A new report from the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University shows international students are flocking to Canada, the US and the UK in record numbers, while Australia’s international student population has dropped by more than 50 per cent from pre-pandemic ...
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The peak body for the independent tertiary education sector has voiced disappointment with Labor’s $1.2 million skills and higher education package, labelling it TAFE-centric and saying it provides students with little choice over where they choose to study. The federal opposition’s ...
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It’s natural for educators to be cautious when it comes to using artificial intelligence (AI) in practice, particularly given the fact they are taught to be critical and evidence-driven. But while that may be the case, James Thorley, vice-president for ...
More »HEDx Podcast – How do we live up to the promise of 2022? Episode 42
This episode sees a student join us in orientation week, and then again in week 12 of her first semester. She shares her expectations coming into the course and how these are impacted by her understanding of brand and reputation. ...
More »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 helm of the university. And as he approached this milestone, he spoke to Campus Review about the university’s vertical campus, ...
More »Male fertility rates could be lifted by new understanding of sperm
Research conducted by the University of Newcastle has revealed “previously misunderstood effects that sperm RNA has on an embryo” — a discovery that could potentially change fertility treatment for males and fundamentally change science’s understanding of human reproduction. Up until now, ...
More »Flinders uni, Siemens will collaborate ‘to change lives and change the world’
A memorandum of understanding has been signed by tech giant Siemens and Flinders University to collaborate in critical areas such as energy efficiency, defence and food and beverage. The broad scope of the agreement, which has been called “critical to ...
More »One in two Australian employees are ‘guarding’ themselves at work: Australian College of Applied Professions
In October 2021, the Australian College of Applied Professions (ACAP) asked YouthGov to undertake a nationally representative sample of 1000 Australian workers to ascertain attitudes within Australian workplaces. Formerly the Australian College of Applied Psychology, ACAP is a higher education ...
More »What matters in the great readjustment ahead? Opinion
Despite the further uncertainty arising this week from the latest Omicron variant, there is still some prospect of domestic and international students returning to Australian campuses in 2022, allowing us, to some extent, to catch up with other parts of ...
More »‘Student experience is king’ in the digital age – podcast
In the first quarter of 2021, D2L conducted a global survey aimed at understanding some of the key themes that have emerged since the rapid shift to online learning in the higher education sector. Based on nearly 5,000 survey responses, ...
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