Monash University researchers will collaborate with Fiji National University (FNU) as part of a research venture to address the effects of climate change in the Pacific. The Pacific Action for Climate Transitions (PACT) online research centre, launched Friday, will be based ...
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The digital disruption facing higher education: opinion
The new reality is upon us – whether we like it or not. AI cheat ware and HE streaming are new challenges that we need to face head-on. There is no need for panic – just a sensible approach to ...
More »Academics taken hostage in Papua New Guinea
An anthropology professor and his colleagues have been taken hostage by an armed group in Papua New Guinea. PNG’s Prime Minister, James Marape, told reporters on Monday his government has been in contact with the kidnappers, with missionaries living in the ...
More »Strictly speaking | Munted
Most English words have a history which can be traced back through centuries and even millennia. So those which the dictionary notes as “origin unknown” are a challenge –especially colloquial words like munted, which seems to pop up in New Zealand out ...
More »Academic journals caught in smokescreen
Publishers of globally respected academic journals are investigating the publication of papers linked to a foundation solely funded by one of the world’s biggest tobacco companies. At least three major academic publishers are reviewing how articles linked to the Foundation ...
More »Tens of thousands of Chinese students to return to Australia
Australian Universities are bracing for the return of tens of thousands of Chinese students to campus after the government announced an online study ban last week. On Sunday, the Chinese government announced an online learning ban for students enrolled in ...
More »Flinders develops Australia’s first PHD-MBA program
Flinders University has unveiled a new PhD-MBA program to start in 2023 for postgraduate candidates who wish to nurture their career opportunities. Said to be the first of its kind in Australia, the program will enable students to gain skills ...
More »Meet the experts tasked to lead Australia’s higher education overhaul
A former NSW chief scientist, an international banking heavyweight and one of the nation’s leading Indigenous rights academics will lead the most significant review of Australia’s higher education system in over a decade. Education minister Jason Clare announced key details ...
More »How does a modern university seek purpose? opinion
Traditionally, competition between universities around the world has been based on history and achievements measured by conventional metrics. When Oxford and Cambridge and Harvard and Stanford dominate the top places again in the Times Higher Education (THE) World Rankings, it illustrates the ...
More »Give PhDs the space to succeed: opinion
Doctoral students are a lifeblood of Australia’s universities, estimated at contributing some two-thirds of research output. Recent years have seen a global growth in the number of students enrolling into PhD programs, but this growth has been accompanied by a ...
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