The birthdate of the word scofflaw (one who flouts laws that are minor and unenforceable) is known much more exactly than most: January 15, 1924. It was the winning entry, out of more than 25,000 in a competition held in ...

University professionals have approaches and careers that differ from academics – but they’re still seeking similar ends. By Paul Abela This year, I have had occasion to talk to a number of professional staff who are facing some kind of ...

The word Gothic (in Latin “gothicus”) would have struck terror into the hearts of 5th-century Romans, with its dark connotations of barbarians pouring out of Germanic wilderness to destroy their civilisation. Centuries later, Gothic seems to have shaken off its ...

The learning and development industry must re-imagine the way an increasingly impatient, diverse and tech-savvy workforce interacts with content. By Joel Beath and Andrew Moroney Historically, eLearning companies have possessed competency and rigour in academia, applying traditional learning frameworks to ...

Recipients of the ATEM/Campus Review honours draw on their management and leadership expertise to offer tips for success. The Australian Tertiary Education Management (ATEM)/Campus Review awards recently celebrated excellence in the areas of academic leadership and administration. The winners were ...

Eleven Australian universities were amongst just 76 organisations included in the national Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s (WGEA) inaugural Employer of Choice for Gender Equity citation list. The citations, which require organisations to submit evidence proving they meet a range of rigorous ...

Early-career researchers can face a tough and boggy road. Three ECRs discuss the pitfalls and opportunities facing junior academics. By Mark Chou, Jean-Paul Gagnon and Nicholas Osbaldiston Whichever way you look at it, the situation facing early-career academics is dire ...

A leading educator has called for leveraging reflective practice as a way for Aboriginal nurses and midwives to navigate racism and find their way in their professions. Speaking at a recent conference held by the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses ...

Graduating with a bachelor's degree from Australia’s prestigious sandstone and technology universities results in just 6 per cent higher earnings than other institutions over a 40-year career, research has shown. The analysis, Grattan Institute higher education director Andrew Norton released yesterday, indicates that ...

Both anecdata and anecdota are cousins of anecdote, a 17th-century loanword from French that goes back to the Greek word anecdoton, meaning “something unpublished”. The earliest English citations have it in the plural form anecdota and glossed as “secret history/histories” ...