teaching
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Industry & Research
Applications to ITE increase due to new incentives
Student teacher enrolments are bouncing back nationally after they dipped during the Covid-19 pandemic, fuelling positivity that the pipeline of…
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News
Online learning could be harming quality of graduates
Employers’ doubts about online learning in universities have hardened, with more saying they are not satisfied with the performance of…
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Faculty Focus
More male teachers are needed, but not for reasons you might think
It's commonly known that teaching is a feminised profession, particularly in the primary years. In fact, a University of Tasmania…
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Faculty Focus
Keeping the best teachers: disrupting pathways and busting myths
Almost half of teaching graduates leave the workforce within five years of entering it. The push factors are complex, often context-specific…
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On Campus
Professor’s first student-less lecture ignites debate over modern teaching practices
Friday, 9am. Then five past the hour. The clock crept on. Still, the students had not arrived. Beginning to wonder…
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Commentary
The LANTITE: holding our degrees hostage
Imagine you are at least halfway through your degree (93 per cent for me) and your university decides to spring…
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News
Education sector to see oversupply of jobs, starting to ‘get some teeth’
Population growth and workforce turnover will see an education sector with too many jobs and not enough graduates. That’s according…
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News
Australian HE sector in rude health but staff/student ratio needs work: QS ranking
The view the world’s academics hold of Australian higher education and an influx of international students has led the sector…
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Faculty Focus
Strengthening professional learning in schools through university collaboration
Teachers could be forgiven for approaching professional learning with a degree of ambivalence. With unrelenting administrative tasks, classroom teaching, preparation…
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Commentary
What does effective professional learning for teachers look like?
Parents routinely roll their eyes any time a school announces a student-free professional learning day for its teachers. Many parents…
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News
Teaching, humanities students feel most unprepared for labour market: survey
Few education, science and humanities students expect to have a job immediately after graduating and they’re less likely than those…
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News
A more deliberate approach to boosting VET teacher capability needed: thesis
Examples of good teaching in the VET sector are largely borne out of personal commitment, rather than systematic professional development.…
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Industry & Research
Start up, start now: What is the best way to teach entrepreneurship?
'Just do it’ has been a mantra for entrepreneurs for decades. However, the question remains as to whether or not…
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News
On the move – March
NAVITAS names new cfo Education provider Navitas has announced the appointment of Philip Mirams to the position of chief financial…
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News
On the move December
UTAS NAMES NEW VC Ethicist, educator and strategic consultant Professor Rufus Black has been appointed vice-chancellor and president at the…
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Commentary
Modernise coursework to suit the modern student
The way we work is being reshaped, redefined and reimagined with the continual emergence of new technologies. Organisations are adopting…
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Industry & Research
Teens prefer print over e-books: study
New research shows teenagers still enjoy the age-old practice of sitting down and reading a hard-copy book. The preliminary findings of…
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Commentary
Giving back to the community and building new campuses: CQUniversity’s agenda
At Central Queensland University (CQUniversity), it’s been a big year for opening and developing new sites to grant ever-expanding access.…
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News
Australia’s tertiary-education cohort tops 2 million
One in five Australians aged 15 to 64, or 3 million people, are enrolled in formal study, figures from the…
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News
Teen tech whiz says career advice should focus on aspirations, not jobs
Taj Pabari is a 17-year-old high school student attending Brisbane’s John Paul College who has absolutely no aspiration to study…
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News
UC’s best arts and design grads showcase their finest works
The University of Canberra hosted its annual Faculty of Arts and Design Graduate Showcase on Friday 18 November 2016. This…
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Commentary
Success means access: how UNE is guiding a diverse cohort to graduation
The lives of non-traditional students underscore the societal benefits, and necessity, of open pathways to higher education. Who succeeds in…
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News
Torrens offers grad certificate in teaching children with autism
Mick Grimley is the dean of education at Torrens University, which has recently introduced a graduate certificate in education (autism),…
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News
Aussies will need hard tech and soft skills by 2030: report
A report commissioned by the National Broadband Network (NBN) and the Regional Australia Institute has argued half of Australians will…
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News
We need humanities students, business leaders say
Business leaders told a forum that industry still needs humanities graduates. Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott said many…
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