I wake to the sound of raindrops tapping on the window of the tiny room in Pollock Halls of Residence. Situated on the edge of Holyrood Park near the foot of the dramatic little mountain, Arthur’s Seat, this should be ...

How higher education might respond to AI and the case for lifelong learning Higher education has, for decades, been instrumental in developing and adopting new technology and new ways of working. From the beginning, universities cultivated the so-called digital revolution ...

I am an agnostic left-leaning history academic and a high school teacher committed to the defence of human rights and, in the era of alternative facts, truth and civility. I had always assumed that most humanities teachers in this country, ...

Volunteers contribute an enormous amount to Australia’s major civic institutions, including universities. The slogan ‘more give, less take’ applies far more to universities than to any bank in Australia. And that fact is even more pronounced in regional areas. As ...

Will cuts to university funding ultimately stymie the innovation agenda the government is promoting? Thanks to the Australian Research Council, 12 new Industrial Transformation Research Centres, or Hubs, have been funded to help solve the problems that may impact future ...

Griffith University is an integral part of the life, economy, health and wellbeing of the Gold Coast. Universities play a key role in shaping the identity, economy, culture and future of cities. This has been evident in the impact Griffith ...

Wikipedia has been through many changes since its inception in 2001. Now that it dwarfs all previous encyclopedias in scope and depth, collaborations with expert contributors are aiding the increased focus on content quality. In a recent letter to Science, ...

Education innovation and learning innovation are not the same thing, and it’s important to know the difference when evaluating strategies. Words matter. Yet the words we use to describe the transformation of education aren’t always sufficiently specific. For example, we ...

Universities have experienced tremendous change over the years, and academics are facing pressure from many quarters. In the 1960s, the president of the University of California defined the secret of running a successful university as providing football for alumni, parking for academics ...

The University of Otago strives to encourage students to be true to themselves. At the University of Otago we hold an Academic Convocation Ceremony at the beginning of each year. Like graduation, Convocation is a formal affair where the academic ...