You may not think it, but soft skills such as intuition and creativity are as important for data scientists as technical skills. In this information age, organisations today have unprecedented volumes of data at their fingertips, providing incredible opportunities for ...

The centrality of creativity and the arts to learning and the future of the workforce is the focus of a new centre launched this week at the University of Sydney by award-wining playwright Wesley Enoch, and attended by roughly 100 ...

Would you steer a Year 6, 7 or 8 student away from 'soft' subjects like art and music to harder ones like maths and English? Intuitively, it seems that 'fluffier' subjects allow for fun and creativity alone. A new study, however, shows ...

You don't necessarily expect to hear Nietzsche quoted at a vocational education and training conference, but No Frills surprised attendees. Held in Sydney on 15–17 August, the NCVER's annual 'do was given a philosophical bent by keynote speaker Dr Lene ...

Lecturers who do as they’re told - dutifully aligning their delivery, learning activities and assessment with stated learning outcomes - unwittingly stifle student imagination. The intention is good. Learning outcomes are the capabilities or skills that a student is expected ...

Think of a famous sculpture. Are you picturing Michelangelo’s David or Rodin's The Thinker? Or perhaps you’re more of a modernist, and you’re imagining Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog or Maman by Louise Bourgeois. For art students, however, Alex Martinis Roe’s To Become ...