The University of Sydney has been ranked among the world’s most sustainable higher education institutions in the 2022 Sustainable Campus Index. Produced anually by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), the Sustainable Campus Index uses a using a rating ...
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Charles Darwin University has established a Neurodiverse Hub to better support the experience of students and staff with neurodivergent backgrounds and foster inclusivity on campus. CDU has teamed up with Untapped Holdings to create the Neurodiversity Hub to provide resources ...
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Given the pandemic circumstances there has been a shift, by many providers within the higher education sector, to online (virtual) graduation ceremonies. There is no doubting the importance of a graduation to a student who has worked hard, invested heavily, ...
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Lecturer and researcher Adam Ritchie spent his high school years in detention, but more recently the academic played a major role in the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine distribution, saving millions of lives. On his school report cards, Ritchie was described as ...
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Western Sydney University is on the verge of signing a “historic” union agreement to move 25 per cent of its casual workforce into permanent jobs. The new enterprise agreement, expected to be signed off in coming days, will give the ...
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The recent spike in Covid cases has left universities in a challenging position as they now have to create a safe and flexible environment for staff and students, as not everyone wants to return to a working from home arrangement. ...
More »CDU program helps prepare education students for success
CDU has launched a new student coaching program aimed at reducing attrition rates for students in education courses. The pilot Student Success Coach Program oversees students undertaking the Bachelor of Education (Primary) and Master of Teaching (Primary) degrees, helping them ...
More »New program to block offensive student feedback: podcast
Students surveys are around the corner, and like every year there is an increasing concern from academics about the nature of feedback they will receive. A team of researchers at QUT have developed a new programming model which uses machine ...
More »Flinders unveils $100k new logo
Flinders University has unveiled a new $100,000 logo more than 60 years after the institution's creation. Due to be rolled out across campuses by the end of the year, the new logo is part of a rebranding campaign to capture ...
More »‘I was expected to be a hairdresser’: Susan Scott becomes first Australian to join elite science Fellowship
Distinguished Professor Susan Scott has always been interested in mathematics, but it was after watching the moon landing while in primary school that she developed her love for physics and gravity, a passion that still hasn't left her 53 years ...
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