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Podcasts
HEDx Podcast: How can public universities innovate? – Episode 143
University of Wollongong interim vice-chancellor John Dewar hosted a panel of public university leaders at the HEDx conference in Brisbane…
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News
“Not even more students would fix this”: Three unis cut staff, pay to face money challenges
Three Australian universities have announced they will have to slash jobs and pay after reviewing yearly finances, with one even…
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Top Stories
JCU finds more underpaid staff
James Cook University (JCU) has launched a review into its payroll system amid concerns thousands of staff have been underpaid. …
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News
JCU professor allegedly threatens staff member to meet targets
A senior female worker alleges a leading professor at James Cook University (JCU) said he would “spear her” if she…
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Top Stories
From student to chancellor: JCU appoints Indigenous leader to top position
James Cook University has elected its first Indigenous female chancellor who aims to solidify the North Queensland-based university as a…
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Industry & Research
How JCU improved student engagement with online learning materials – podcast
When the pandemic hit Australian university campuses in March 2020, institutions were scrambling to transition to online learning. However, as…
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News
Former JCU academic Peter Ridd loses High Court case, but academic freedom gets a win
The High Court has upheld the sacking of controversial academic Dr Peter Ridd by James Cook University, putting an end…
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Commentary
Finding the best of times in the worst of times – opinion
The scenario for universities in 2013 appeared uncertain. Foreshadowed budget cuts to higher education suggested the worst of times may…
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Industry & Research
HEDx Podcast – The best of times, the worst of times – Episode 35
Sandra Harding, as Australia's current longest serving VC of a single Australian university at JCU in Townsville, joins the HEDx…
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News
Ridd gets green light to fight dismissal case in High Court
The High Court will hear former James Cook University professor Peter Ridd's unfair dismissal case. In a message sent yesterday…
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Industry & Research
Research refutes belief that ADHD is just bad behaviour
Evidence shows that ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disability and its symptoms shouldn’t be simply put down as bad behaviour. That’s…
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Industry & Research
Regulators must serve interests of both agriculture and environment: Podcast
A new study led by Dr Jon Brodie from the ARC Centre for Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James…
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News
This week’s big issue | Ridd prepares for JCU appeal
Former James Cook University academic and world-renowned expert in marine physics Professor Peter Ridd has started a GoFundMe page to…
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News
Should Australians need a licence to parent?
Parental licensing has long been mulled over by academic philosophers and political scientists, but a social work researcher says the…
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News
PhD student sues James Cook for $3m over damage to career and sex drive
Alleging James Cook University is in a “conspiracy” to ruin his career, a PhD Philosophy student is suing the university…
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Funding
IRU says current funding model stifles innovation, calls for greater research autonomy
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group wants universities to have more say in how they spend their funding dollars. They say that…
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Commentary
Postgraduate study unlocks professional advancement: opinion
Job opportunities for nurses are growing faster than the workforce as a whole, and nurses with postgraduate qualifications will reap…
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News
Nursing shortage forecast to raise incomes for those with post-grad qualifications
Nurses may be able to double their income by taking on further study, with workforce shortages predicted for the near future.…
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Commentary
Australia’s day after: have universities lost sight of their core mission?
How are we preparing graduates for these times and the next? How are we preparing our polity, our economy, our…
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Industry & Research
Passing the blood test
The US navy is bankrolling an Australian scientist’s research to slow hemorrhaging and buy time for emergency response teams. An…
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Vaccine could reduce risk from cats
Cairns molecular biologist Dr Rob Walker is working with an international research team to develop a vaccine to prevent cats…
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