A Victoria University report presented at a United Nations-associated meeting this week underscored the economic importance of investing in chronic diseases research in preparation for future pandemics. The COVID-19 pandemic, which according to worldometer has now infected over 30 million ...
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Modelling by Victoria University has predicted that if work-from-home policies (WFH) continue after COVID-19 is controlled or eliminated, the country’s urban sprawl will continue, job flight to our biggest cities will increase, and there will be more economic disparity between ...
More »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 culturally and linguistically diverse regions in Australia, with up to 46 per cent hailing from backgrounds where English is not ...
More »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 breathing cleaner air, carbon emissions would decline, people would reach out to help neighbours they once barely knew, and we ...
More »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 community research program to improve the health and educational opportunities of young people and children in Brimbank, Melbourne. The grant ...
More »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 lose up to $19 billion over the next three years due to a dearth of international student revenue caused by ...
More »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 over 11 or 12 weeks – is having a marked effect on student retention and performance, prompting experts, policymakers and ...
More »The end of lectures?
The research in learning and teaching shows clearly that didactic teaching and passive reception do not result in deep, lasting or meaningful learning for most students. Yet we persist with lecturing at students in large groups in most universities. Worse, ...
More »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 if he was in the wrong lecture theatre, the professor called the subject coordinator. Nope, he was in the right ...
More »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 troubling mismatch between what students and employers need, and what our tertiary education sector is offering. Australia’s tertiary education sector ...
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