“They say education is the key, but they keep changing the locks.” That’s Michael Graham, a 20-year-old Indigenous Charles Sturt University student in The Front Line, a new short film detailing the university experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. ...
More »Study probes how unis can promote mental health
Not tabling multiple assignments to be due on the same day and having a built environment that encourages students to get outdoors are two recommendations of a new study analysing how universities can promote mental wellbeing. "Setting-based interventions to promote ...
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UTS adds design bright lights Founding partner of Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects, Brian Zulaikha and Design Director for City of Sydney, Bridget Smyth have joined the UTS Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building as adjunct professors in the School of ...
More »Younger generations won’t fret over sharing data: executives
People’s discomfort about the use of data in education will fade as older generations die, data company executives have said. Rick Jackson, chief marketing officer of data visualisation company Qlik, argued that “millennials are all about the data”. He said ...
More »QUT to divest from indirect fossil fuel investments
While Queensland University of Technology has been saying for a while it has no direct investments in fossil fuels, university money has been flowing into such shares via QIC, the university's investment manager. Now it appears this no longer be the case. ...
More »Johnson to step down as UWA vice-chancellor
University of Western Australia vice-chancellor professor Paul Johnson has announced he will step down at the end of the year. Johnson said he declined a new five-year contract offer from UWA after “a great deal of reflection”. He has been vice-chancellor ...
More »Saini determined to turn UC into a practical learning hub
Why wouldn’t you want to lead the University of Canberra? That’s what professor Deep Saini asked Campus Review on his first day as vice-chancellor. Taking the reins last Thursday, September 1, Saini endorsed UC as “a very attractive institution at ...
More »‘Meet our demands or our actions will intensify’: student agitator behind USYD occupation
Dylan Griffiths is the education officer for the University of Sydney Students Representative Council. He’s currently a lead instigator of an occupation protest at the Sydney College of the Arts (SCA), which has been the centre of a merger and ...
More »$800,000 painting donated to ANU
Universities love to boast about the donations they receive, but a recent gift to the Australian National University is something special. It’s an $800,000 painting by Chinese artist Zhang Peili, which was previously thought to have been lost. Flying Machine, ...
More »On Trauma Island, USC paramedic students experience the reality of the job
Being run over by an automobile, falling into a fire pit and misadventure while scuba diving on the high seas. These three terrifying scenarios aren't stolen from the pages of iconic Aussie outback horror genre flicks – or even from the ...
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