Shortly after treasurer Scott Morrison delivered the 2017 Federal Budget, Campus Review interviewed James Cook University vice-chancellor professor Sandra Harding via email to receive her thoughts. CR: How do you think the changes to funding for higher education will impact ...
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USC VC laments Budget’s efficiency dividend, pleased with loan for new Moreton Bay campus
Professor Greg Hill is the vice-chancellor of the University of the Sunshine Coast. USC has experienced some pain and some gain from the 2017 Federal Budget. Like other VCs, Hill lamented another cut to funding, known in the Federal Government's ...
More »Government should invest in a uni framework to reward and encourage entrepreneurial spirit: Bond VC
It is that time of the year. Yes, it is Budget time. The time of the year when our elected representatives think we all sit around the wireless in front of the log fire listening to the short-wave signal from ...
More »Profile: UTAS’s Lachlan Dick hauling his soil smarts to the City of Angels
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Lachlan Dick is an undergrad at the University of Tasmania about to embark on a scientific adventure ...
More »2017 Federal Budget blog – everything you need to know in one place
This is Campus Review's 2017 Federal Budget blog. It is best read up from the bottom of the page. Email the news editor with your thoughts. For our final entry today – Wednesday 10 May 2017 – we return to ...
More »Profile: Maryjane Pulham overcomes adversity to graduate and promote Indigenous cultures
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Maryjane Pulham recently graduated from University of Waikato, in Hamilton on New Zealand's North Island. She made the ...
More »UC team recommends aerobic and strength training for maintaining mental health
A University of Canberra research team has concluded that both cardio and strength training in older people can have positive effects on their cognitive abilities. Lead author Joe Northey, from UC’s Research Institute for Sport and Exercise, said the evidence is ...
More »Unis to release institutional sexual assault prevalence data
All 39 Universities Australia members will publicly release their institutional data relating to prevalence of on campus sexual assault and harassment. The announcement, made by UA late yesterday, follows concern voiced by students that unless the data collected by the ...
More »Uni sexual violence report ‘will include recommendations’: AHRC
The Australian Human Rights Commission has sought to clear the air after it was accused of betraying the 39,000 students who participated in its survey on sexual violence at Australian universities. As reported by Fairfax Media, prominent social commentator and ...
More »‘Abolish loan fee’: private higher education lobby renews call
The Council of Private Higher Education has lobbied Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to cut the 25 per cent loan fee imposed on students who enrol in these institutions, painting the issue as a matter of equity. In his letter, COPHE ...
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