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Top Stories
Union movements: Macquarie staff underpaid by $2m, Victoria uni staff on strike
Macquarie University has found it underpaid almost 3,000 casual academic staff by a combined $1.9m between 2017 and 2023. The…
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Commentary
Three lessons Australian unis can learn from the UK
Universities across Australia are staring at challenging times ahead. Cost-of-living crisis, international student caps, growth in part-time students, rising costs…
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Industry & Research
Victoria University star of the 2022 World Cup
New research by Victoria University to ensure offside decisions are accurate and time-sensitive has proven effective as the first 2022 World Cup game kicks off. After three…
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Industry & Research
Five pitfalls of adopting the block mode of teaching, and strategies to overcome them: opinion
Block Mode of Teaching (BMT) is a model of teaching where subjects are offered in shorter periods of time. In…
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Features
When catching up over a coffee gives you a research idea
It’s around a cup of coffee at Victoria University that Dr Yanni Bouras and his team decided to develop a…
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International Education
‘Student, interrupted’: New report highlights how keeping Australians safe gave our international education competitors the edge
A new report from the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University shows international students are flocking to Canada, the US and…
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Industry & Research
VU’s vice-chancellor talks projects, ‘flipped campuses’ and block models – podcast
Vice-chancellor and president of Victoria University, Professor Adam Shoemaker, is on the cusp of marking his first year at the…
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International Education
Why the international education crisis will linger long after students return to Australia
A series of recent announcements about Australia’s borders reopening mean there is hope of an end to the crisis in…
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News
Pesky takeaway coffee cups could find second life as building materials
Unrecyclable takeaway coffee cups could find a second life as concrete paths and Besser blocks, new research has found. An…
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Industry & Research
Lifelong learning, block models and teaching-only universities – Podcast
CampusReview · Lifelong learning, microcredentials, block models and teaching only universities - Podcast Amid a precarious world where old jobs…
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International Education
Australia to lose half of its international students by 2021: Mitchell Institute
New modelling by education policy think tank Mitchell Institute at Victoria University shows a 50 per cent drop in Australia’s…
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News
Supporting staff mental health and wellbeing during COVID-19: opinion
Australia’s response to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is consistent with international approaches that mandate physical distancing and self-isolation. However, evidence from…
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Industry & Research
Victoria University presents economic report to the UN on preparing for future pandemics
A Victoria University report presented at a United Nations-associated meeting this week underscored the economic importance of investing in chronic…
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News
VU modelling predicts working from home could lead to urban sprawl and economic disparity
Modelling by Victoria University has predicted that if work-from-home policies (WFH) continue after COVID-19 is controlled or eliminated, the country’s…
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Funding
How ‘change makers’ are making sport more inclusive in Melbourne’s west: Podcast
CampusReview · How 'Change Makers' are making sports more inclusive in Melbourne's West Melbourne’s west is one of the most…
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Commentary
Natural disasters, global pandemic places planetary health on centre stage: opinion
At the beginning of 2020, no one could have predicted that within six months people around the world would be…
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News
Ramsay Foundation pledges more than $5m to fight youth disadvantage in Melbourne’s west
The Mitchell Institute at Victoria University will receive a $5.5 million grant from the Paul Ramsay Foundation to begin a…
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Funding
New report indicates pandemic could decimate our university sector and bruise the broader economy
A new report by education policy think tank Mitchell Institute at Victoria University shows the university sector could expect to…
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News
Is university education in Australia still fit for purpose?
Victoria University’s new Block Model of education – whereby students study one subject intensively over four weeks, instead of four…
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Top Stories
The end of lectures?
The research in learning and teaching shows clearly that didactic teaching and passive reception do not result in deep, lasting…
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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
Is it time for disruption in tertiary education?
While the world is changing faster than ever, innovation in tertiary education is occurring slowly. Australia is facing an increasingly…
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Industry & Research
New archive challenges Aboriginal Australia’s political history
The political history of Aboriginal Australians is being reappraised and rewritten through Victoria University’s Aboriginal History Archive (AHA). Containing thousands…
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News
Weekly roundup 4: Staring down the gift horse, Ramsay Centre misconceptions and Victoria University’s fresh approach
Hi, Wade Zaglas here, education editor for Campus Review. Welcome to our fourth weekly roundup. You can either read this…
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News
‘Throw out the model’: lessons on transformation at EduTECH
In looking at ways to comprehensively restructure its first year student program, Victoria University chose to abandon the "industrial model…
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