Flexibility and industry involvement is delivering results for a Queensland commerce degree Work-readiness is the buzz-word across a range of disciplines. But how to achieve it is the very real challenge facing universities across the country. Now industry involvement and ...

A program at UTS is improving economic students’ analytical writing skills, writes Fiona Livy. “Students don’t necessarily arrive at university with academic writing skills, but these are skills that can be taught,” says Kerry Hunter, lecturer with UTS’s ELSSA Centre. ...

Immersive dramatic techniques are challenging assumptions about how to teach business, writes Linda Belardi. A student in the role of a marketing consultant prepares for a briefing with the CEO of a leading tourism firm. The client is demanding and ...

The paucity of women in the sciences is contributing to the fragility of Australia’s scientific knowledge and skills base, but could be the key to rebuilding it, reports Jeremy Gilling. Women are making strong progress in most areas of academia ...

It is not often that science students are asked to write an analytic essay or participate in a mock trial, but for Simon Lewis relevant curriculum needs to think outside the box. In a professional context, forensic scientists will need ...

Online intro: The Cuban leader’s eldest son was blown away by six Australian universities’ cooperative scientific venture. Fidel Castro was reportedly fascinated by the facilities of the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility based at Sydney University when he visited ...

Universities are taking steps to enhance the employability of arts graduates. But a bit more candour wouldn’t go amiss, reports Jeremy Gilling. Arts students could be forgiven for thinking their BA will lead to exalted and exotic careers. A study ...

A new dance residency program at UNSW could help enhance practice-led scholarship and research in the creative arts – and perhaps also encourage more men to enter this heavily female-dominated field. Erin Brannigan, lecturer in dance in UNSW’s School of ...