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Troubled times call for strong leaders – so with tough challenges ahead, higher education needs to be looking forward
The university has turned itself in to the Fair Work Ombudsman after discovering it had been underpaying casual academic staff – two years after the union first accused it of doing so.
About half the students who got in touch skip lectures, with many ‘disappointed’ with the experience and others forced to prioritise paid work
The vice chancellor says a new truth-telling book will challenge people’s rosy picture of the university’s past engagements with Indigenous people.
To successfully prepare for and step into leadership roles as you move along your career path, you should consider several specific areas to improve y
Those who threaten academic freedom, from outside or inside campus, are threatening higher education itself—to America’s peril.
Dr Cathy Stone, Conjoint Associate Professor, University of Newcastle
Social media, multiple screens, mental health. How teachers in 2024 can navigate the new world of education and bring their best for the next generation of students.
The institution was the first foreign university to be granted a licence to explore opening in the authoritarian kingdom.
America’s Colleges Are Reaping What They Sowed
Universities spent years saying that activism is not just welcome but encouraged on their campuses. Students took them at their word.
By Tyler Austin Harper
Classrooms must be places of learning not conflict, where each child’s individual needs are understood and supported
As police raided student protest encampments at American universities with rubber bullets and tear gas, in Melbourne academics brought jam and scones.
"It is ironic that the institutions that award qualifications for teaching to not see the value in ensuring their own teachers are suitably qualified to teach. Unless universities are compelled to act, we will see the same issues raised in the next version of the Accord. More importantly, we will have not provided the high quality of teaching and learning that our students need and deserve."
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One Victorian university has been named among the world’s top 20, but experts warn a limit on international students could hinder our progress.
Just 1 per cent of Victorians who registered for a free plumbing course in recent years successfully completed their training.
Harvard University announced Tuesday it will no longer weigh in on public matters that don’t impact the Ivy League school’s core function, a shift that follows a historic period of turmoil at the storied university.
The futility of Jack’s beating taught me a vital lesson – that violence is the last resort of the incompetent. That lesson has influenced my own parenting, seeking to find non-punitive ways to guide and discipline my two now-teenage children.
Billionaire Rob Hale surprised graduates from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth by gifting two envelopes containing $1,000 - one to keep and another to gift to the graduating class during his commencement speech.
Purposefully putting human needs and expectations at the center of higher education digital transformation will improve university success. Learn more.
The liberal arts are fading just when we need them most.
Bureaucratic bloat has siphoned power away from instructors and researchers.
Faculty are involving themselves in student demonstrations, and sometimes getting injured or arrested. Are they helping?
The science of learning has become embroiled in an ideological argument that has little to do with the reality of what it can and cannot do for teaching, argues Jared Cooney Horvath
Federal government vows crackdown as institutions increased their vice-chancellor’s salaries amid job losses in the sector
Since February, researchers have been surveying South Australian teachers about sexist views among their students.
The pace of long-predicted college closings has sped up dramatically this spring, threatening to throw more and more students off the path to a degree.
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