Three Australian universities placed in the top 100 of The World University Ranking 2022 by subject: arts and humanities, but the bigger story is how long-established science and engineering behemoths of the sector are also registering strongly in the arts ...
More »ATO works with QILT, CompareED to provide students with accurate salary information
Earlier this month it was announced that 2021 ATO salaries data will become part of the ComparEd website, allowing prospective higher education students to more accurately assess the salary data related to their professions and vocations. ComparEd is a website ...
More »Curtin leads ‘first large-scale examination’ to tackle stillbirth in Aboriginal families
Curtin university researchers will be carrying out a first-of-its-kind examination of stillbirths among Aboriginal families in a project supported by the federal government. Led by Associate Professor Carrington Shepherd from the Curtin medical school, the project will involve researchers and ...
More »HEDx Podcast – What is a university of enterprise? Episode 40
VC David Lloyd of the University of South Australia shares insights from running the first staff jam across his whole university aimed at bringing staff engagement into its strategy; and repeating it again 4 years later. He describes how one unforeseen ...
More »London School of Economics claims first carbon neutral status in the UK, but debate remains
The London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE) has been independently verified as the UK’s first carbon neutral university, but debate persists over whether student travel emissions should remain optional to report. Global certification organisation BSI verified the school’s ...
More »La Trobe’s unique Nexus teaching program celebrates its first graduates – podcast
In an exciting development for the teaching profession, La Trobe University’s unique Nexus program has recently produced its first group of classroom-ready secondary school teachers. In their first year, students work part-time in schools and receive direct mentoring opportunities and professional ...
More »ECU study shows volunteer firefighters are still ‘reeling’ from effects of Black Summer bushfires
A new study by Edith Cowan University (ECU) researchers has found that our volunteer firefighters are still “reeling” from the experience of the 2019/2020 Black Summer fires that resulted in unimaginable destruction, heartache and the loss of an estimated three ...
More »How learning analytics can drive positive student experiences
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a dramatic shift in approaches to learning and the needs of learners. As universities adapt, learning analytics offer the potential to improve student engagement, retention and success in online, face-to-face and blended environments. The pandemic ...
More »UA chief explains why our international student market ‘still has a good story to tell’ – podcast
In a recent article published in The Conversation, Dr Peter Hurley from the Mitchell Institute argued that Australia’s international student “crisis” in higher education would continue to linger long after our borders open en masse, citing the problem of the ...
More »How will strategies change if we take a listening response? Opinion
With the lifting of lockdowns and restrictions there is some sense of euphoria emerging, though many in our universities will be reaching year’s end with, in many cases, relief and exhaustion. There is a great opportunity for leaders to start ...
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