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On the move: July

Building expert heads to Harvard The University of Melbourne’s Philip Goad has been chosen as the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard for the 2019–2020 academic year. The visiting professorship was established at Harvard in ...

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How confusion can aid learning

"I think a lot of people just assume confusion is absolutely a bad thing as a part of a learning process." "Huh?," one might reply to Associate Professor at the University of Queensland, Jason Lodge. Along with his colleagues at his ...

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In 2017, does the MBA still matter?

UQ may offer Australia's best MBA, but should people even bother doing one? or MBA programs worldwide, admissions have generally increased and become less selective. Then there's tepid corporate profits (ergo, fewer opportunities) combined with a rise in entrepreneurialism, in the context of ...

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UQ’s Clyde-Smith heads to UTAS

Dr Jodi Clyde-Smith has been appointed executive director (research operations) at the University of Tasmania. Clyde-Smith has worked in research strategy, management and other roles at the University of Queensland and the UK universities of Cambridge, Leeds and Sheffield. She ...

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UQ to strengthen ethics and accountability

The University of Queensland says it will make public a report on ethical reforms it is undertaking to redeem its credibility in the wake of last year’s nepotism scandal. Acting vice-chancellor Professor Deborah Terry told Campus Review the report, to ...

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UQ appoints four researchers to economics school

The University of Queensland’s school of economics has appointed four new academics following a global search. They will commence semester two. They are: Dr Myra Yazbeck, Dr Ian MacKenzie, Satoshi Tanaka and Keiichi Kawai. Yazbeck is currently a postdoctoral fellow ...

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Beautiful one day, scandalised the next

The UQ scandal displays the nuanced trade-off between ethics and transparency writes Bill De Maria. The mighty Brisbane River bear hugs the University of Queensland, showcasing the most picturesque campus setting in Australia. The tree-lined drives and the majestic old sandstone buildings ...

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TEQSA queried on UQ irregularity

A student admissions controversy at the University of Queensland reached Federal Parliament last week, with the opposition seeking information directly from the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). The national regulator, which began its duties on January 29, told ...

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Getting back up after a disaster

Lessons have been learnt after the Queensland floods with IT managers looking at cloud computing and shared storage. Beverley Head reports. One in seven Australian businesses don’t spend a red cent on disaster recovery or business continuity, and more than ...

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