CQUniversity has chosen prominent disability advocate and former human rights commissioner Graeme Innes to be its next chancellor. Innes, who has been blind from birth, said something which made CQUniversity stand out for him in discussions about his new position ...
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Wayne Gretzky, the famous Canadian ice hockey player, is quoted as saying that he “skates to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been”. He argues his success against competitors was down to that. Is competition ...
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The year 2022 is the centenary of the publication of the novel Ulysses by author James Joyce. This writer has not read Joyce’s very long novel depicting the events concerning the main protagonist Leopold Bloom in a single day (June ...
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We have seen sustained, rapid and substantial growth in rates of participation in global higher education and correspondingly in the size of university providers over the last 20 years. This has largely been to serve expansion in local domestic markets ...
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Speaking with an accent and having English as your second language in the higher education sector can become a hurdle for your career, leading to missed promotion opportunities, funding or even paper publications. “In certain settings, having an accented English ...
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With the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns, universities have been forced to undertake online examinations which has made it easier for students to cheat. According to Associate Professor from the University of South Australia Christopher Deneen, students cheating on ...
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This (sort of) commemorative article will try to juxtapose an aspect of the Thomist lex aeterna (in Latin, English translation ‘eternal law’) with two other concepts arguably derived from anthropology and feminist legal theory to be discussed below. Apart from ...
More »Spinoza’s philosophical determinism: a brief comparative glimpse
February 21 2021 (to use the historic present tense) is the 344th anniversary of the death of philosopher Baruch Spinoza (24 November 1632–21 February 1677). This article will comment on only a paragraph in one of Spinoza's letters. Stretching a ...
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EducationReview · Dr Seuss: Sensible decision or cancel culture? podcast The Dr Seuss Foundation's decision earlier this month to cease publishing six books in the collection has been applauded by many but also derided by others, who see this latest ...
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A new article highlights how teachers believe they have to hide their emotions in the profession, which is correlating with both mental health problems and high rates of burnout in the sector. In a piece published in The Conversation, Curtin University ...
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