The higher education sector is experiencing major disruption, and it isn’t limited to technology. Professionals working in tertiary education management are now facing multiple challenges, from evolving learning styles to funding pressures, creating a need for continued professional development. Universities ...
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How are we preparing graduates for these times and the next? How are we preparing our polity, our economy, our society for these times and the next? Some time ago now, in a discussion about why China is investing heavily in ...
More »Vive la résistance: The persistence of the university education model in a rapidly changing world
What does the future hold for our universities? Inside the academy, plenty of experts – from Glyn Davis at the University of Melbourne to economist Ken Rogoff of Harvard – are speculating eloquently about imminent threats to the 'standard model'. ...
More »Reforming teachers: how will the government’s Initial Teacher Education reform agenda affect the sector?
There have been more than 100 reviews of teacher education in Australia since the 1970s.1 Reforming teaching and teacher education appears to have been seen as a ‘policy problem’ by successive Australian governments for a long time. The Commonwealth government’s ...
More »Your money or your files: How universities can protect their valuable data
Australian universities are becoming prime targets for ransomware. Here are seven tips to help you protect your data. Australian universities possess a massive amount of valuable data and information, and they rely heavily on technology for all aspects of their ...
More »Is it time to reassess the importance of the ATAR?
Is it time to reassess how the ATAR is used in tertiary education? The current policy climate in teacher education in Australia has a focus on accountability for outcomes as judged by a decreasing trend of primary and secondary student ...
More »Universities redefine classrooms
Classrooms are being redefined as universities seek smarter ways to learn. In the past decade, e-learning has become one of the most common buzzwords in education. Look inside the modern classroom or lecture theatre and you will be hard pressed ...
More »Scrutiny is okay but cuts are going too far: University of Canberra VC
University of Canberra vice-chancellor professor Deep Saini has just lived through his first Federal Budget as the VC of an Australian uni. He spoke with Campus Review about the good and bad from the Budget and offered some unfiltered thoughts ...
More »Talking Eds, episode 16: Robot teachers, investments in fossil fuels, crazy VET courses, Mike Baird throws shade
In this week's episode of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review look at what role should robots play in the classroom, how investment in fossil fuels is fueling dissent among universities, catch up on ...
More »Talking Eds, Episode 8: How parents use technology, MOOCs go mainstream, sociology of the mouth
In Episode 7 of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review discuss how adult technology behaviour is influencing kids, how MOOCs are going mainstream, and the socioeconomic causes of bad oral hygiene and dental ...
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