Professor Martin Betts at a university open day. Photo: Supplied. The world has been waking up to a new set of numbers most days since March. In Australia, the numbers look quite different state to state. The feeling that “we ...
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Launching the good ship ‘opportunity’
Working in and around Australian universities in 2020 is certainly different! And most of the commentators are speculating that 2021 will be even tougher. Or will they be times of opportunity? And how do we ensure we give equal attention ...
More »Trump gives the green light for oil and gas drilling in Alaska: USYD experts react
Alaska’s pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge may be irrevocably damaged after the US Department of the Interior gained approval for gas and oil drilling in the area. Melissa Haswell is a Professor of Practice in Environmental Wellbeing in the Office ...
More »Lockdown lessons for the ‘Idle Scholar’
In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, I thought the global lockdown would be a chance for academics to kick back and to lie down and think of England. I was wrong. The lockdown, instead, has unleashed a torrent of ...
More »Interesting times demand new solutions
After years of technologists advocating for change, COVID-19 has arguably driven more involuntary change in the last six months in businesses and public sector organisations than we’ve seen in the previous ten years. And it’s no secret higher education has ...
More »On the move | April
ALWAYS SUNNY He’s exceptionally good at getting grants ($7.5m), publishing research papers (100+) and seeing candidates achieve higher degrees (4500 during his time as deputy dean of UQ’s Graduate School). USC Australia is lucky indeed to have Professor Stephan Riek ...
More »Suiting the part: school leaders’ wardrobes judged more than ever
school leaders admitted relying upon blazers as power-dressing mainstay, comparing them to a “suit of armour”, or even a means to mask femininity, which they fear may jeopardise their authority in a masculinist space.
More »Australia’s tertiary education system: Repair to the past or rebuild for the future?
One of the learnings from the extraordinary public health, social and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the depth and duration of which is yet to be fully experienced, is to clearly identify and deliberately find solutions to each ‘next highest ...
More »How do you rapidly transition to a digital campus?
The situation in which we find ourselves in is extraordinary. Across the world, political realignment, social unrest, and the current epidemic are pressing higher education leaders to look beyond traditional, campus-based teaching models in order to reach their students. Many ...
More »Let’s not forget quality in our rush to deliver classes online, at scale: Opinion
Recent examinations regarding COVID-19’s impact on the higher-education sector do nothing to support the most honest of educators and teachers who seek to support students fairly and innovatively. This is not a question of resourcing, or institutional strategy; rather a ...
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