Professor KC Chua is President of Singapore Institute of Technology where he leads a differentiated institution of applied learning. In a system with two top 50 comprehensive research universities SIT pursues a different mission focused on skills, jobs and the ...
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More than 2700 current and former casuals at the University of Technology Sydney will receive over $4.4m after the university found proof of underpayment in its payroll over the last seven years. The university, which self-reported the underpayment in May ...
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The Australian Universities Accord consultation process called for big ideas into its submissions. It invited diverse thinking from within the sector in Australia and globally. It also invited radical thinking and ideas from other sectors. The volume and diversity of ...
More »University week of action: major unis to strike
Staff from multiple universities will stage major strikes this week over rising frustrations around wage theft, heavy workloads and workforce casualisation. On Wednesday, staff from the University of Melbourne, Monash University and Deakin University will walk off their jobs with ...
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Australian universities have ranked among the top world's best business schools, with nine institutions named top-tier for their MBA programs. US-based CEO Magazine published its annual Global MBA Rankings, drawing data from schools 121 schools across the US, Europe, Asia, Latin America, ...
More »HEDxPodcast: What will a new educational institution look like? – Episode 69
Professor Sanjay Sarma reflects on his experience as Vice President of Online Learning at MIT with empathy for students developed in his own time as an IIT student in India. He describes the background to and ideas in a landmark MIT white paper for ...
More »Victoria Uni makes big push to return to surplus after $73.2m deficit in 2022
Victoria University has warned its staff that all parts of the institution will come under scrutiny in an effort to return its results to surplus after lower student numbers, across both its higher education and TAFE arms, cut its revenue ...
More »Two key university groups back disclosure of commissions to education agents
Two key university groups have backed full disclosure of commissions paid to education agents who recruit international students, as concerns rise at dodgy practices in the industry as students return after the pandemic. Both the Group of Eight, representing the ...
More »A manifesto to change higher education for good: opinion
This op-ed summarises a HEDx submission to the Universities Accord. It advocates a manifesto for change to allow: Universal access for every individual with potential to benefit, and participants to be confident they can gain good outcomes, from postsecondary participation,Integrated ...
More »Universities struggling to place student teachers
Better partnerships between universities and schools will be needed to strengthen Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and ensure future teachers stay on the job long-term. According to Australian Catholic University's Dean of Education Professor Mary Ryan, one of the major issues ...
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