts and social sciences faculty
University of Sydney staff and students met with the dean of the university’s faculty of arts and social sciences (FASS) Professor Annamarie Jagose on Thursday to ask her questions and oppose a program titled “Future FASS”, but a spokesperson for ...
More »Centralised customer teams – the missing piece that will boost retention: opinion
The competition to enrol new students has continually pushed tertiary institutions to strengthen their future student teams – to listen and take a more consultative approach. With continual COVID disruptions, the competition has now got tougher. Indeed, high performing customer ...
More »On the move | June
LEGGAT GOES INTERNATIONALJCU professor Peter Leggat hits the international stage as he assumes the presidency of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM). Leggat is the first Australian to take on the top job. “We now have 1000’s of members ...
More »Three trends to boost student recruitment in Australia: Quacquarelli Symonds report
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) emphasises that the COVID-19 pandemic has “affected nearly every step of the student’s decision making journey” in its latest report. Given border closures, lockdowns and the ubiquity of online learning at universities, the prospective undergraduate of 2021 ...
More »What does it take to change higher education culture for good? Opinion
Leading an Australian university just got even more difficult. Minister Alan Tudge clarified in his UA conference speech what many feared. There is no new public funding for the sector. He restated that research needs to shift from being valued because ...
More »Accessing and Using Course Materials
Understanding the Challenges of Faculty and Students The accelerated shift to online learning has placed an additional burden on institutions and faculty to adapt course materials to the needs and preferences of students, while continuing to focus affordable learning and ...
More »On the move | April
OZ TO USMarc Parlange, an Australian provost and senior vice-president, has been appointed president of the University of Rhode Island. Parlange moved to Monash in June 2017 from Vancouver, Canada, where he was dean of the Faculty of Applied Science ...
More »Leading in troubled times – opinion
These are the most difficult times to be leading one of our Australian universities. Half of them have VCs who were appointed and commenced during times of turmoil. The other half had existing VCs already steering the ship when the ...
More »The Finnish perspective has arrived: PD sessions commence in Australia
He’s the author of Testing 1, 2,3: What Australian education can learn from Finland, and this month teacher, writer and tragic Midnight Oil fan Michael Lawrence joined lecturers from Finland's Tampere University of Applied Sciences via video link to take ...
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